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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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Weekend Round-up: Hip Hop and Saxophone

November 12, 2009
Greetings, Swatties. It only appears that it will be a bleak weekend. Despite the cold and rain tonight and tomorrow night, and recognizing that the date is Friday the 13th, there are some fun things happening on and off campus that may

Swat Receives B+ in Sustainability

November 11, 2009
Swarthmore earned a B+ on the College Sustainability Report Card for 2010, which was released in October. The grade is a step up from last year’s B-; it was reached through a survey of nine categories such as “green building,” “student involvement,”

Spotted…

November 11, 2009
From McCabe to Sharples to Cornell -- hey, where else do we spend our time? -- love can strike anywhere at Swarthmore.

It’s Time to leave Afghanistan

November 10, 2009
Like the overwhelming majority of conservative commentators, David Brooks of The New York Times has come out in favor of sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. Underlying his perspective is a tacit, and utterly wrong, assumption: that winning in Afghanistan is crucial

The Power of Caricature: Victor Navasky ’54

November 10, 2009
Victor Navasky ’54, former editor of The Nation, delivered the annual McCabe lecture Monday night titled, “The Art of Controversy: or why caricatures may be worth 10,000 words.” The lecture explored why the so-called “low art” of caricature manages to have such
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