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Weekly Column: Swat Says

March 26, 2026
In this edition of Swat Says, students share their thoughts on March Madness, discuss PubSafe's approach to alcohol on campus, and reveal their homework habits.

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Athlete of the Week: Leor Kedar ’28

March 26, 2026
Sophomore baseball player Leor Kedar ’28 is a must-watch when he steps up to the plate. On the Garnet’s Spring Break trip to South Carolina, where they faced four teams across seven games, Kedar racked up eleven runs, eighteen hits, twelve Runs

Thank You, Swarthmore Women’s Soccer

March 26, 2026
Swarthmore Soccer senior Isa Specchierla reflects on her time with the team During this past Winter Break, 30 minutes into playing in a Sunday adult league pick-up game (as a washed-up, now-retired senior collegiate athlete does), I was hit with an overwhelming

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Sharples TV Finally Hooked Up, to Cornell Bathroom Feed

April 1, 2011
Last night, Dining Services informed the Gazette that two students confessed to installing the camera in Cornell bathroom. They were caught trying connect a feed of the footage to the previously unused plasma screen TV in Sharples, according to newly revealed details

StuCo Report: Footrest, Ville Points, Long Term Goals

April 1, 2011
At Sunday’s StuCo meeting members congratulated each other on the accomplishment of an inexact number of short-term goals, including the construction of a proportionally large footrest for the big chair and a long-awaited resolution to the Ville Points issue. Also settled were

Gazebo Now Planned as NYU Abu Dhabi Recruitment Center

April 1, 2011
As many students may know, Student Council has had trouble establishing plans for a new Gazebo on the Science Center lawn. Dealing with cranky student engineers and cheap Student Budget Committee members, StuCo members had almost given up the entire plan until

The Swarthmore Folk Festival

March 31, 2011
Before Worthstock, the LSE, or even Olde Club, there was the Swarthmore Folk Festival. For a few decades, Swarthmore became the center of the folk music world for one spring weekend each year.

Watson Fellow Nell Bang-Jensen ’11

March 30, 2011
Recently, Nell Bang-Jensen ’11 was granted a Watson Fellowship for her proposed project, “Names Across Nations: How the Naming Process Reflects Cultural Identity.” Over the course of the next year, Bang-Jensen plans to travel to Zambia, Germany, Morocco, Indonesia, India, Ireland, and

Watson Fellow Deivid Rojas ’11

March 29, 2011
Recently, Deivid Rojas ’11 was granted a Watson Fellowship to travel to Peru, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, and Turkey. The Fellowship was awarded for Rojas’ proposed project, which includes speaking with internally displaced persons about their situation and about the effectiveness of aid.
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