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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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Truth and Consequences

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November 14, 2024
Growing up, we were taught that truth was, of all things, objective. It either happened or it did not. There was only one singular truth, and if you defy it or you lie, it is bad. Often, when we were young, we

The World Must Be Made Safe for Democracy

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November 14, 2024
26-year-old American Quincy Claude Ayres stepped off the boat on December 5, 1917, onto the soil of war-torn France. Before him, hundreds of Americans had volunteered as ambulance drivers and doctors or joined the Canadian military to fight before the United States

Tina Chen ’25 Sits in Sculptural Significance

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November 14, 2024
Tina Chen ’25 has seen a lot of frantic Sculpture I: Form, Material, & Process students scurrying around the MakerSpace for their final projects. I was one of those frantic students, begging her to help me with the bandsaw. Tina was my

Sixers Edge Out Hornets in Overtime, 107-105

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November 14, 2024
This past Sunday at the Wells Fargo Center, the Philadelphia Sixers beat the Charlotte Hornets 107-105, in an overtime thriller. The Sixers were without their two All-star players, Tyrese Maxey and Joel Embiid. Maxey was out with an injured hamstring against the

Athlete of the Week: Emme Hansard ’25

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November 14, 2024
Emme Hansard ’25 is an outside back on the women’s soccer team from Sherman Oaks, CA. She has been an indispensable part of the Garnet since recovering from a knee injury her first year. Hansard has started and played in every single

On Searows: We Can and We Will 

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November 14, 2024
On June 25, 2024, I saw Searows, or singer-songwriter Alec Duckart, live. I’ve been a fan since my first year, so when I saw that tickets were only five bucks on SeatGeek, I immediately bought them. Searow’s first LP, “Guard Dog,” helped

It’s Okay to Hurt

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November 7, 2024
Dear friends, I know that many of you are hurting today. It’s okay to hurt. I know that many of you are scared today. It’s okay to be scared. I know that many of you need time to process and decompress. It’s
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