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Athlete of the Week: Lola Diaz ’26

April 30, 2026
Lola Diaz ’26, hailing from Portland, OR, and Marbella, Spain, has been an integral part of the Swarthmore women’s tennis team for the past four years. She has been awarded All-Centennial First Team Singles (2024) and All-Centennial First-Team Doubles (2024) and has

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The Moonlit Path

April 23, 2026
Megumi Jindo '28 reflects on her experience at Swarthmore so far and the passing of the baton in her Kizuna, Japanese club.

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Michael Giannangeli

February 23, 2012
WHAT HE’S DONE: Giannangeli scored a career-high 19 points, including 11 in the second half, in Swarthmore season-ending win over Haverford. FAVORITE CAREER MOMENT: Beating Haverford and setting my career high on Senior Day. It was an incredible way to end my

New rules set to change soccer’s balance of power

February 23, 2012
Last week Rangers F.C., the Scottish Champions, went into administration (a state of being unable to pay their debts) after they were unable to pay their tax bill. Rangers currently owe Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs around £49 million and have not

Underclassmen highlight Championships performance

February 23, 2012
Despite finishing outside of the top three at last weekend’s conference championships hosted at Gettysburg College, both the Swarthmore College men’s and women’s swimming teams put the rest of the Centennial on notice with phenomenal showings from its underclassmen. The classes of

Contextualizing new media and partisanship today

February 23, 2012
Alexis de Tocqueville rightly observed that 19th century Americans were a newspaper-thirsty bunch. In “Democracy in America,” Tocqueville praises, “Nothing but a newspaper can drop the same thought into a thousand minds at the same moment. A newspaper is an adviser that

Politicizing the female body: the war on women’s health

February 23, 2012
When lawmakers make policy that impacts women specifically, they often justify it by claiming that it is in the state’s legitimate interest to protect the autonomy and dignity of women. It is precisely this oppressive rhetoric about preserving female integrity that is

Barkin’s interactive theater thesis sparks excitement

February 23, 2012
Audience members attending “The House of Widows” this past weekend found themselves not only thrust beyond the fourth wall of performance theatre, but integrated into a richly vibrant family of grieving Cuban women — all of whom looked somewhat similar. In addition
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