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SJP Encampment Ends with Arrest of 9 Protesters, Including 1 Current Swarthmore Student

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May 7, 2025
Nine protesters, including one Swarthmore student and one student on an extended leave of absence, were arrested last Saturday, May 3, ending the four-day Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) encampment on Trotter Lawn. The seven others arrested were unaffiliated with the college, and their affiliations are largely unknown at the time of publication; however, one was identified as a
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Athlete of the Week: Olivia McClammy ’25

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May 1, 2025
Swarthmore softball standout Olivia McClammy ’25 has not only been stealing bases but also the attention of many for record-shattering effort. The senior utility player currently holds a handful of all-time program records, her first of the season on March 1, when

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Looking Back: From The Beginning

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May 1, 2025
Dear Freshman Year, In three days, school will end; freshman year will end. It’s so crazy how fast time has flown by. Truly. Looking back, I don’t think I would have thought that this would all end so fast. So many things

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SEPTA prepares for Crum bridge replacement

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February 20, 2014
Thanks to additional state capital funding from Pennsylvania’s new transportation funding bill, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) will embark on a complete replacement of the aging Crum Creek Viaduct, the 900-foot railroad bridge that carries trains on SEPTA’s Media/Elwyn regional rail

In defense of Robert George

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February 20, 2014
The most common, and perhaps most valid, criticism of Robert George after his dialogue on campus with Cornel West was that he did not answer our questions. I believe we are not in a position to fault George for this, as our
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Chiara Kruger ’17’s passion for storytelling

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February 20, 2014
This week, I sat down with somebody whose coolness had a magnetic pull for me. Entering Chiara Kruger’s room, I was struck by its balance of tidiness and colorful ebullience. On one of Kruger’s meticulously organized walls hangs a snapshot of her

Lawsuit details college’s sudden push to expel

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February 20, 2014
Administrators at all levels allegedly implicated; college vows to fight in court A carefully constructed and vivid picture of the college administration’s reaction to the controversy surrounding its handling of sexual assault last spring emerges from the lawsuit filed by a former

A critique of the Federal Reserve System

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February 20, 2014
On December 23, 1913, President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the Federal Reserve Act to establish the third central banking system in the US, which facilitates funds transferring between banks, issues paper money, regulates commercial banks, lends as a last resort, and

Postcards from abroad: Julian Randall

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February 20, 2014
Dear Campus Journal, My experience abroad has so far been unlike anything else I’ve ever experienced! As a few people back home and at Swat know, this is my first trip outside the country, so everything from customs, to inflight movies, to

Why regulation is good

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February 20, 2014
In my house, there is a book titled “The Good Old Days: They Were Terrible” by Otto L. Bettman. Its cheeky title operates as a critique of American nostalgia, a message which permeates its historical anecdotes and analysis. It portrays America at

Gender-bending, swashbuckling comedy a must-see

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February 20, 2014
While many Swarthmore students spent their Valentine’s Day getting screwed, I had the luxury of learning to thrust. Yes, that’s right. The cast of this year’s honor’s acting thesis production had me well lubricated with French red wine before drawing swords to

Sampling supremacy

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February 20, 2014
The good music of yesterday inspires the great music of today. As the esteemed Q-Tip once said on the legendary Low End Theory Album: “Don’t you know that things go in cycles?” We are reminded most of this reality through the art
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