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A Day in the Life of a Volleyball Player

October 8, 2026
Before arriving at Swarthmore, I thought I knew what being a collegiate student-athlete would look like. Although most of the basics are as expected, there are many small thrills and daily traditions ingrained in my life that I would never have anticipated

Athlete of the Week: Charlotte Martin ’28

October 1, 2026
Charlotte Martin ’28 is a junior runner for the Swarthmore women’s cross country team. Hailing from Southlake, TX, Martin led the Garnet with a 17th-place finish at the Haverford Main Line Invitational event on Friday, Sept. 18. She ran a personal-record time

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On Living Liminally

October 8, 2026
Kush Kaur ’28 reflects on her relationship with her Nani ma’s house — a place intertwined with her hometown, past, family, and sense of self.

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The Politics of Extremism

March 7, 2013
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

Professors’ Works, Beyond the Classroom

March 7, 2013
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

Fast Start for Men’s Lacrosse Team

March 7, 2013
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

Jean Genet’s “The Maids”: A Swarthmore Acting Thesis

March 7, 2013
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

Athlete of the Week: Katie Lytle

March 7, 2013
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

Macbeth in Yellow Stockings

March 7, 2013
“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

Woodward’s Frustrations

March 7, 2013
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
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