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Athlete of the Week: Cohen Manges ’27

November 13, 2025
Cohen Manges ’27 is a junior cross country runner hailing from Mechanicsburg, PA. He graduated from Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School and is a biology and computer science double major. Some of his personal bests include: 20:22.7 (2024, Main Line) in the

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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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Allyship in Action inagurated as new Intercultural Center group

September 26, 2013
Addressing the friction that troubled the college last spring, a new Intercultural Center group, Allyship in Action, intends to catalyze conversations among Swarthmore communities. The dialogue that was initiated to address issues of disrespect towards the Intercultural Center is now to be

Standing up for the Bard

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September 26, 2013
I have discovered that I elicit three types of responses when I say that Shakespearean plays are some of the greatest, worldliest and most touching works of literature in existence. The first reaction is that of indifference, which I can accept. The

Review: “The Infatuations”

September 26, 2013
“The Infatuations” is a novel about death: literal death, literary death, the enduring power of the dead, and the inconvenience of their return; most immediately, it is about the death of Miguel Deverne. Miguel is half of a couple that Maria Dolz

Op-Ed: Reinventing McCage

September 26, 2013
As Louis Kahn put it, “You shouldn’t be forced to put people through the library. It should be just something in its structure which says, ‘What a wonderful place to go,’ and of course, the location has much to do with it,

Just Doing Our Jobs

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September 26, 2013
While Swarthmore students are notorious for being over-involved, somehow, students manage to find time between classes, clubs, and board meetings to add another activity to the list: a job. The real-life activity of participating in the workforce has permeated the Swat Bubble,

Unprepared, unaided and alone

September 26, 2013
As we approach the end of the fourth week of classes, many of us are probably starting to feel the pressure that we associate with Swat academics. This escalation of academic stress can be especially hard to deal with as a freshman,

A failure of e-communication

September 26, 2013
Nobody at Swarthmore replies to email. Everyone at the College is guilty, including me. Sure, there are some administrators, faculty members, staff, and students who never forget to reply to any email directed at them, but they are the exception rather than

Delving into the ethics of swooping

September 26, 2013
For the past few weeks, the rumor mill has buzzed with one word. It seems to seep through most happenings and pieces of gossip: swooping. The Kohlberg coffee bar is host to hushed whispers of “did that really happen last Saturday?” and
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