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Advice From A Professional Matchmaker

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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Deciphering the unspoken rules of dirty texting

February 20, 2014
As we sexual beings of the 21st century, advance into the technological age, we have found ourselves facing a new realm of issues that our analogue parents never encountered in their college years: sexting. As much as I love the charm of

Record-breaking stretch for Oppenheimer

February 20, 2014
For Jonas Oppenheimer ’15, the past month has been something special. The distance runner has set two individual school records, in the 800m run and the mile, and has helped his 800m relay team set a third record. Oppenheimer’s performances are a

Bring back the Philly shuttle

February 20, 2014
Swarthmore advertises its proximity to Philadelphia as a key selling point of the college. For many students, this is a major factor in deciding to come here, as it clearly sets Swarthmore apart from peer institutions like Amherst and Williams, which are

Summer research defies gravity

February 20, 2014
When you ask a friend “What are you doing this summer?” you’ve probably heard the casual reply, “I’m doing research over the summer.” It turns out that there is a lot more to this answer than just a lab coat and a

Laura Cacho to serve as new sustainability director

February 20, 2014
The college has hired a new director of sustainability Laura Cacho, who will work to encourage environmentally sustainable behavior throughout the campus. In her role as director of sustainability, Cacho will also help organize courses focused on sustainability, invite outside speakers to

‘Little Failure’ a huge success

February 20, 2014
Near the beginning of Gary Shteyngart’s new memoir, “Little Failure,” Gary shares an emotionally charged moment with his father. “The past is haunting us,” Shteyngart writes. “In Queens, in Manhattan, it is shadowing us, punching us in the stomach. I am small,
Ron Swanson, Tammy #2 and a lobster? (Fritz Eyerer '12, Julian Leland '12 and Avery Davis '12)By Ellen Sanchez '13

This bowl is on fire

February 20, 2014
The Sunday before classes began this semester, from a few tables away, I saw Nick Witchey sitting in Hobbs brunching. His fine-boned face was framed by silky Medieval pageboy hair, and until I could meet him in the flesh, I decided to
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