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Athlete of the Week: Lola Diaz ’26

April 30, 2026
Lola Diaz ’26, hailing from Portland, OR, and Marbella, Spain, has been an integral part of the Swarthmore women’s tennis team for the past four years. She has been awarded All-Centennial First Team Singles (2024) and All-Centennial First-Team Doubles (2024) and has

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The Moonlit Path

April 23, 2026
Megumi Jindo '28 reflects on her experience at Swarthmore so far and the passing of the baton in her Kizuna, Japanese club.

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Alcohol-related hospitalizations, calls decrease

January 22, 2015
Over the course of the last semester, changes made to the college’s alcohol and other drugs policy have noticeably affected campus life at Swarthmore, particularly as it concerns the party scene and the number of alcohol-related incidents. Introduced in August 2014, the

NCAA sends bad message restoring Paterno wins

January 22, 2015
On Friday, January 16, the National Collegiate Athletic Association uncharacteristically reversed a previous punishment they had put in place. What made this course of action even more unusual was that this original decision had, at the time of its conception in 2012,

Winter Recap

January 22, 2015
Men’s basketball beats Haverford Last night, the men’s basketball team faced Swarthmore’s infamous rival Haverford and emerged with a well-fought victory, 76-75, in an intense game that went into overtime and saw eight lead changes. Chris Bourne ’17 led the team with

Swarthmore swimming takes Puerto Rico

January 22, 2015
When you combine a group of women and men with charisma and charm and take them to Puerto Rico, you get stories, dancing and one well-made video. Over winter break, the men’s and women’s swim teams took a trip to beautiful, sunny

Sustainability efforts on par with peer schools

January 22, 2015
In recent years, Swarthmore administrators and students alike have paid significant attention to green initiatives. Various task forces have discussed environmental commitments and long-term plans, and student discussions, activist groups and protests have been organized to spark reform. All in all, the

Sexual assault prevention, education revamped

January 22, 2015
Five months after the Task Force on Sexual Misconduct released its findings and suggestions, and one year after Margolis Healy and Associates did the same, the college continues to work to address recommendations made by both groups regarding consent and sexual assault

Letter to the Editor

January 22, 2015
To the Editor: “Coal, an Outlaw Enterprise” is the title of a recent New York Times op-ed. The column may not be totally objective since the author, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,  is president of the Waterkeeper Alliance, which advocates for clean water.
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