For some Swatties returning from winter break, Swarthmore can hit hard; for the residents of Dana, Hallowell, and Danawell, Swarthmore hit just a bit harder. From early in the day on January 20 to the night of Jan. 22, the Danawell Complex
For the fourth year in a row, the Swarthmore campus and community kicked off a week long celebration and remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr. with a day of service on January 21, 2019. This week long event was a collaboration with
Electronic music producer-turned-solo-artist James Blake has been a fixture in the pop and alternative R&B scene for a number of years. While his last record, “The Colour in Anything,” was released in 2016, Blake has kept busy with a number of high
The remarkable spiraling structure of the Guggenheim Museum compels museumgoers to experience art along an upwards, evolving pathway. In “Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future,” exhibit and environment intertwine as af Klint’s revolutionary pieces evolve right along with us. At the
The question with which Israel consistently grapples is: what should we do with the land between the river and the sea? I claim the state’s actions with regards to this question are perpetuating the principles of apartheid. Karl Marx’s piece “On the
A historic gift to the college of $100 million will commence a massive campus-wide renovation project of almost every single building, from academic to dining to residence halls. The contribution, donated by an anonymous alumni, comes with the caveat that every building
Tierra Whack – Whack World 2018 saw the release of some of the longest and shortest albums in recent memory. Artists such as Migos and Rae Sremmurd released albums with runtimes upwards of 90 minutes, whereas Kanye West produced five albums, including
Here at Swarthmore, we tend to take the subtle majesty of the Adirondack chair for granted. From Big Chair to the flock of brilliant white chairlings that reside on Parrish Beach to the jaded, wooden chairs on the expanse of lawn between
On Thursday, December 6, from 4:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the Scheuer room of Kohlberg Hall, Natasha Trethewey, former Poet Laureate of the United States and Pulitzer-Prize-winner will be holding a reading of selections from her 2018 collection of poetry, “Monument:
On Tuesday, November 20, Terence Nance, creator of the relatively new HBO show “Random Acts of Flyness,” came to Swarthmore to show and speak about some of his work and his life as an African-American filmmaker. He showed several clips of his