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Weekly Column: Swat Says

April 9, 2026
In this edition of Swat Says, students share their favorite outdoor study spots, discuss how to deal with academic burnout, and pitch some alternative songs for the Clothier bell tower's quarter-hourly toll.

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Reflections from a Doubles Specialist

April 2, 2026
Riya Rao '26 reflects on her journey as a tennis player, from the stress and intensity of youth sports and her early college career to finding a more healthy dynamic in doubles play.

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No Doubt, Back Again

November 13, 2013
Gwen Stefani is the only reason I can remember how to spell the word “bananas.” I was really happy when she left No Doubt and not terribly surprised, either. Gwen, like me, is a class-B diva, and as such, can’t deal well

Breaking the silence on disordered eating

November 13, 2013
Last spring Laura Fitzgerald ’14 published an article in the Daily Gazette describing her suicide attempt in the fall of her junior year. At the end of the piece, which describes feelings of hopelessness, cutting and the night she overdosed on sleeping

“All That Is”, Not Quite There

November 13, 2013
Near the end of  “All That Is,” James Salter’s latest novel, an opinionated character (and one of the few female characters given a voice, but more on that later) comments to a young ingénue who has been spreading rumors about Saul Bellow,

When the Course Catalog Isn’t Enough

November 13, 2013
With Swarthmore’s reputation for non-conformity, the presence of special, custom-built majors don’t seem so out of place. Students that feel that their interests don’t fit specifically into any one department can apply for a special major in which they build their own

Against Food Porn

November 13, 2013
Some will see this article, in light of the views I’ve espoused in pieces past, to be the final straw. They will submit their case for changing the title of this column from the “The Edible Thinker” to “The Crotchety Grandpa” in

The pole, the hole and the itch

November 13, 2013
Surprisingly enough, the queer community has sex. Although we have yet to be unanimously satisfied with an all encompassing explanation for what it really means to be queer, I feel safe in saying that getting down and dirty with same sex partners

“Fearless” athletes’ stories hit it out of the park

November 13, 2013
“Fearless,” which has traveled the country with its crisp, arresting photographs of openly queer high school and collegiate LGBT athletes, will be residing in Tarble Pavilion until November 14.  It is definitely worth a look.  “Fearless,” sponsored by the Sager Fund, is
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