Inspired by the New York Times article, “There Are Holes on the Ocean Floor. Scientists Don’t Know Why” by Christine Chung.

On April 17, Peter Wu ‘22 performed his senior recital, during which he finally turned up his amp and rocked out with his band Scintilla.

To heal from sexual violence is to slowly, painstakingly, recover your voice. And, sometimes, this process begins with a whisper.

After two years of COVID, our memories of Swarthmore have changed. Now that the disconnect between class years has become more apparent, where do we go from here?

I will forget that her favorite color is brown.

I will forget her mother,

I will forget her name.

you’re a maraschino cherry girl / she said / it wasn’t a compliment

to sweat with existence among the fellow wretched, / or to sleep with untimely dreams, distant echoes of nothing, / of unbeing. / no resolution.

This is an English translation of a Chinese translation of the Russian folk song. My mother sang this around the house growing up, and I have fond memories of it.

The goose / Neck arching / towards the heavens sings. 

From properly folding a fitted sheet and making perfect fried chicken (with the help of Snoop Dog) to posing for Instagram “thirst traps” at 81 years old, Martha Stewart can do it all. Stewart’s two public images created by herself and the media — a curated glossy magazine domestic goddess and a divorced celebrity “bad girl of housekeeping” — fit her into a much larger history of celebrity domesticity and media.

After two years of COVID, our memories of Swarthmore have changed. Now that the disconnect between class years has become more apparent, where do we go from here?

Stories from us and from you that capture love in miniature, inspired by the NYT’s “Tiny Love Stories.”

Editors Alex Carpenter and Fiona Stewart interview Chinelo Okparanta, the director for Swarthmore’s creative writing program and an English professor.

Reflecting upon homophobia in Korea—and its implications for those straddling two cultures.