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A Day in the Life of a Volleyball Player

October 8, 2026
Before arriving at Swarthmore, I thought I knew what being a collegiate student-athlete would look like. Although most of the basics are as expected, there are many small thrills and daily traditions ingrained in my life that I would never have anticipated

Athlete of the Week: Charlotte Martin ’28

October 1, 2026
Charlotte Martin ’28 is a junior runner for the Swarthmore women’s cross country team. Hailing from Southlake, TX, Martin led the Garnet with a 17th-place finish at the Haverford Main Line Invitational event on Friday, Sept. 18. She ran a personal-record time

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On Living Liminally

October 8, 2026
Kush Kaur ’28 reflects on her relationship with her Nani ma’s house — a place intertwined with her hometown, past, family, and sense of self.

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Peaslee Debate Society to Host Nationals

April 9, 2010
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

Unpaid Internship Regulations: They Don’t Help Us

April 8, 2010
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

“Three Days in Palestine” and the Purpose of Checkpoints

April 7, 2010
"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

F&M Steamrolls Garnet Women’s Lacrosse 17-7

April 7, 2010
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.

Arboreal Love and Tragedy at the Melamine Factory

April 6, 2010
This week, we received two questions. We're really all asking the same thing, at heart: how to make our lives more lovely; and how to make our loves more lively. We're not sure which of the two questions below corresponds to which,
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