In this edition of Swat Says, students reveal their campus priorities, discuss the time-honored Swat tradition of Screw Your Roommate, and share surprising thoughts on sports teams at Swarthmore.
In this edition of Swat Says, students reflect on fall break, discuss common stereotypes of Swarthmore students, and reveal their biggest campus pet peeves.
Dahlia Bedward, a senior hailing from Altholton High School in Columbia, MD, saw a combined six games over the course of her first three years at Swarthmore. In her second season, she started one game and appeared in four, making seven saves
The Seattle Mariners franchise has had some quietly demoralizing statistics across its shameful 48 years in action. The Mariners held the longest active playoff drought in North American sports history, spanning 21 years, and ended it with a Wild Card playoff berth
Jennifer Chipman Bloom is a Pittsburgh, PA, native, former professional ballet dancer, and associate in dance performance at Swarthmore. As a young girl, she watched Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT) perform “The Nutcracker.” By the end of the performance, Chipman Bloom knew she
Assistant Professor of Sociology Salvador Rangel sits down with Rafael Karpowitz '27 to discuss his life experiences and thoughts on sociology, higher education, and the current political environment.
The topic of pets on campus is a complex one. It’s clear that when it comes to a pet “policy” people feel strongly no matter what their life’s experiences have been. So how does one go about bridging what seems to be
Michael Bakari Jordan’s success lies in his unique ability to bring parts of himself into each of his characters. The result is magnetic and has produced fan favorites like Wallace from the critically acclaimed epic “The Wire” and Vince Howard from the
Swat Style Snapshot: Biology & Studio Art, New York, NY, Wharton Her Current Outfit: Kim is wearing a floral crop top over a fitted high-waisted skirt. To accessorize, she carries a gray woven bag by Steve Madden and sports white and tan
About 10 members of the College Democrats will travel to Washington D.C. on May 2 to speak with several congressmen about the issue of federal funding for Pell grants. As this semester saw no major elections, the College Dems felt that this
For the past month, construction workers have been working in the Crum Woods to replace an aging concrete sewer line in order to accommodate its use by three additional townships. Unfortunately, this has required notable destruction to the Crum landscape. Many trees
The course load for Swarthmore professors may be decreased in the near future to keep up with the policies already in place at our peer institutions. While such a shift has not been officially proposed, it is likely that the school will
On February 6, 1998, the Swarthmore College faculty met, discussed, and passed -- unanimously -- a resolution to “increase the number of faculty of color.” Over a decade later, Swarthmore College is stagnating in this endeavor.
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) will restructure its program next year, hiring more clinical interns to replace independent contractors. The change is a response to increased student demand for counseling services.
For the first time, this year's Swarthmore College commencement ceremony will be translated into Spanish. For several years the ceremony has been translated into American Sign Language, but the college recently purchased the equipment necessary to make verbal simultaneous translation possible.