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Advice From A Professional Matchmaker

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November 6, 2025
If you haven’t read your emails in the last month, then there’s a chance you don’t know me. If you have, you might recognize the name Corinne even if you don’t want to. I ran Screw Your Roommate this year because I

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Pub Nite Fights On, Despite Funding Struggles

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February 6, 2015
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. It’s Thursday

Students for Israel speaker event grows heated

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February 5, 2015
On Tuesday night, a discussion with Egyptian political refugee Hussein Aboubakr grew heated after Aboubakr and students offended by the content of his speech confronted each other during the question-and-answer session that followed. Nadeen Hamza ’15 recalled, reading from notes that she

MJ presents proposal to Board members

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February 5, 2015
On Monday night, five members of Swarthmore Mountain Justice met with five members of the Board of Managers to discuss a newly released proposal for divestment of the college’s endowment from fossil fuels. The meeting produced no significant progress towards divestment. According

Lang Scholars Program must change

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February 5, 2015
The new class of Lang Opportunity Scholars recently presented their projects to the Swarthmore community. Their aims are varied, and range from bringing entrepreneurial and digital literacy skills to a rural village in Ghana, to teaching CPR techniques in Haitian hospitals and

Athlete of the Month: Karl Barkley

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February 5, 2015
If you saw a guy wearing a goofy cowboy hat at last week’s winter formal, then you saw January’s esteemed athlete of the month, Karl Barkley ’15. The 6”3’ guard from North Carolina has been a talented member of the men’s basketball

Photography through a dark, powerful lens

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February 5, 2015
As one of many celebrations of Black History Month at Swarthmore, the studio art department and black studies program have in conjunction brought Thomas Allen Harris’s recent film “Through a Lens Darkly” to campus. The work balances historical context while maintaining its

Winter formalities, wagers and roulettes

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February 5, 2015
The writer was assigned to the Winter Formal. There was never any promise of a story. Like many Swarthmore students, Winter Formal began at a ‘pre-game.’ Some students had invaded a radio show on the fourth floor of Parrish. “Hey there!” the
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