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Advice From A Professional Matchmaker

November 6, 2025
If you haven’t read your emails in the last month, then there’s a chance you don’t know me. If you have, you might recognize the name Corinne even if you don’t want to. I ran Screw Your Roommate this year because I

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Swat Alum Returns to Play at Olde Club

November 5, 2009
On Friday, November 6, Olde Club will welcome Swarthmore alumnus Pat Kolodgy ’09 back to its stage as as part of Handglops, a pop-punk band. Handglops will be joining Little Girls in opening for the Blank Dogs.

October 30th, 1929- The Day a Cow Entered Parrish

November 4, 2009
In the wake of Halloween, I think it’s appropriate to celebrate the 80th anniversary of one of the more wonderful pranks ever pulled at Swarthmore: the Cow Episode. On December 4, 1929, the editor of the Phoenix received a letter from the

The 2009 World Series According to a Mets Fan

November 3, 2009
On Monday night, when the Phillies beat the Yankees 8-6, I did something I never thought I would ever do—I cheered for the Phillies. But I didn’t just cheer; I pumped my fist, jumped around, and—perhaps most disturbingly—experienced happiness. Now, I could

Class Inequality and Seminar Breaks

November 3, 2009
Swarthmore students already attend school here at considerable expense, and seminar breaks are a lurking expenditure that isn’t technically required, but can’t be avoided for students taking a seminar. Naturally, the extent to which a student is capable of paying for seminar

The Future of Journalism

November 3, 2009
Will Saletan ’87, Swarthmore alum and Slate columnist, discussed the future of journalism with eight students last night in a talk sponsored by the Career Services Department.

Lang Poster Session Promotes Civic Engagement

November 2, 2009
Representatives from over 22 universities and colleges attended a poster session that displayed the work of several campus civic engagement groups at the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility this past Monday night. The event is part of a two-day Program

Finances, Bikes and a Media Shuttle

November 2, 2009
Student Council discussed the Student Financial Advisory Panel's first meeting, the use of the rollover textbook money, a bike share program and creating a Friday night shuttle to Media.
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