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Weekly Column: Swat Says

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

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

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

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

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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The Shuttle Situation

October 3, 2024
One of my best friends has said, and I would have to agree, that Mary Lyon Hall (ML) would be the best dorm at Swarthmore — if not for the shuttle situation. I do not mean to say there is anything wrong

Sri Lanka Chooses Change

October 3, 2024
Last December, I noted in The Phoenix that globally 70% of free and fair elections in 2023 (and 85% in the second half) were won by the opposition, a marked uptick from prior years. Neither left nor right was consistently the winner;

Roll Garnet Tide, Roll

October 3, 2024
“That’s alright, that’s okay, you’ll all work for us someday!” So went the chant from the avid fans of Swarthmore’s football team. I can imagine, dear readers, especially for those of you who are first-year students, that the absence of a football

Swarthmore Student Meets Prime Minister of Bhutan

October 3, 2024
On Sept. 20, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan Tshering Tobgay, arrived in New York City to attend the High-Level Week of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The following day, the prime minister held a dinner
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