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Weekly Column: Swat Says

March 26, 2026
In this edition of Swat Says, students share their thoughts on March Madness, discuss PubSafe's approach to alcohol on campus, and reveal their homework habits.

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Athlete of the Week: Leor Kedar ’28

March 26, 2026
Sophomore baseball player Leor Kedar ’28 is a must-watch when he steps up to the plate. On the Garnet’s Spring Break trip to South Carolina, where they faced four teams across seven games, Kedar racked up eleven runs, eighteen hits, twelve Runs

Thank You, Swarthmore Women’s Soccer

March 26, 2026
Swarthmore Soccer senior Isa Specchierla reflects on her time with the team During this past Winter Break, 30 minutes into playing in a Sunday adult league pick-up game (as a washed-up, now-retired senior collegiate athlete does), I was hit with an overwhelming

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Haverford Party Raided by State Police, 31 Cited

September 4, 2009
One of the semester's biggest parties at Haverford was raided by state police Thursday night; they were tipped off by an anonymous source (reputedly a Bi-Co student). More information was gathered via the event's public Facebook listing. 27 Haverford and four Bryn

Wharton CD 3rd and Strath Haven Without RAs

September 2, 2009
The residents of Wharton CD 3rd and Strath Haven are facing a unique situation this year: no RAs on their halls. Swarthmore now has a total of 49 RAs, as opposed to 51 RAs last year. After much consideration, Rachel Head, the

Better Know the News: Spring 2009 News Summary

September 2, 2009
Let's be honest: after you turn in your last final, thinking about all the messed-up drama that our small, (beloved?) liberal arts college can sometimes rouse up is... well... probably the last thing you want to do. Seeing that word on the

Daniel Cho ’13 and Philmon Haile ’13

August 31, 2009
There's something of a tradition at the Gazette of profiling an incoming student, to bring the rest of the community an annual dose of nostalgia and to make the hundreds of new faces on campus that much more human to the rest

Swarthmore 101

August 28, 2009
This class does not fulfill your writing requirement. An entirely non-comprehensive (and possibly entirely misguided) guide to navigating your way through Swarthmore: our favorite spots to work, study, and play as well as a glossary to get you acquainted with Swat lingo.
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