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OASiS open mic brings slam poetry to Swatties

A small but hearty crowd of students gathered at Kitao last Saturday to listen to poems and the occasional rap

On Saturday, November 8, Swarthmore’s fourth annual CUPSI team was selected at a qualifier held in LPAC. The five teammates

November 13, 2014 Tom Corbani 0 Comment CUPSI, oasis, Slam Off, slam poetry, VCU

Last Saturday, Swarthmore’s spoken word group, OASIS, hosted its annual qualifier for the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. This is

February 20, 2014 Annie Tvetenstrand 0 Comment CUPSI, slam poetry, slider, vision

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As

April 4, 2013 Mireille Guy 0 Comment CUPSI, slam poetry

Last year, Swarthmore students travelled to Los Angeles to participate for the first time in the College Union Poetry Slam

October 4, 2012 Taylor Hodges 0 Comment CUPSI, oasis

This year is something of a breakthrough for spoken word poetry at Swarthmore. This past spring, a team of five

April 26, 2012 Alli Shultes 0 Comment CUPSI, oasis

Five members of OASIS (Our Art, Spoken in Soul), the spoken word poetry group on campus, flew to Los Angeles