The college's endowment enjoyed stronger returns in 2024-25 than in the years before it. Chief Investment Officer Frank Grunseich contextualizes the numbers.
Wyatt Brannon '26 argues that, if students want to have some control over how the college operates, they should use the historically radical power of student government.
Former Opinions Editor Nathanael Brown takes a deep dive into the history of the Swarthmore CO-OP's intertwined, and sometime fraught, relationship with Swarthmore College.
Take the ultimate Swattie quiz and see — I bet you are a Swattie! Answers: If you mostly got 1), Yay, you belong at this school! You are the “Swattie” who wakes up right before class because you’ve worked your butt off
An amazing piece of news this past week has been the announcement of a breakthrough in HIV treatment: a two-and-a-half year old girl from Mississippi has been declared “functionally cured” of HIV, after being diagnosed with the retrovirus at birth. The child,
The mainstream political media – from top-rated television programs like Meet the Press to David Brooks and Thomas Friedman in the New York Times – tells America a story of perpetual partisan bickering. Democrats and Republicans are retreating to their extremes rather
Starting March 5th and running through April 10th, the Department of Art Faculty and Staff exhibition will be on display at The List Gallery in LPAC. During the gallery opening on tuesday, most of the artists featured were present at the opening
Those of you who know me (and probably many who do not, considering my propensity to parade about in Husker apparel) know that I am from Nebraska. Go ahead; smirk a little bit about that vast, nebulous, unsophisticated, middle-of-nowhere part of the
The season may be young, but the Garnet have already made a habit of starting games fast and getting on the scoreboard early. In the season opener at Eastern, Swarthmore scored the first three goals of the game, and in last Saturday’s
This past weekend’s performances of “The Maids” served as reminders that Honors Theater theses are one of the best-kept secrets within Swarthmore’s arts scene. These projects in acting and directing present an opportunity for Swatties to put on challenging and often deeply
Jr., Basketball, Harrisburg, Pa. What She’s Done: Earned “Most Outstanding Player” honors while leading the Garnet to their first-ever ECAC South Region Championship. Favorite Career Moment: Beating Muhlenberg in the semi-final game of the Conference Playoffs. It was an incredible feeling to
Recently, I decided to leave the Swarthmore bubble for our exciting nearby urban metropolis of Philadelphia. Since it is my goal to know my way around the downtown area like a local, I decided I would visit the somewhat lesser known Galleries
“Macbeth,” the most recent Yellow Stockings Player production, is an interesting twist on Shakespeare’s canonical play. As Director Patrick Ross ’15 explained and chuckled, “we are going to do it in medieval Scotland, but we are going to do it with witches
Fighting Bob Woodward is an undertaking no administration has attempted. Few journalists garner the admiration and respect Bob Woodward enjoys from the New York-Washington media axis. Journalism graduate students sit in class salivating over Woodward’s work, hoping one day to stumble upon