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Swarthmore Leaders React as SEPTA Announces Severe Cuts

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April 24, 2025
On April 10, the South-Eastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) announced widespread service cuts and fare increases for the 2026 fiscal year. The cuts, which total a 45% reduction of service, are the culmination of several years of long-term deficits that have only been met with short-term solutions. Pennsylvania’s yearly allocation of around $1 billion to the agency has long been
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Letter from 129 Alumni Boycotting Reunion

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April 24, 2025
We are writing as alumni/ae from the classes scheduled to hold their reunions in 2025 who have been saddened and outraged as we have watched Swarthmore abandon its principles over the last year and a half. We have watched as students protesting

Weekly Column: Swat Says

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April 24, 2025
Did you do anything fun for Easter? Adrian Ferguson ’26: No. Homework. Ian Flynn ’28: I went on a nice, long walk in the woods. Jonah Sah ’27: I visited the house of one of my friends. His family is quite Jewish,

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Let’s Talk About “Adolescence” and Incel Culture

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April 24, 2025
Released a little over a month ago, “Adolescence” has become the third most-streamed Netflix original series, falling behind “Squid Game” and “Stranger Things.” The British limited series, written and created by Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne, follows the arrest of 13-year-old Jamie

Accidentally, On Writing

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April 24, 2025
Note: This piece was originally written in February 2025 When I first arrived at Swarthmore, I couldn’t stop taking pictures. It was August, and the whole campus was bursting with late summer bloom – bright blue cushions of hydrangea just at eye

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Athlete of the Week: Aidan Sullivan ’26

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April 24, 2025
Aidan Sullivan ’26 is a junior outfielder from Cos Cob, CT, on the baseball team. The Canterbury High School graduate is a psychology and mathematics double major. Outside of the classroom he is a baseball game changer. Sullivan has broken the program

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Faulkner’s Rowan Oak and Lee’s Monroeville

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March 20, 2025
Over spring break, I traveled throughout the American South. I was particularly interested in visiting locations of literary importance. I originally planned to write about diversity in Southern Gothic literature. After visiting William Faulkner’s house in Oxford, Mississippi, and Harper Lee’s hometown

Athlete of the Week: Hannah Swale ’26

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March 20, 2025
The saying goes, “Jack of all trades, master of none.” But for junior track and field athlete Hannah Swale ’26, mediocrity simply isn’t an option. Throughout her seasons at Swarthmore, Swale has competed in multiple short-distance race events, hurdles, high jump, triple

Swarthmore MOPO Wants You on the Ice

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March 20, 2025
It’s difficult to claim that ice hockey is one of the more accessible sports to play. The cost of basic gear, including skates, pads, a helmet, and a stick, adds up fast. Renting rink space is a recurring expense. Traveling to games

Swarthmore Under Investigation by DOE Over Antisemitism Claims

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March 20, 2025
Swarthmore College – along with several other schools in the Philadelphia area, including Drexel, Temple, Princeton, and Rutgers – is one of 60 institutions under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) for antisemitic discrimination and harassment. The DOE’s Office for

Swarthmore Begins Search for New Provost

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March 6, 2025
On Feb. 27, President Val Smith announced in an email message to the community that Provost and Dean of the Faculty Tomoko Sakomura will not return to her administrative position, leaving open one of the most influential positions at the college. The
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