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Weekly Column: Swat Says

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September 25, 2025
In this edition of Swat Says, students reveal the most iconic professors on campus, discuss the best class they've taken at Swarthmore, and attempt to define the mysterious role of college Provost.

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The Best Quotes of Jalen Hurts

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September 25, 2025
We live in a current age of heat checks, lyric drops, motivational apps and posters, and speeches about “locking in” or “walking through fire.” And then there is Jalen Hurts — the starting quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles, an outright contemporary Nietzsche,

Garnet Soccer Takes on Johns Hopkins in Baltimore

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September 25, 2025
On Sept. 20, Swarthmore men’s and women’s soccer packed their bags and boarded buses for Baltimore to play their long-time conference rival Johns Hopkins University. The day began Centennial Conference play for both Garnet teams. The men came into their game carrying

Athlete of the Week: Colin Crowe ’29

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September 25, 2025
Colin Crowe: First-year goalkeeper Colin Crowe ’29 has been making waves for the Swarthmore men’s soccer team with incredible, game-time saves and plays. The Gonzaga College High School graduate, who played club soccer at Hybrid Football Club and has played all games

Campus Journal

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

Red Flags and Tote Bags 

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September 25, 2025
“Being a performative male means embracing women, embracing what it means to be a woman in this world, and understanding where they’re coming from,” said Nick Fettig ’26, Contestant 19 and finalist in the Performative Male Contest. “It’s being one with nature,

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Women’s center expands, re-envisions role

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November 5, 2015
This year, the Women’s Resource Center is working to increase its hours and the availability of its resources. Although the WRC has always aimed to provide a safe space for students of all backgrounds and identities to come together, its goals have

On home-field women’s soccer looks primed to repeat

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November 5, 2015
Heading into last Saturday, the Centennial Conference playoff picture was a simple one. With a win over Haverford (11-5-1, CC: 4-5-1), Swarthmore (15-1-0, CC: 9-0-1) could capture the regular season title, the number one seed in the tournament and home-field advantage throughout

Return to open collection inspires community

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November 5, 2015
Approximately 40 members of the Swarthmore College community gathered last Friday at the Friends Meeting House for the first open collection since 2013. Planned in collaboration by Sociology Professor Sarah Willie-LeBreton,  History Professor Marjorie Murphy, Director of Religious and Spiritual Life Joyce

Could Trump actually be right for once?

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November 5, 2015
I never thought the day would come when I found common ground with the preposterous individual that is Donald Trump, but it seems that the time has arrived. Trump and I find ourselves on the same side of an issue that has

Google Apps to replace SwatFiles, Zimbra

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November 5, 2015
Over the next nine months Google Apps will replace SwatFiles and Zimbra as the open source server and messaging software at the college. This means that Swatmail will be compatible with Gmail and can be associated with Google-related applications like Google Docs

Swimming teams embrace and thrive off changes

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November 5, 2015
Although the Swarthmore swim team’s season has only just begun officially, both the men’s and women’s swim teams have spent the past month of the fall semester training hard. Members of the team have noted that their new head coach Karin Colby

DiscoSwat or DiscoNot: Diversity not what it seems

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November 5, 2015
Ah, it’s Fall at Swat again. Parrish beach withstands the red tide of fallen leaves, the trees across campus light up with colors, punctuating the landscape like an impressionist painting. The Crum boasts New England-like natural beauty at its most picturesque, and

Donald trump’s alleged hair reeks of corpses

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November 5, 2015
MIDTOWN— Carrying around lengthy garlands of patchouli, Donald Trump’s staff at Trump Tower in Manhattan anonymously revealed their experiences with the real estate tycoon’s luscious locks on Tuesday. Rosalinda*, a maitre d’ from Nicaragua, refused to comment on the garland around her
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