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Men’s Basketball Reflects on Asia Trip

October 1, 2026
College basketball seasons are known for loud gyms, nighttime bus rides, and conference rivalries. Our trip to South Korea and China this August was quite the opposite. Beyond being competitive, it offered a chance to immerse ourselves in the culture and realize

Athlete of the Week: Charlotte Martin ’28

October 1, 2026
Charlotte Martin ’28 is a junior runner for the Swarthmore women’s cross country team. Hailing from Southlake, TX, Martin led the Garnet with a 17th-place finish at the Haverford Main Line Invitational event on Friday, Sept. 18. She ran a personal-record time

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The Phoenix in Conversation with Nadia Abu El-Haj

March 28, 2024
Hillary Tran: How do you respond to critics who might accuse your work of being one-sided or biased against Israel? Nadia Abu El-Haj: I would say my analysis of the state fits in with the large comparative literature on colonialism and recognizes

ASHES of Fate Review

March 28, 2024
I’ve been paying attention to “ASHES of Fate” since the beginning of last semester, reading biweekly newsletters made by Amanda Roessler ’24 on the production progress and occasionally hearing bits from those involved. Last weekend, this all-original musical was finally put onto

A Swarthmore Take on the LOVE Run Philly

March 28, 2024
Philadelphia held its annual BMW Love Run Half Marathon last Sunday. Starting at the early hour of 7:30 a.m, in 29°F weather, 11,000 runners from 48 different states began their 13.1 mile journey around Philadelphia. Amongst the multitude of runners were several

Swarthmore Athletics Weekly Recap

March 28, 2024
Women’s Swimming: Swarthmore women’s swimming competed in the four-day NCAA Division III National Championships last week at Greensboro, NC. The Garnet placed ninth of 40 teams with 126 points, the highest team placement at the national championships in program history. Swarthmore’s previous

Athlete of the Week: Genine Collins ’27

March 28, 2024
Genine Collins ’27, a first year from Stewartsville, NJ, showed out at the NCAA Division III Swimming Championships last week. The Garnet women’s team finished in ninth place out of 40 teams, their highest team placement in program history. Collins’s success played

The College is Making Printing Better

March 28, 2024
There’s no question that Swarthmore is unique. If you take your time to get to know any student on campus, you’re certain to discover a treasure trove of hidden talents—a popular, yet mostly anonymous, book reviewer with a trinket-selling side business; an

It’s Time for Swarthmore to Tell Us Our GPAs

March 28, 2024
Swarthmore prides itself on fostering a community of collaborative, not competitive, learning. As of this point in my sophomore year, I agree that the college has been relatively successful in creating an academic environment in which intellectual curiosity is rewarded over the
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