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Athlete of the Week: Lola Diaz ’26

April 30, 2026
Lola Diaz ’26, hailing from Portland, OR, and Marbella, Spain, has been an integral part of the Swarthmore women’s tennis team for the past four years. She has been awarded All-Centennial First Team Singles (2024) and All-Centennial First-Team Doubles (2024) and has

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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.

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Why Was Picnic Bar Renamed?

February 5, 2010
Remember Picnic Bar at Sharples? You now know Picnic Bar as Patio Bar, which features the same menu. The Gazette inquired about the reason for the change.

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
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