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Athlete of the Week: Isabel Adam ’28

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November 5, 2026
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

LeBron James: The 76ers’ New Addition

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October 29, 2026
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

USWNT Wins Friendly Against Spain in Chester, PA

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October 29, 2026
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

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Dual film screening asked to whom history belongs

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October 9, 2014
Hong Kong-based filmmaker and film professor Louisa Wei let her work speak mostly for itself when she presented it to a smattering of students and other community members on Tuesday,  October 7 in the LPAC Cinema.  She introduced her movie, “Golden Gate

Warmothers and Earthworms go full tilt

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October 9, 2014
“Earthworms” and “Warmothers” are not only anagrams of the word “Swarthmore,” but they are also the names of the two Ultimate Frisbee teams on campus.  While it is deemed a non-traditional sport, those who play are just as dedicated to their sport

Olde Club basement, a marvel already missed

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October 9, 2014
It has rightly been said that all great party spaces, like works of art, either establish a culture or dissolve one — that they cultivate, in other words, special parties. Among these cases the origins of Olde Club’s charismatic and authentic basement

College makes slow strides towards sustainability

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October 9, 2014
Despite sustainability efforts presently underway on campus, the college still produced over 8,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2013 and the primary source of heat throughout campus is a century-old centralized steam system. However, new renovations to Willets Hall have demonstrated

Mandatory academic trigger warnings would be ineffectual

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October 9, 2014
Recently, many people have been pushing the idea that college professors should be required to put trigger warnings on potentially distressing course material, and the notion has gotten a good deal of flak from many academics. The American Association of University Professors

Clarifying the divestment theory of change

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October 9, 2014
Since its inception at Swarthmore College just three years ago, the fossil fuel divestment movement has grown to over 500 campaigns worldwide, becoming the fastest growing divestment movement in history, and has begun to shift societal conscience and change the discourse around

If we care about justice, why not animal rights?

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October 9, 2014
October 1 marked World Vegetarian Day, an annual celebration “to promote the joy, compassion and life-enhancing possibilities of vegetarianism” that was established by the North American Vegetarian Society in 1977 to bring awareness to the ethical, environmental, health and humanitarian benefits of

A change of guard

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October 9, 2014
Pennsylvania is broken. While neighboring New York is poised to have a surplus of over $4 billion next year, our state is anticipating a $1.3 billion deficit. It is facing mounting pension costs. Philadelphia schools are falling apart. Yet in spite of

Weekend roundup and the week ahead

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October 9, 2014
Volleyball beats Hopkins for first time since ’93 Swarthmore’s young volleyball team continued to exceed expectations, making history on Saturday by outlasting visiting Johns Hopkins in five sets. Swarthmore came from behind in the match. After winning the first set 26-24, they
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