SJP Encampment Ends with Arrest of 9 Protesters, Including 1 Current Swarthmore Student

Nine protesters, including one Swarthmore student and one student on an extended leave of absence, were arrested last Saturday, May 3, ending the four-day Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) encampment on Trotter Lawn. The seven others arrested were unaffiliated with the college, and their affiliations are largely unknown at the time of publication; however, one was identified as a

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Athlete of the Week: Olivia McClammy ’25

May 1, 2025
Swarthmore softball standout Olivia McClammy ’25 has not only been stealing bases but also the attention of many for record-shattering effort. The senior utility player currently holds a handful of all-time program records, her first of the season on March 1, when

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Looking Back: From The Beginning

May 1, 2025
Dear Freshman Year, In three days, school will end; freshman year will end. It’s so crazy how fast time has flown by. Truly. Looking back, I don’t think I would have thought that this would all end so fast. So many things

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Nacht and English Department Host Pynchon Symposium

April 27, 2010
Nacht Magazine and the English Department co-hosted a symposium this past Tuesday on notoriously reclusive author Thomas Pynchon, writer of such novels as "Gravity's Rainbow" and "The Crying of Lot 49." The symposium was brought together as a continuation of Laura Backup’s

George Lakey, Lang Center Research Associate

April 26, 2010
An activist since the Vietnam War protests and an author of seven books, George Lakey is a Research Associate at the Lang Center of Swarthmore College. In this interview, Lakey talks with the Gazette about the Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT) he

Men’s Lacrosse Loses 7-6 Heartbreaker to Haverford

April 25, 2010
With a big crowd on hand for Senior Day, the Swarthmore men’s lacrosse team finished their 2010 campaign on Saturday with another heartbreaking Centennial Conference loss. The 7-6 defeat to rival Haverford was the Garnet’s seventh Conference loss of the season, as

Traveling Storyteller Ivan Coyote Captivates Audience

April 23, 2010
A traveling storyteller, Ivan Coyote was born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. She is an award-winning author and performer who has become progressively more popular through the Internet. So far, she has produced four collections of short stories, one novel,
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