Millions of Americans will go to the polls next Tuesday amidst rising political dissatisfaction. Here’s what Swatties will see on their ballots, as well
Trajan Finarelli '30 argues that we should be open to considering the potential merits of stricter Voter ID legislation and proposes some solutions of his own.
In this edition of Swat Says, students rank Tri-Co mascots, weigh in on the Garnet Weekend and Halloween overlap, and reflect on their caffeine habits.
Outside hitter Isabel Adam ’28 has been lighting it up for the Swarthmore volleyball team this fall. She came into this season with extensive on-court experience, playing in all but one game in her first two years at Swarthmore, and earning All-Centennial
On a beautiful Friday afternoon, July 24, 2026, LeBron James announced to the world that he would continue his illustrious career by signing with the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year, eight-million-dollar contract. Widely regarded as the best professional basketball player of all
A crowd of 18,000 chants in unison to the beat of the fan section drums. It’s the 86th minute of the match, and the U.S. Women’s National Team is down 2-1 to reigning World Cup Champions, Spain. The beat continues. The left
An ominous bulletin appeared in the ITS spring newsletter: “3) Keeping out the riff-raff.” While this announcement is not particularly new or revelatory, it is a reminder that external computers attempt to infect the Swarthmore network daily. The ambiguity of the update
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
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
A photo exhibit exploring the life and work of peace activist Dorothy Marder opened in the Kitao Gallery this past Friday. From momentos of Marder’s personal lifetime struggles to her portrayals of activists in the later half of the 20th century, Matlock's
"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
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.
A roundup of photos of musical and theatrical events since break. See pictures of Grapevine's Bell-Sing, the One-Act Plays, Sixteen Feet's Toejam, the Haiti Benefit Concert, The Course of True Love, and more.
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,
A Swarthmore student writes in to the Gazette to discuss her misgivings with the planning behind the "Three Days in Palestine," and the issues she believes to be relevant to continuing discourse regarding both the event and its broader themes.
In light of the recent discussion over whether or not to pay members of Student Council for their service, Student Council compiles the pros and cons (as they see them) of StuCo compensation.