Millions of Americans will go to the polls next Tuesday amidst rising political dissatisfaction. Here’s what Swatties will see on their ballots, as well
Trajan Finarelli '30 argues that we should be open to considering the potential merits of stricter Voter ID legislation and proposes some solutions of his own.
In this edition of Swat Says, students rank Tri-Co mascots, weigh in on the Garnet Weekend and Halloween overlap, and reflect on their caffeine habits.
Outside hitter Isabel Adam ’28 has been lighting it up for the Swarthmore volleyball team this fall. She came into this season with extensive on-court experience, playing in all but one game in her first two years at Swarthmore, and earning All-Centennial
On a beautiful Friday afternoon, July 24, 2026, LeBron James announced to the world that he would continue his illustrious career by signing with the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year, eight-million-dollar contract. Widely regarded as the best professional basketball player of all
A crowd of 18,000 chants in unison to the beat of the fan section drums. It’s the 86th minute of the match, and the U.S. Women’s National Team is down 2-1 to reigning World Cup Champions, Spain. The beat continues. The left
A’Dorian Murray-Thomas ’16 founded and launched “SheWins” this summer, a program to support young girls affected by the violent loss of a loved one. SheWins is based in Murray-Thomas’s hometown of Newark, New Jersey, a city she said experiences high rates of
Chester, Pennsylvania. Karachi, Pakistan. 34,000 people in one city, 23.7 million in the other, give or take. I attended Chester 101 during the spring of my freshman year as part of the community-based learning component of my World Religions course. Chester 101
Upon returning to campus this semester, students with laptops and other internet compatible devices were prompted to download a security key called SafeConnect in order to access SwatNet. The new software replaces the Bradford Persistent Agent as the college’s network security software.
“I think these rims will break sir,” a 22-year-old Darryl Dawkins dubiously said to his coach in November 1979. “Don’t be silly,” came the reply, “even Wilt [Chamberlain] couldn’t do it.” Yet sure enough, the next game his Philadelphia 76ers played ended
Despite the national holiday and the cancellation of classes at several peer institutions including Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and the University of Pennsylvania, the college once again chose not to celebrate the Labor Day holiday this past Monday. While this policy dates back
Women’s Soccer This past weekend, the women’s soccer team lived up to their reputation as the 2014 Centennial Conference Champions and not only defeated all three of their opponents but destroyed them. During their first week of the 2015 season, the women
The argument seems never-ending. Every news-conscious college student in the country, or maybe even the world, knows about the issue of campus free speech. Countless publications, professional and amateur, have offered their opinions on the issue of campus speech codes, threatened academic
The Social Affairs Committee, which previously served as the main funding body for all-campus events and parties, no longer exists, primarily because its function of providing alcohol funding for parties became obsolete last year. The Office of Student Engagement will take over
In the coming weeks, preparations will be made: grass watered, buildings groomed and lines rehearsed all in anticipation of President Valerie Smith’s inauguration on October 3rd, 2015. After a year and a half of presidential flux — the somewhat sudden 2014 departure
Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. Nearly six