An anonymous student details their experiences with Swarthmore’s culture of sexual violence, both as a witness and victim, and advocates for both administrative action and open dialogue on campus.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup, predicted to draw a staggering 5 billion-person viewership, is set to become the most-watched sporting event in history. With the FIFA Council’s 2023 approval of an expanded 48-team format from the previous 32-team structure, the tournament will
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
For the fourth-straight year, the Centennial Conference women’s soccer championship ended with Johns Hopkins University lifting the trophy. Unlike recent years, the game was against Swarthmore College’s team at Clothier Field, stinging a bit harder for the regular season champions and No.
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
Every beer drinker has a “moment” at some point or another — the one beer that absolutely floored you, packed with smells and flavors that suddenly opened up your eyes and taste buds. With websites like BeerAdvocate, Rate Beer, and a host
The 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction decision was met with widespread concern regarding the committee’s criteria, opening up the question: do readers value bizarre literary innovation over genuine value in literature? Do we have to play on the page and make unorthodox
Pittenger Residence Hall is a small dorm on the outskirts of campus. It is situated between Clothier Fields and the town of Swarthmore on a lawn nestled by tall trees, creating a more private and nearly secluded living environment. Despite its small
All teenagers have tough lives, but Alike (ah-lee-kay), the hero of Dee Rees’s “Pariah,” has it exceptionally tough: she’s black, gay, pressured by and radically disconnected from her parents, disliked or at least lonely at school, too afraid to actually get herself
“I haven’t experienced such a dangerous time since the nuclear arms race in the late 1950s,” said Peace and Conflict Studies Professor George Lakey. He was speaking about the precarious state of the Earth’s climate and he’s hardly the first or only
Hacked Super Mario Brothers. Pillow-shaped silver balloons. Velvet flowers. Dr. Scholl’s Corns. Cat litter. Urine as paint. Cellophane-wrapped candy. All this, and a dizzying amount more, await visitors to “Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years,” the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s latest blockbuster
According to Forbes, we’re attending the ninth best private college in the U.S., but if you ask US News and World Report, Swarthmore places six slots higher, rounding out the top three private liberal arts schools behind Williams and Amherst. College Prowler
Focusing more on wellness at Swarthmore is a crappy idea. Everyone who comes here gets frustrated, sooner or later. Frustration may not be the defining theme for everybody’s experience here, but learning to channel it is definitely on the curriculum.Why should we
This article is dedicated to the thousands of people reading this paper and music fans around the world — “Let’s Get Ready to Rumble.” The rock band KISS was formed before I was even born. When I was a little kid, I
Kari Olmon’s dramaturgy thesis, whose first reading was this past Friday, and Sophia Naylor’s playwriting thesis, whose first reading was Tuesday, have a few qualities in common. They are both plays. They both have dialogue. Neither is entirely realistic. Beyond these weak