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AOTW: Michael Yuen ’29

October 23, 2025
Rookie golfer Michael Yuen ’29 has swung his collegiate career in the right direction, quickly establishing a feel for the game. His impressive debut in the George Cangero International ended in a first-place finish with a 66 (-6) and a four-stroke lead

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You Need to Get Screwed

October 23, 2025
Corinne Lafont ’26, the 2025 Screw Your Roommate organizer and Swarthmore senior, has never been on a Screw date. “I’ve been hesitant because it’s so public. But this year…who knows! If everyone’s on a date, then nobody’s really paying attention to me,

Morning California

October 23, 2025
Before leaving my bedroom that morning, I snapped a quick photo of it — capturing the messy desk, the books on the shelves that I never got to read, and the bed I tidied up for the first time. At the front

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Deficit reduction committee predictably unsuccessful

November 10, 2011
Less than two weeks from the deadline for Congress’s Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to present its deficit reduction plan, there are no signs of a deal. Democrats insist that any deal requires tax increases and Republicans are only willing to

Donald Glover as Childish Gambino

November 10, 2011
Hip-hop music developed through street culture in New York in the late 1960’s emerging from a rhythm once highly electronic in nature. Vocal hip-hop artists accompany rhythm with an commentary on social issues in rap. What makes a dense powerful rap is

Sondheim’s ‘Company’ walks onto the LPAC Main Stage

November 10, 2011
Saturday evening, Swarthmore College’s Drama Board hosted the first musical at Swarthmore in over eight years. “Company,” a comedy-drama, tells the story of a ‘thirty-something’ named Bobby — a bachelor among couples — living in New York City. The play’s music and

Real Food Festival shows ways to be sustainable

November 10, 2011
If you happened to pass through the open space across from the Swarthmore Co-op this weekend, you would have heard joyful music and seen children playing, parents collecting brochures and asking questions around different tables or people shaking jars. Grow, Cook, Eat:

A rundown of frozen dessert options in Philadelphia

November 10, 2011
Frozen and sweet and never out of season: Jen Johnson describes the local favorites Granted, ice cream is not the most seasonal dessert to be discussing in mid-November in the Northeast. Don’t worry, though; these local favorites are unlikely to go belly-up

Tim Brevart

November 10, 2011
WHAT HE’S DONE: Brevart, a senior, set a pool record in the 50-yard freestyle this weekend at McDaniel.He also won the 100-yard freestyle in the same meet. FAVORITE CAREER MOMENT: “Witnessing Kate Wiseman break the McDaniel’s pool record in the women’s 50-yard

StuCo Report: Party Permits, Multi-Cultural Dean

November 10, 2011
Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. Meeting with
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