Quirky’s a myth and you’re still alone, sorry
Unsurprisingly, given last week’s column, I’m still single. I’d given myself one week as the final bracket within which I could logistically find a successful partner at Swarthmore and failed just as...
View ArticleThe LARP at Swat continues ever on
Confession time: When I was a kid, I played a lot of Dungeons & Dragons. My mom sent me to an after school program, and the guy who ran it, John, was just really good at D&D. Good enough to...
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Buying your soul from the liberal arts experience
Photo by Bobby Zipp I was assigned your account, because you’re quirky, and I’m the quirkiest they had. I always say, “If you don’t like what’s being said, change the conversation.” So, instead of...
View ArticleSex and Nerf guns? Trying to move past our vision of ML
Like most people on campus, I’ve always had a well-defined idea of “Mary Lyon culture,” and, like most opinions on campus, this conception was based mostly off conjecture and rumor rather than facts or...
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D&D & RPGs: Swarthmore’s hidden nerd culture
Photo by Z.L. Zhou Earlier this semester, Psi Phi hosted its twice-yearly Cookies and Characters event, where dungeon masters — or game masters, as some prefer it — put on their robes and wizard hats...
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What’s Ur Quirk?
Isabel Cristo/The Phoenix This week’s CJ theme is “Quirky.” I was a little baffled when I heard that. I’ve been called quirky enough times to wonder if maybe it’s true, and if maybe my column is in...
View ArticleHistory, Storytelling, and Loneliness: A Review of The Grand Budapest Hotel
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 ArticleLittle Dragon: Feed Your Inner Hipster
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...
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