“Nothing on social media is real” – this idea has been repeated to us throughout our lives. The reality of this statement became jarringly clear to me recently. During my TikTok doomscroll before bed, ...
Below is an abbreviated summary of the four-day encampment on Trotter Lawn, which ended in arrests by law enforcement Saturday morning. The events described below, as well as their lead-up and ...
Editor’s note: For this regular column, we email the entire Swarthmore faculty asking the listed question by Saturday morning. We publish every contribution that we have received as of publication on ...
It is Slavoj Žižek who I have to thank for much of my interest in philosophy — and perhaps most of my intellectual outputs. A chance encounter with his books “Living in the End Times” and “The ...
As students at Swarthmore College, we had become accustomed to hearing about the college’s “ongoing responsibility for community care,” “commitment to social responsibility,” and care for “peace and ...
Pico Iyer, an essayist and novelist, is known for his travel writing and prose meditations on spirituality. His literary work, composed of fifteen books of fiction and nonfiction, has been translated ...
President Valerie Smith speaks at her installation ceremony on Oct. 3, 2015. Photo/Swarthmore College On Tuesday, Feb. 23, Swarthmore President Val Smith announced that her term would end on June 30, ...
In January 2026, Media, PA, former Councilwoman Joi Washington was inaugurated as mayor of the Borough. Washington is Media’s first Black mayor and first woman mayor; she succeeded longtime Mayor Bob ...
Nine protesters, including one Swarthmore student and one student on an extended leave of absence, were arrested last Saturday, May 3, ending the four-day Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) ...
Maps contributed by Devin Gibson ’28. Data collection by Walker, Perrin, Gibson, Ellen Stewart ’27, James Shelton ’28, Reina Jones ’27, and Zephyr Weinreich ’28. The map of campus cameras above and ...
This past weekend, a creatively expressive production of “Woyzeck” was performed at the Frear Ensemble Theater as Grace Fruauff ’26’s senior Honors directing thesis. “Woyzeck” is an unfinished play ...
A sign outside the Courtney Smith House reminds passerby that the building is private property. Phoenix Photo/James Shelton When President Val Smith leaves Swarthmore in the summer of 2027, her ...
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