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The Studyholic Swattie Quiz: Which Swarthmore Academic Library Should You Study In?

McCabe, Cornell, or Underhill (2026 version) Choose an answer and calculate below! photos/swarthmore college Answers If you mostly picked 1), then perhaps with adrenaline and exertion, climbing up and down the steps while munching on snacks, coffee, and re-heated food, the Cornell

February 5, 2026

Campus Journal·Features

Serenity in Solitude

Recently, I have been conscientious of presence. The way one holds themselves. The way one walks with purpose. The way one eats alone in the glowing sunlight. Before college, I thought if one was by themself, it meant that they were lonely.

December 11, 2025

News

Swarthmore Continues Test-Optional Policy

The college renewed its test-optional policy for up to five more years.

November 20, 2025

Office Hours·Opinion

Office Hours: Faculty on the Implications of Generative AI for Higher Education

Swarthmore professors share their thoughts on the growing prevalence of generative artificial intelligence and its implications for higher education and the liberal arts.

November 20, 2025

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Office Hours·Opinion

Office Hours: Faculty on Grading Practices and Grade Inflation

In the second edition of our regular column, “Office Hours”, Swarthmore faculty members share their thoughts on and concerns with grading practices and grade inflation at Swarthmore and beyond.

October 9, 2025

Opinion·Swat Says

Weekly Column: Swat Says

In this edition of Swat Says, students share their thoughts on marriage in college, discuss whether Swarthmore was their first choice, and reveal their favorite summer spots on campus.

April 24, 2025

Around Campus·Campus Journal·College·dorms

May There Be Peace on Earth (A Story That’s Not About Kyle House)

A little away from most Swarthmore’s residential halls, tucked away in the corner next to The Lang Civic Center and across Singer, you’ll find Kyle House: a women’s dorm. Housing ten women in three rooms of doubles and three rooms of singles

March 27, 2025

Around Campus·Campus Journal·College

Swarthmore’s Spring: Photos of Spring 2025

March 27, 2025

Arts

Dear Readers: For When You Want to Transfer

Dear Readers, It hit me recently, in a buzzing swarm of thoughts, that I’m a junior. With three years under my belt, rejections a plenty, fist bumps over paper grades, and a particularly embarrassing episode when I cried under a lamplight near

February 27, 2025

Highlights·Opinion

On Dropping Out & Graduating Early

When I was ten years old, I remember being tasked with an assignment in which I had to plan my future career. When I say plan, I mean really plan. At ten, the only thing I wanted from life was to be

March 2, 2023

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The Studyholic Swattie Quiz: Which Swarthmore Academic Library Should You Study In?

Serenity in Solitude

Swarthmore Continues Test-Optional Policy

Office Hours: Faculty on the Implications of Generative AI for Higher Education

Office Hours: Faculty on Grading Practices and Grade Inflation

May There Be Peace on Earth (A Story That’s Not About Kyle House)

Swarthmore’s Spring: Photos of Spring 2025

Dear Readers: For When You Want to Transfer

On Dropping Out & Graduating Early

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