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Weekly Column: Swat Says
Since the housing agreement was due this week, have you been thinking about your plans for and thoughts about housing next semester? Yeyoon Song ’27: I don’t really have a plan, all I want is just a single. As long as it’s
Toward Anticolonial Futures in the Sciences at Swarthmore pt. 2
Editors’ note: This is the second of two parts of a larger article. The first part was published in the March 27 issue of The Phoenix. At Swarthmore, a select few professors like Ben Geller and David Cohen make efforts to bring
Toward Anticolonial Futures in the Sciences at Swarthmore
Editors’ note: This is the first of two parts of a larger article. The next part will be published in the April 3 issue of The Phoenix. As college students, one of our main identity markers is our major. From classroom ice-breakers
The Performative Nature of Social Media
“Nothing on social media is real” – this idea has been repeated to us throughout our lives. The reality of this statement became jarringly clear to me recently. During my TikTok doomscroll before bed, I came across a video of a woman
Swarthmore Alumni for Palestine Speak Out About Suspension
As a group of concerned alumni, many of whom have ourselves led protests at Swarthmore over the past two decades, we are deeply troubled to learn that on March 6, 2025, Swarthmore College officially sanctioned ten student protesters for their organizing against
