Michael Gluk

Speaking to mental health

Throughout the school year, the organization Speak 2 Swatties has been mounting popularity and awareness. Co-directed by Megan Jeffreys ’10 and Melissa Cruz ’10, the mental health group seeks both to …

Celebrating Haitian culture

This past Friday, Swarthmore’s Coalition for a Free Haiti hosted the Haiti Awareness Series, an all-day event with the goal of raising awareness about the current situation in Haiti, a country that, …

Rejudging '12 Angry Men'

Before “12 Angry Men” went into production, directors Dustin Trabert ’10 and James Robinson ’10 sat each actor down individually to ask a series of questions about their characters, the answers to whi…

Filmgoing in Philly: Week One

The two-week Philadelphia Film Festival is currently running until April 6. Which films made the cut for our writers and which didn’t? The Phoenix reviews a selection of the festival’s features, some …

Learning for Life event unites staff and students

On Monday, March 23, the campus group Learning for Life held its annual Take Your Partner to Work Day. Operating under a belief in the power of shared experiences, the event sought to “promote mutual …

Assessing the value of the Tri-Co’s art collections

When Brandeis University announced last January that it would be dismantling its Rose Gallery and auctioning off all 6,000 works it held, donor Lois Foster likened the decision to a suicide. A New Yor…

Wieland places the psychological into dance

This Friday, Swarthmore’s Lang Performing Arts center will host “newyou,” a theatrical dance piece from acclaimed choreographer Johannes Wieland. The opportunity to host such an event is a rare one; W…

New Gehry exhibit highlights lesser known work

The Philadelphia Museum of Art currently is currently featuring an exhibit about pivotal contemporary architect Frank Gehry until April 5. Unique to this display of the artist’s work is its focus. It’…

Beyond War News

Recently, Swarthmore has witnessed and encouraged an explosion of projects that utilize new media technology to channel information. Stemming from such successes as War News Radio and the Darfur Radio…

STAND urges abstention from luxuries in anti-genocide campaign

This week, SwatSTAND, the Swarthmore chapter of STAND, A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition, has been encouraging the Swarthmore community to participate in a nation-wide STAND fast to raise money for an…

NOLArize! works to focus revitalization on the future

Four years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, many displaced residents are still unable to return to their still flood-damaged homes, and vital elements of the city’s infrastructure have …

Email addresses mistakenly shortened

Recently, a student brought to The Phoenix staff’s attention a puzzling phenomenon quietly afflicting Swarthmore’s entired student body.

Those of you who missed the ‘typo’ above probably feel less…

Magee assumes new leadership at Lang Center

Last May, Pat James announced her resignation from the College after years of serving as the Lang Center’s Associate Director of Student Programs and Training.

Following James’ resignation, former a…