Ask The Phoenix: What’s Behind the Empty McCabe Front Desk?
The Phoenix explores recent staffing shortages at McCabe Library.
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War, Power, Culture: Rashid Khalidi and Amira Hass on the ‘Palestine Question’
Scholar Rashid Khalidi, journalist Amira Hass, and Swarthmore visiting professor Bashir Abu-Manneh discuss the 'Palestine Question' in a Cooper Series event.
DEI Is a Higher Ed Target: Here’s How Five Institutions Responded
Reporters from five member institutions of The Collegiate Journalism Network describe the wide-ranging effects of Trump's DEI policy on higher education.
Val Smith Announces Plan to End Presidency After 2026-27 Academic Year
Val Smith announces the upcoming end of her time as Swarthmore president, the community responds and prepares for a period of transition.
Swarthmore Supports Harvard-Led Lawsuit Defending International Students
Swarthmore joins many other higher education institutions in support for Harvard's legal fight for international students.
Swarthmore Accepts 231 Early Decision Applicants
Admissions Office releases information on early decision acceptances to the class of 2030.
McCabe Library: From Dirt to Dust
An architectural history class created an exhibition at McCabe, transforming the campus landmark into a living archive of its own history.
Political Scientist Jonathan Kirshner Lectures on (Un)Realism in the Trump Age
Boston College's Jonathan Kirshner discusses Trump's "America First" doctrine from a classical realist perspective for the 2026 Gilbert Lecture.
‘Making Yourself Beautiful’: Night Owls Event on The Philosophy of Mogging
Night Owls lecture examines the meaning and implications of aesthetic expression through physical alteration and the looksmaxxing trend.
Longtime Dining Staff Member Severely Injured, Hospitalized After Dishwasher Accident
The Phoenix reports on a devastating incident in which a Dining and Community Commons industrial dishwasher left a worker that was attending to it hospitalized with severe injuries.