Jeff Davidson

Orientation changes welcome 2015ers

The Class of 2015 was greeted with some changes to orientation this year, although the alterations were less drastic than initially thought.

Campus Advisors (CAs) are working closely with Student Acad…

Student forum may bring different campus groups together

Student Council is actively gauging opinion on the idea of forming a student forum. The forum would provide a space for students and student groups to voice their concerns in a collective body.

Presid…

Haverford, Bryn Mawr cut Bi-Co News funding

The Bi-College News, the weekly print newspaper shared by Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges, is stuck in the middle of a heated policy issue that has finally boiled over. Instead of stacks of freshly p…

IN-DEPTH: Alcohol policy and the college campus

Every year about 23,000 Americans die from alcohol-related causes, and that does not include car accidents or homicides, the Center for Disease Control says.

Excessive drinking is a multifaceted probl…

Dukakis returns to pinpoint the stakes of the election

Wednesday marked Constitution Day, during which all publicly funded schools must hold activities dealing with the history of the United States Constitution. Roughly a year ago, Vice President for Coll…

Garnet Athlete of the Week

What she’s done:

Givans holds the Swarthmore College record for the 55-meter hurdles with two 8.58 second marks from different competitions. In the Gotham City Cup, Givans beat the college record fo…

Twitter co-founder, alum, to speak about new book

Dom Sagolla ’96 wrote in his culminating essay as an English Literature major that one day, hypertext — computer-displayed text that references other work at the click of a button, the World Wide Web …

Hobb's to bring local foods to menu

“Buy fresh, buy local” is the motto behind Hobb’s Coffee, the new coffee and light food shop opening in late September on Park Avenue in the borough. Hobb’s will offer coffee, sandwiches, salads, soup…

Counselors target drug abuse

When Jason Kilmer, an expert on college student drug and alcohol use, gave a presentation on campus in the spring, a group of students felt that using his approach could fill the hole in campus substa…

Visiting student robbed at gunpoint

According to a Public Safety awareness bulletin and a Swarthmore Borough Police report, a Villanova student visiting McCabe Library was robbed at gunpoint on Tuesday, April 14 at 11:55 p.m. near the A…

Three college vehicles vandalized in one week

Between March 15 and March 22, three incidents of intentional damage to college-owned vehicles were reported to Public Safety. The first incident, which was directed at a golf cart found destroyed in …

Retired CEO encourages people-focused plans

This past Tuesday, the Phoenix’s Jeff Davidson interviewed Richard Teerlink. On Sunday March 29, Teerlink will be giving the keynote speech for the ninth annual Lax Conference in the Science Center. …

UPDATE: Matthew Baldwin safe, found camping

The following reporting was done this past week before Matthew Baldwin was found safe in a state park. According to an email from Martin Warner, Baldwin is with his family and the college believes he …

Board of Managers names Chopp next president

Dr. Rebecca S. Chopp, in her six years as the president of Colgate University, created the biggest expansion of academic space in the university’s history; organized the university’s most successful f…

Mayoral candidate values interaction with college

The Phoenix’s Jeff Davidson recently interviewed local lawyer Richard Lowe, who is running for mayor in the borough of Swarthmore in the upcoming elections. He graduated from Yale in 1978. He later gr…

Rankings acclaim Swarthmore’s value

Despite a professed aversion to college rankings, Swarthmore College has always been a beneficiary of what one might call the “inner beauty” contest of higher education. On Jan. 7, the college took a …

In home stretch, McCain stays on the offensive in Pa.

On Sunday, a crowd covered in McCain-Palin signs filled the Strath Haven High School gymnasium to the brim in hopes of seeing Republican nominee Senator John McCain. After listening to Senator Joe L…

Congressional hopefuls take stage to outline platforms

On Wednesday, Swarthmore hosted a debate between the two candidates currently vying for representation of the 7th Congressional District in the U.S. Congress. With the Nov. 4 election day rapidly appr…

McCain and Palin rally supporters in Media, Pa.

Republican presidential nominee John McCain and vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin disembarked from the Straight Talk Express campaign bus Monday evening amidst the enthusiastic cheers of supporter…

RIAA renews initiative to combat file-sharing

The soon-to-be reauthorized Higher Education Opportunity Act is yet another step in the initiative to combat illegal file sharing over peer-to-peer (P2P) networks on college campuses. Although officia…

What the internet can’t tell you about your first year in college

My last summer after high school was jam-packed with vacations, fast-paced adventures, and minimal relaxation time. In the end, it was a summer like any other. But every day there loomed that unthinka…