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Weekly Column: Swat Says

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October 2, 2025
In this edition of Swat Says, students share their favorite dining hall meal, reveal the craziest thing they've heard from a professor in class, and discuss the buildings with the worst vibes on campus.

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Athlete of the Week: Lauren Lior ’27

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October 9, 2025
Swarthmore women’s soccer forward Lauren Lior ’27 hails from Fairfield, CT, and is a graduate of Greens Farms Academy. During her first year with the Garnet, she had a stellar season, breaking into the starting lineup, and cementing herself as an integral

WSOC Day in the Life: Away Game vs. Muhlenberg College

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October 9, 2025
As we head into the middle of the fall semester, Swarthmore’s sports schedules will become increasingly busy. While exams and paper deadlines approach quickly, varsity athletic teams plunge into the middle of conference play, when the significance of winning is the most

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First-Years Flaunt Fashion

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October 2, 2025
In the post-COVID era, the art of dressing well seems to have slowly and sadly started to fade into antiquity. No longer are the schools of America flooded with fashion-forward students determined to dress their best. Chic jeans and sweaters are disappearing,

How To Do Things You Suck At: Lesson One

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September 25, 2025
Welcome to “How To Do Things You Suck At,” every Swattie’s go-to guide on how to try something new and (eventually) succeed in it. Want to learn how to crochet? Play badminton? You’ve found the right place, then. Every month, you’ll follow

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Not Only for Green Grass: The Reasons Behind the Sprinklers

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November 21, 2024
Walking around Swarthmore College’s grounds, you can see patches of browning grass, contrasted bafflingly with a constant downpour of sprinklers. Despite the heavy artificial rain, the area’s significant lack of natural rain has put the school’s plantings and construction projects at risk.

Andy Im ’25 Monumentalizes Movement  

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November 21, 2024
Andy Im ’25 was the first person to ask for my name in our Painting III: Fresco course. Mariel Capanna, a visiting assistant professor of art, had just admitted me to the class, and I was quite overstimulated by students plastering small

Weekly Recap

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November 21, 2024
Men’s Basketball Swarthmore College 82, Penn State Harrisburg 65 At Tarble Pavilion on Saturday afternoon, Swarthmore College men’s basketball played Penn State Harrisburg to pocket their first win of the season. Soon after both teams hit a 3-pointer each, the Garnet scored

Running Sucks, and That’s Why I Love it

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November 21, 2024
For most, the act of running is an activity often associated with stiff muscles, burning lungs, and unending, unyielding pain. As a current collegiate soccer player and longtime athlete, it would be nice to say I disagree with these common sentiments. Perhaps

Four Kinds of Primaries

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November 21, 2024
The main election each year is referred to as a general election. Primary elections are held in order to determine most of the candidates who are on the general election ballot. (The exception is that, in some states, third partiers and independents

One Woman’s Mission to Protect Ghanaian Widows

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November 21, 2024
If you wander through Parrish third in the early morning hours, you will see Benedicta Delima either gently clearing away the remnants of a weekend gathering or adding her final touches to the famously spotless third-floor spaces. She moves through these quiet

Athlete of the Week: Ania Wong ’28

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November 21, 2024
Ania Wong ’28 is a first-year cross-country runner from Fremont, CA. Wong helped the Garnet to a second-place finish out of 25 teams at the NCAA Metro Regional on Saturday, Nov. 16. The first year crossed the line in tenth place overall

What is the Status of the Islamic Studies Program?

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November 14, 2024
Swarthmore College’s Islamic studies program has been left without a program coordinator or administrative assistant, raising questions regarding the status of the program. A Title VI complaint filed on Oct. 29 against Swarthmore by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) mentioned the
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