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Athlete of the Week: Tate Garcia ’26

March 19, 2026
Tate Garcia ’26, a senior from Honolulu, HI, has become a shot put powerhouse for the Swarthmore track and field team. She began her college debut with an outstanding 2023 outdoor season, taking the silver medal in the discus throw (37.81m) at

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Understanding China’s rare trade deficit, revisited

March 22, 2012
On March 10, China’s General Administration of Customs reported that its February monthly trade deficit had reached $31.5 billion, its weakest performance in more than two decades. Chinese imports surged by a faster-than-expected rate of 39.6 percent compared to February last year,

Talking the talk, but not walking the walk at Swat

March 22, 2012
Staff Editorial Social dialogue is often pillared by two concerns: commerciality and civic cataclysms. That is to say, we usually reach for the language of diversity and tolerance when we either want to promote something as particularly diverse or tolerant, or when

Men’s lax falls to Ursinus

March 22, 2012
A late rally almost gave men’s lacrosse another dramatic, come-from-behind victory on Saturday. This time, however, Swarthmore came up short in an 8-6 road loss to Ursinus that opened conference play for both teams. After a scoreless opening period, Swarthmore (3-3, 0-1

Baseball splits weekend doubleheader against Bates

March 22, 2012
The Swarthmore baseball team had a .500 weekend, splitting a home doubleheader against the Bates College Bobcats on Sunday afternoon. Rebounding from its worst loss of the season, a 12-1 defeat to 320 rival Widener University on March 14, the Garnet was

Lia Carlson

March 22, 2012
WHAT SHE’S DONE: Carlson did not drop a single game in two matches-one singles, one doubles-against McDaniel. FAVORITE MOMENT OF THE SEASON: My favorite moment at Swarthmore might have been my win [over Laura Chen] in singles against Carnegie Mellon because I

Alex Anderson ’13

March 22, 2012
Swat Style Snapshot: Chinese and Studio Art, Seattle, WA, Parrish Being wait-listed for a dorm room can be unnerving for students as room assignments are oftentimes made very close to the start of the semester. Alexander Anderson, a junior, was wait-listed and
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