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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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Greg Abbott and the unheard of managers

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September 12, 2013
At the end of last season, the longest serving managers with one club included Sir Alex Ferguson and David Moyes. At the beginning of this season, the longestserving managers in the Football League were Arsene Wenger and the unheard-of Greg Abbott of

SwatSlackerz brings slack-lining to Swarthmore

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September 12, 2013
Now that it is beautiful post-summer fall on campus, you’re likely to see founder and head of SwatSlackerz Philip Queen ’16, some of his friends, and curious passers-by slack-lining on Parrish Beach any given afternoon. Slack-lining is a very unconventional sport. For

College releases diversity report

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September 12, 2013
Dean of Students Elizabeth Braun released a seven-page draft report outlining the findings and recommendations of the Diversity and Inclusion Implementation Committee on September 5,2013. The committee, which met regularly over the course of the last academic year, lists a number of

College hires five deans to fill new and old positions

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September 12, 2013
This fall, the college brought in a number of deans to cover existing positions and fill new ones. The new positions include the associate dean of diversity, inclusion, and community development, the dean of the senior class and judicial affairs coordinator, assistant

Pope Francis works toward social good

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September 12, 2013
The Catholic Church itself may not be the most popular institution in the world, but Pope Francis seems intent on cultivating some good cheer for the Vatican. The world has already talked about his relative frugality, his acceptance of gays, and his

Archeology student digs at artistic roots

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September 12, 2013
Ironically, Carolyn Corbin ’15 doesn’t identify herself as an artist. For Corbin, art is a craft: an expression of her desire to communicate ideas and feelings without words. As a studio arts and archaeology double major, she says that art inspires her

Sam Gray ’17: Boat-schooled

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September 12, 2013
No one would strike up a conversation with freshman Sam Gray and call her out for being different. Like most Swatties, she speaks animatedly in long-winded stories about her life and her passions and is excited about her classes. However, there is

What Carrie Bradshaw forgot to tell you

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September 12, 2013
Welcome to The Spectrum, the Phoenix’s brand-new all-inclusive sex column. Here you’ll find musings, advice and answers to any questions you send in. As I write this first installment, I find myself turning to my iconic counterpart: Carrie Bradshaw, the most infamously

Baseless confidence: Tao Lin’s “Taipei”

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September 12, 2013
In praise of James Joyce’s “Dubliners”, Ezra Pound wrote, “since de Maupassant we have had so many people trying to write ‘stories’ and so few people presenting life.” Perhaps Pound would have liked Tao Lin. He certainly does his best in Taipei
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