Dean of Admissions explains how Swarthmore recruits and enrolls students while sustaining its test-optional policy amid national debates over standardized testing.
In this special Final Exams edition of Swat Says, students discuss their plans for winter break, reveal their most dreaded upcoming finals, and share their thoughts on the Swarthmore Marriage Pact.
Nayla Punjabi '26 shares her experiences at Middlebury's Experiential Learning Conference, where herself and two other Swarthmore students learned about systems mapping, a technique which encourages a holistic and strategic approach to problem-solving.
Genine Collins ’27 is a force to be reckoned with in the pool. On Nov. 8, the junior swimmer broke Swarthmore and Centennial Conference records in the 50 freestyle with a time of 23.25, beating out her previous 23.30 school record. For
Track and Field: On Friday, Dec 10., Swarthmore track and field traveled to Lancaster, PA, to compete in the Diplomat Open hosted by Franklin & Marshall College. The Garnet were one of fifteen colleges represented in the indoor meet, the first of
The National Hockey League’s (NHL) opening day was Oct. 7 this season. As you may know, the NHL sucks the last ounce of consumerism out of sports fans by making their season span six months of 82 games per team. In the
Recently, I have been conscientious of presence. The way one holds themselves. The way one walks with purpose. The way one eats alone in the glowing sunlight. Before college, I thought if one was by themself, it meant that they were lonely.
The second in a series of conversations with alumni, Sara Sargent ’07 is currently a senior executive editor at Penguin Random House. Like last week’s Grace Dignazio ’22, she’s pursued a career around writing, though the dates and details differ slightly …
Invoking all the rollicking charm of a good old-fashioned comedy, _The Butter and Egg Man_ is an affectionate send-up of the theater business and all its vanities, venalities, and thrills. Deftly directed by Anne Coleman ’10, Drama Board’s spring offering immerses the
Orgasms, it has recently occurred to us, are a lot like Easter eggs. Sometimes they're big; sometimes they're small. Sometimes you find a whole bunch, and sometimes only a few make it into your Easter basket. More to the point, though, the
Here are the comments the Editors of the Daily Gazette deleted because we believed they violated our new commenting policy. Also, a letter written by Stephanie Appiah '10 addressing the current state of comments.
An ominous bulletin appeared in the ITS spring newsletter: “3) Keeping out the riff-raff.” While this announcement is not particularly new or revelatory, it is a reminder that external computers attempt to infect the Swarthmore network daily. The ambiguity of the update
The Amos J. Peaslee Debate Society, a well-established and independent club organization at Swarthmore, plans to host the APDA Nationals Tournament the weekend of April 16th to the 18th. A yearly event that gathers the best of the best debaters on the
Last Friday, the NYT highlighted a recent initiative by one of the Labor Department’s top law enforcement officials, M. Patricial Smith, to crack down on the increasing number of firms that illegally use unpaid internships for free labor. I’m not sure who
A photo exhibit exploring the life and work of peace activist Dorothy Marder opened in the Kitao Gallery this past Friday. From momentos of Marder’s personal lifetime struggles to her portrayals of activists in the later half of the 20th century, Matlock's
"Three Days in Palestine" has brought an incredibly important issue to the forefront of students' minds at Swarthmore: namely, the difficulty of balancing a state's legitimate security concerns with the vital work of ensuring universal human dignity and rights, and perhaps more
The Franklin and Marshall Diplomats women’s lacrosse team has made three consecutive Division III National Championship games. On Tuesday, the defending national champions were efficient on offensive and suffocating on defensive en route to a 17-7 victory over the homestanding Swarthmore Garnet.
A roundup of photos of musical and theatrical events since break. See pictures of Grapevine's Bell-Sing, the One-Act Plays, Sixteen Feet's Toejam, the Haiti Benefit Concert, The Course of True Love, and more.