Tiffany Liao

Bringing the Swawk east

After being satisfied with my work in Madrid, I have decided it is my duty to share the Swawk with a number of unSwawked countries during Semana Santa or Holy Week, the week leading up to Easter. This…

Spanish habits: hot milk, olives and mullets, oh my!

I study in Madrid under the Hamilton College program, which maintains a strict Spanish-only policy at all times. While I realize the rule might not sound ideal to all, the fact is that my Spanish has …

On Spanish stereotypes

For my third column, I have taken on the task of confirming or dispelling the most common stereotypes about Spain, with at best dubious authority and an alarmingly high dependence on anecdotal evidenc…

A guide to conversations with the madrileños

I’ll be honest. A huge impetus to study abroad in Spain was the siesta. I’ve always loved Spanish culture and especially literature, but the siesta was seriously and shamelessly high on the list. Like…

Mucho gusto, Madrid

My fellow Swarthmoreans, I decided to write this column because I know at least half of my friends maintain our friendship because of the ego boost they gain watching me stumble into awkward situation…

'Vinegar Tom' poised to bewitch its audience

The premiere of "Vinegar Tom,” the Senior Company 2009 production, is sure to elicit a host of reactions from its audience. The one reaction that is sure not to be present? Boredom. After all, the pla…

Drama Board lights up stage with "Written in the Stars"

High school musicals have long been written off as cotton candy fluff: sweet, sticky and fading quickly from your mind the second they end. Writer and director Charles Inniss ’09, however, is bringing…

'Polaroid Project' promotes shared art

A fresher, more collective-oriented approach to art is being brought to the Swarthmore community this fall as Pun/ctum, a new magazine devoted solely to photography, arrives on the scene amidst the ty…

Bush Leaguers

As the campus readies itself for the upcoming elections, McCabe Library is joining in on the political spirit with the opening of the exhibit “Bush Leaguers: Cartoonist Take on the White House,” a col…

Latino Heritage Month 2008

Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe

Arts and leisure at Swat

1. Bamboo Garden

Swarthmore’s Bamboo Grove is an unexpected, but much appreciated, burst of botanical diversity.

2. Beardsley

Home to both Art and Art History courses, this building is the perfect p…

Editor's picks

Warding off sickness with science and superstition

The winter season is upon us, ushering in twinkling snow, crisp air and, as always, a flood of rampant germs. As anyone who’s attempted to give a presentation with the croak of a sore throat or to typ…

Swat theater goes beyond Drama Board

The recent success of two plays, “The Last Five Years” and “Oleanna,” might herald a rising trend in independent student productions. The plays, funded outside of the Drama Board and theater departmen…

Kitao welcomes autumn

With the fiery foliage shrouding the Swarthmore campus, Kitao Gallery board chose autumn as the inspiration for its new student exhibition entitled “Art of Autumn” which premiered Oct. 25.

The lat…

Things heat up down on South Street

South Street in Philadelphia is known for its bohemian atmosphere and excellent shopping. Any given day, tourists and natives alike pound the streets to scrounge for treasures from the thrift store ra…

Enjoy music, avoid Sharples

On Sept. 11 at noon, the walls of the Lang Concert Hall reverberated with the swells of a violin as the appropriately named Monday Midday Concert series marked its second season, opening with a concer…

A vision for Venezuela

When Yongjun Heo ’09 first arrived in Venezuela, he was armed only with limited Spanish and no formal medical training.

The very next day, Heo found himself in the jungle, working as the primary ass…

Darfur Radio Project

A group of Swarthmore students are determined to change the way you think about the region of Darfur in Sudan. Founded in Fall 2006 by alumnus Sarah Manion ’07, the Darfur Radio Project aims to provid…

Facebook network connects Class of 2011

First-years Fumiko Egawa and Tramane Hall have been best friends for months. They joke that they are married and that, over the summer, they spent hours on the phone everyday. Yet, before coming to Sw…

Places to bum around swat

To extend our welcome to the Class of 2011, The Phoenix presents a guide of all the Swattie hotspots for your every need, whether you’re looking for the best place to take a quick snooze or the best p…

Dancing the night away

On April 27 and 28, the department of music and dance showcased its Spring Dance Concert displaying a variety of dance pieces whose origins spanned continents and that exemplified both past and presen…

First Mr. Swarthmore pageant a royal success

On April 13, a glittery runway split Upper Tarble while Swarthmore students, parents and faculty struggled for space. Signs shouting slogans like “Boy Meets Attractive” swam in the crowd and everywher…

William Potter Fiction competition winners announced

Post-Katrina New Orleans, a mourning widower and zombie whales reigned supreme, in that order, at the William Plumer Potter Fiction Competition.

On March 28, novelist Diane Ayres announced the winners…

Epic clash of academic divisions at first Bathtub Debates

This is how the world ends — not with a bang … but with a deadly concoction of bananas, Viagra® and cough syrup at the hands of an evil alien warlord. Penguins have summoned the surviving three avatar…

Jazz gets its moment at Swat

The strains of jazz music are growing stronger on the Swarthmore campus due to a number of new opportunities for jazz on campus. Thanks in part to a petition drafted and signed by Jazz Ensemble member…

Making the future a little less scary

It’s the second week of classes and you’ve only left your room occasionally to scrounge for food, and anytime you’re exposed to natural light, you find yourself hissing and writhing in Gollum-esque fa…

The Cho-sen one

Controversy never looked so good in hot pink Nike sneakers and a smear of bright red lipstick.

This past Saturday, the outspoken comedian Margaret Cho took Swarthmore by storm in a sold out LPAC show …

Redefining Afrolatinidad

AfroLatin Week ended with a bang last Saturday at Olde Club with the Redefining Afrolatinidad Spoken Word/Hip Hop night.

The event featured spoken word artist Oveous Maximus, the Bryn Mawr feminist ra…