Opinions

Meditations on Meditating

April 23, 2026
Leon Leveau '26 discusses how meditation can help you take a step back from the overwhelming and often uncontrollable sequence of thoughts and actions that dominate our daily lives.

Arts

Sports

Chicago Cubs Fan Takes on Citizens Bank Park

April 23, 2026
Sydeny Ross, a steadfast Chicago Cubs fan, recounts her experience watching an MLB baseball game at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia and feeling the agony one inevitably feels as a fan-outsider in Philly sports arenas.

Athlete of the Week: Iris Barone ’26

April 16, 2026
Katie Kerman: Congratulations on your Centennial Athlete of the Week award and becoming the program’s all-time leader in triples and stolen-bases! Can you take us through those moments when you broke two program records and how you and your team celebrated? Iris

Features

The Moonlit Path

April 23, 2026
Megumi Jindo '28 reflects on her experience at Swarthmore so far and the passing of the baton in her Kizuna, Japanese club.

Hey Mom

April 16, 2026
Corinne Lafont '26 writes a touching piece about her Mom in honor of Mother's Day.

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Men’s Basketball Still Working Towards Playoffs

February 5, 2010
Will Gates ’13 scored 20 points and Matt Allen ’10 added 16, but their combined 36 points weren’t enough to overcome the Muhlenberg Mules (12-8, 10-3 CC) on the road as the Garnet fell to 5-15 overall, 4-9 in Centennial Conference play.

Swat Receives Call to Serve Innovation Grant

February 3, 2010
Swarthmore was chosen to receive a Call to Serve Innovation Grant last month, along with four other institutions of higher education, The grant is given by the Call to Serve branch of the Partnership for Public Service and is meant to improve

Re-Examining Ethical Purchasing

February 3, 2010
Given the disappearance of proposed Proposal Review committee, and the experience of one of our two Lang Center interns responsible for examining ethical purchasing guidelines, it’s hard not to worry that the student body has been baited-and-switched when it comes to ethical

First Round of Deer Cull Completed

February 3, 2010
The first round of the deer cull planned by the Crum Woods Stewardship took place over winter break. Nearly forty deer were culled to reduce their overpopulation. The second round of the cull is being planned now.

Swatties Join Dining Services

February 2, 2010
Since the beginning of this academic year, Swarthmore’s Dining Services has hired four Swatties to work in Sharples and Tarble. While there is no formal policy on hiring students for these dining locations, individual students have approached Linda McDougall, the Dining Services

The P.E. Requirement Needs to Be Abolished Immediately

February 1, 2010
We need an independent body to determine whether a P.E. requirement is really necessary or not. If we don’t get one, hundreds of already fit people with very busy schedules will continue to be dragooned into taking ping-pong and bowling at inconvenient

Ying Li Exhibits Paintings, Lectures on Life

February 1, 2010
Artist Ying Li, whose work is being exhibited in the List Gallery through the end of February, gave a lecture on Thursday, followed by a reception in the gallery. She lived through China's Cultural Revolution and, after spending years painting propaganda for
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