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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SQU Room in IC Vandalized

September 17, 2009
On September 1st, sometime in the late afternoon, a student discovered that the Swarthmore Queer Union room in the Intercultural Center had been vandalized. Normally the room remains unlocked during the week so that SQU members are free to use the space

Drug & Alcohol Resource Team Navigates First Semester

September 15, 2009
The new Drug and Alcohol Resource Team (DART), colloquially conceivable as "SHCs for drugs and alcohol”, was founded late last spring after students were inspired by speaker Jason Kilmer’s scientific-yet-entertaining presentation on alcohol and behavior. The group heavily advocates safe, responsible, and

Results of the Rollover Initiative

September 15, 2009
$60,000 in student groups rollover money will be re-invested in four projects this fall. The majority will go to a Revolving Loan Fund for Green Initiatives, with the rest is being split between extending popular PE classes, adding textbooks in the libraries,

The UnKicking of Coke

September 15, 2009
The decision to bring back Coca-Cola, made by the administration late in the Spring semester, has been greeted by some with enthusiasm and others with disappointment. The college administration has pointed to both economic necessity and Coke's allegedly improved practices in the

Welcome Back to Deutsch… kei?

September 14, 2009
Because I just can't tear myself away, I'm writing another column about my adventures (and misadventures) in Berlin as a Fulbright Fellow this year, thinking about Germans, Turks, and the ever-present past.

Student Liasons for Dean’s Search Host Fireside Chat

September 14, 2009
On Monday night, The Dean's Search Committee’s Student Liaisons hosted a fireside chat to discuss the process of selecting the next Dean of Student Life. The position will fill Dean Jim Larimore’s vacancy and replace Acting Dean Garikai Cambell as the leader

Reviewing Jose Saramago’s “Blindness”

September 14, 2009
A review of Jose Saramago's "Blindness." It is something too familiar, too intimate, stuck in the uneasy company of nightmares and overexposed film. Lingering on longer than the usual allegory-cum-dystopia, when the lights go out you get the feeling that they could

Clothesline Project Materials Vandalized

September 12, 2009
Around the time that school started, someone found the Clothesline Project's supplies in Tarble and "ransacked" them. All of the supplies had been taken, including markers, paint cans, and eighteen blank red and white T-shirts. No decorated T-shirts were missing, but instead
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