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Weekly Column: Swat Says

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October 2, 2025
In this edition of Swat Says, students share their favorite dining hall meal, reveal the craziest thing they've heard from a professor in class, and discuss the buildings with the worst vibes on campus.

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First-Years Flaunt Fashion

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October 2, 2025
In the post-COVID era, the art of dressing well seems to have slowly and sadly started to fade into antiquity. No longer are the schools of America flooded with fashion-forward students determined to dress their best. Chic jeans and sweaters are disappearing,

Gulping Air

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October 2, 2025
fisting your hair i jumped off the boat ready to float and flee and fly but then you asked if this was what i had always longed for if this was it i didn’t have an answer so i waited for you

Sports

Swinging Through the Glass Ceiling 

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October 2, 2025
The Swarthmore men’s golf team has welcomed numerous women as walk-on players over the years. Currently there are two female players competing on the men’s team: Ava Chon ’26 and Bori Chung ’28. Chon is a senior from Princeton, NJ, who went

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How To Do Things You Suck At: Lesson One

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September 25, 2025
Welcome to “How To Do Things You Suck At,” every Swattie’s go-to guide on how to try something new and (eventually) succeed in it. Want to learn how to crochet? Play badminton? You’ve found the right place, then. Every month, you’ll follow

Red Flags and Tote Bags 

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September 25, 2025
Swarthmore's inaugural Performative Male Contest featured acoustic guitars, matcha lattes, ample feminist literature, and endless posturing.

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Soccer for Success Achieving Goals in Chester

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September 20, 2013
Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. Brendan Grady

What off-season?

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September 19, 2013
Imagine running 75 miles in a week. Now imagine doing that every week for the entire school year. Although this seems like a cruel form of punishment to most, the Swarthmore cross country/track team runs this heavy mileage all year round and

Previewing week 3 of the NFL season

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September 19, 2013
The 2012-13 NFL season introduced a class of hybrid quarterbacks meshing pocket-passing with blistering speed. Five of the twelve previous seasons’ championship contenders were led by a new prototype quarterback [ i.e. Washington, Seattle, San Francisco, Indianapolis, Green Bay]. These high-octane offenses

On Peyton Manning

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September 19, 2013
When Denver fans called for Tebow to play and lead the team to the playoffs, they thought they were receiving a divine power that would lead them to victory. They were simply following a false prophet and when John Elway sent him

Rumors of LSE location and lyricists loom over campus

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September 19, 2013
The months leading up to the college’s Large Scale Event (LSE) are always ripe with speculation. The Roots, Earl Sweatshirt, Macklemore and The Weekend are just some of the performers whose names have been circulating since the semester started. But while the

No action on approved referendum

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September 19, 2013
Last semester, the campus voted in favor of a referendum that Greek organizations admit students of all genders. However, no action to enforce this proposal has been taken. The movement began on February 14, when a group of students petitioned for a
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