Breaking the Silence: Lower Body Weight, Lower Racing Times?
As a two-sport varsity athlete from a fitness-oriented family, Sarah Eppley ’14 never thought she’d have an eating disorder. But in the fall of her sophomore year, she was swimming for two hours a day...
View ArticleHoneygrow tastes like home, i.e., dirt
Honeygrow, stylized as “honeygrow,” is a restaurant that “has been having people come together over wholesome foods since 2012,” according to their website. Currently, the nascent chain has a very...
View ArticleReturning from time off, students readjust
Swarthmore’s freshman retention rate is the stuff of college-rankings legends. A whopping 96 percent of students return to the school after their freshman year, a number which, according to...
View ArticleAthletic trainers care for club and varsity athletes alike
Most of us are a little too familiar with the struggles of being unhealthy at Swat, whether it be the inescapable grasp of Swat Plague, or a Friday morning, or gaining the freshman fifteen (or twenty)....
View ArticleExpanding our conceptions of healthy relationships
About a year ago, I was catching up with a friend outside a bar about the usual — bad hookups, good gossip, confusing crushes. He took a drag from his cigarette, inhaling deeply, and waving around the...
View ArticleNoémi Fernández wants to give you a pep talk
If you’ve never been to her office in the Matchbox, you may know her from her supportive posts to Yik Yak, or her recent appearance in your inbox. Together with Josh Ellow, the Alcohol and Other Drugs...
View ArticleReflecting on what the Matchbox might be like, maybe
I’ve never been inside the Matchbox, barring a single foray into its second floor last year to attend a storytelling event. This first and only venture involved me standing in the Matchbox’s entrance...
View ArticleDoing something in our activewear, just not exercise
I was babysitting early in the morning for a while last summer, in an affluent NYC neighborhood, and I started to stop by the local Trader Joe’s before heading home. I was usually there around 8:30...
View ArticleTeaching and learning the radical act of self love
“Ms. A’Dorian, how do you get your hair like that?”, my girls would ask last summer as they played with my kinks and coils during our program’s free time. For most of them it was their first time...
View ArticleThe Past, the Present, and the Future Walked Into a Bar. It Was Tense.
The future. What even is it? Well people, the future is a noun, a rapper (listen to maskoff #hype #lit #do #it), also there is, or I guess there was, Phil of the Future (arguably the hottest disney...
View ArticleCAPS increases staff hours to meet students needs
As the semester draws to an end, Counseling and Psychological Services has increased its staff hours to meet the increasing need of students. Increasing CAPS’s capacity through extended hours has been...
View ArticleDespite support, concussed students face pressures
One in five high school students who play contact sports suffer a concussion each year, according to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. To facilitate recovery of concussed students,...
View ArticleStudents dissatisfied with CAPS as demand rises
Last semester, a psychiatrist at Worth Health Center prescribed Calla Bush St. George ’20 SSRI inhibitors to help cope with anxiety. She began taking the medication on Jan 28. A week into the course,...
View ArticleDance students encounter obstacles accessing physical therapy
Dance students at Swarthmore have access to physical therapy on campus to help treat injuries. However, there has been no direct, convenient way for students training in dance classes at the college to...
View ArticleReflecting on what the Matchbox might be like, maybe
I’ve never been inside the Matchbox, barring a single foray into its second floor last year to attend a storytelling event. This first and only venture involved me standing in the Matchbox’s entrance...
View ArticleNoémi Fernández wants to give you a pep talk
If you’ve never been to her office in the Matchbox, you may know her from her supportive posts to Yik Yak, or her recent appearance in your inbox. Together with Josh Ellow, the Alcohol and Other Drugs...
View ArticleChronic Pain at Swat is Real, Let’s Talk About It
Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about...
View ArticleStressed by Stress Injuries
When I asked Lucas Heinzerling ’20, a distance runner on the men’s varsity cross country and track teams, about the injuries he has sustained during his seven-year career, he rattled them off quickly:...
View ArticleFlu Vaccine Clinics Strive to Boost Immunization
For the past four years, Swarthmore Worth Health and Wellness Center has been offering pop-up flu shot clinics around campus to make it easier for students to get the flu shot. Approximately 300...
View ArticleNew Health, Safety Protocols Unveiled In Virtual Town Hall
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise at alarming rates across the country, the College rolled out some of its health and safety plans for the fall semester in a virtual town hall on July 30. There were...
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