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Athlete of the Week: Isabel Adam ’28

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November 5, 2026
Outside hitter Isabel Adam ’28 has been lighting it up for the Swarthmore volleyball team this fall. She came into this season with extensive on-court experience, playing in all but one game in her first two years at Swarthmore, and earning All-Centennial

LeBron James: The 76ers’ New Addition

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October 29, 2026
On a beautiful Friday afternoon, July 24, 2026, LeBron James announced to the world that he would continue his illustrious career by signing with the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year, eight-million-dollar contract. Widely regarded as the best professional basketball player of all

USWNT Wins Friendly Against Spain in Chester, PA

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October 29, 2026
A crowd of 18,000 chants in unison to the beat of the fan section drums. It’s the 86th minute of the match, and the U.S. Women’s National Team is down 2-1 to reigning World Cup Champions, Spain. The beat continues. The left

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New Class Re-Envisions Diaspora, the Classroom

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February 10, 2012
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. Just as

Senior Swatlight: Matt Lamb

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February 9, 2012
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. Disclaimer: The

Tierney, social sciences triumph in Bathtub Debates

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February 9, 2012
The fate of our planet fell into the hands of Professor Dominic Tierney last Thursday after winning Swarthmore’s Bathtub Debate, in which professors representing each of the three academic divisions — the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities — duked it out

Strategic Plan passes over the need for a student center

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February 9, 2012
Over winter break, I found myself reading “My Long Trip Home,” an autobiography by Mark Whitaker, a journalist who spent a semester at Swarthmore, and whose parents were Swarthmore graduates. Although Whitaker’s time at Swarthmore was limited to a semester in the

Cooking cheap local meals: green is good

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February 9, 2012
Food. That was the word with which I started my previous column. It is also the word I chose to begin this installment. Why the redundancy? The explanation is that food — the healthy kind of food that energizes rather than weighs

Matthew Heck

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February 9, 2012
WHAT HE’S DONE: Heck placed first in the 400-meter dash and second in the 200 last weekend. FAVORITE CAREER MOMENT: “My favorite moments have not been on the track, but with the team itself. I can count anybody on the team as one of my closest
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