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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

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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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Students debate increased diversity education

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November 13, 2014
On Sunday, Peter Amadeo ’15 held an open student meeting to discuss a first-year diversity requirement. Amadeo and others have been thinking and informally discussing options for a diversity requirement for months, but the weekly meetings mark the beginning of a more

What midterms mean for the climate movement

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November 13, 2014
Last week’s losses by Democrats in the midterm elections definitely do not bode well for action on climate change — or for a range of progressive issues such as women’s and immigrant’s rights. Climate change denier James Inhofe (R-OK) will be replacing

Let’s meander towards student art

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November 13, 2014
With the much-lambasted Crum Creek Meander finally removed this past week, we are curious to see what public art will be gracing our campus next. A suggestion: let it be student art. In past years, the college has had a number of

On climate change, money should be silent

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November 13, 2014
Recently, I went to “Silent Spring to Silent Night,” a lecture by Professor Tyrone Hayes of UC Berkeley on the adverse health effects of atrazine, a common agricultural pesticide.  Hayes’ presentation was not only engaging and interesting, but also left his audience

How can we beat hazing in high school sports?

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November 13, 2014
A few months ago, there was fervent discussion about the issue of bullying in sports, ignited by the controversy on the Miami Dolphins football team. The controversy involved rookie offensive lineman, Jonathan Martin, who, after being bullied and hazed by his teammates,

Young talent on swim team off to promising start

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November 13, 2014
It’s that time of the year, once again, where the seasons change along with the sports. With the fall sports winding down, we welcome the winter sports into the spotlight. For the men’s and women’s swimming teams, the season is already in
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