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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Mustache Mayhem!

December 4, 2009
There was neither a solemn peal of the Clothier bells nor a beeping alarm to tell Swarthmore’s mustached marauders that their time was up. They merely checked their cell phones and exchanged glances of reluctant acknowledgement. Mustache November had to come to

Humor and Handbells

December 3, 2009
Swatties, it’s crunch time, which means that you’ve probably been at the same desk for hours, poring over notes or staring at that blinking cursor and waiting for the right words to come. You’re probably stressed and cold, and winter break seems

Lauren Learns to Speak Up in Germany

December 2, 2009
I’m finally starting to feel comfortable with expressing opinions—about feeling bad about slavery, about the Bosniak Muslims in Switzerland, about the Jewish perspective, about lesbian history through the ages and why it’s not depicted in the world’s only museum of queer history,

Class Awareness Month Comes to an End

December 2, 2009
November was Class Awareness Month; events were held on campus to promote conversation across classes. According to Rosario Paz ’10, who helped to plan the activities, it is important to “recognize that class issues do not just affect the student community, but

The Literary Narrative of the Persecution of Majorcans Xuetes

December 1, 2009
On Monday afternoon, María Luisa Guardiola delivered a lecture titled, “Voices and Visions of Exile: Literary Restoration of the Majorcan Xuetes in En el último azul.” Professor Guardiola, Associate Professor of Spanish in the Modern Languages and Literatures department, focused on Carme

Reconsidering the Humor of LSE Comedian

December 1, 2009
I know that, in Swarthmore time, the Fall LSE was a long time ago. To bring it up again now might seem odd. But I believe that the point I have to make is worth dredging up this ancient history. Comedian James
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