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The Best 60 Days of Sports?

February 26, 2026
The past few weeks have seen sports fans and non-fans alike turn their attention towards the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan, Italy. Milan has offered a plethora of noteworthy moments, ranging from ski-jump suit scandals to overtime hockey thrillers, giving viewers

Athlete of the Week: Jack McHenry ’27

February 26, 2026
Jack McHenry ’27, originally from Park City, UT, is a faceoff player who has had an amazing career, with more to come this spring and in his final season in 2027. McHenry boasts a faceoff win percentage season record (2025) of 0.677,

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Genderfuck Re-examined

March 28, 2013
Every spring, the college hosts a party known for its prominent and eye-popping title: Genderfuck. The term “genderfuck” refers to the deliberate effort to play with traditional notions of gender identity, which assume that one’s identity, role and orientation are determined by

Same-Sex Marriage as a Conservative

March 28, 2013
It seems that every day at Swarthmore some new issue is being brought to light by a student group and within days that issue is the talk of Sharples. Right now,  the Supreme Court’s debate of California’s Proposition 9 and the Defense

Spoken Word Poets Sucker Punch Swatties

March 28, 2013
Fatimah Asghar takes center stage to deliver the opening poem, “Pluto Shits on the Universe,” of the collaborative spoken word performance she and Franny Choi would present in honor of Women’s Week and API Heritage Month last Saturday. “Oops my bad,” it

A Compass for Surveyors in Los Angeles

March 28, 2013
Over spring break, I spent some time at my old haunt, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which boasts the largest permanent collection of art west of the Mississippi.  While at the museum, my love for the art of curating increased

The Keystone Mistake

March 28, 2013
Last week, the United States Senate cast votes on a large number of amendments to its budget proposal, many unrelated to the actual budget. One of those amendments was a resolution calling on President Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. It

Big Boi 101

March 28, 2013
With the announcement last week that Big Boi would headline this year’s Large Scale Event came some surprise, relief that we actually have LSE this year, and at least a couple blank stares and hesitant comments: “Who?” A grunted “He’s one half

Indian Women Still Waiting

March 28, 2013
You know a country has a problem when someone takes the time to name a culture-specific problem in a foreign language. The gathering of men in public places to verbally and sometimes, physically harass women is called “eve-teasing” in India; it’s as

A Conversation with Professor X

March 28, 2013
I’ve jokingly stated many many times, “I’m pretty sure Professor X thinks that we only have work from his class. Do you see this? (holds up pack of readings that necessarily must be stapled with the big orange and grey stapler in
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