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Athlete of the Week: Norah Rutkowski

Norah Rutkowski ’28 is a first-year athlete on the women’s No. 9-ranked swim team. Rutkowski is from St. Louis, MO, and graduated from Parkway West High School in the spring of 2024. The Centennial Conference Athlete of the Week swims butterfly, breaststroke,
February 13, 2025

Weekly Column: Swat Says

We, the Phoenix Opinions section, are proud to debut Swat Says. In this weekly column, we will talk with students around campus who might otherwise not want to write full opinion articles and record highlights from their responses here. For our first
February 6, 2025

Swarthmore Creative Writing Program Hosts Welcome Back Party

When they’re not writing, the Swarthmore Creative Writing Program (CWP) students are dancing. Or, well, this may have been a one-time occurrence. On Wednesday, Jan. 29, the CWP started the semester with a Spring 2025 Welcome Back Party and Reading in the
February 6, 2025

Sofia Berinstein on Sensual Actions

At the philosophy panel talk “From Perception to Action: Intelligent Action in the Absence of the Intellect” hosted at Swarthmore College on Monday, Feb. 3, Sofia Berinstein, a graduate student from the University of Pittsburgh, presented her theory on sensual actions, challenging
February 6, 2025

Swarthmore Reviews Early Applicants under Changed Conditions

Regular and winter early decision application review is underway at Swarthmore College as the admissions team continues to adjust to “race-neutral” admissions policies. Winter early decision is the second of two rounds of admissions decisions that are binding unless families can’t afford
February 6, 2025

TAP Minus

Upon attempting to order my textbooks this semester, I was shocked to find that I had $289.72 less in my Textbook Affordability Program (TAP) account than I thought. “Where did the funds go?” I asked myself. Upon investigation, I found they had
February 6, 2025

Fighting Impostor Syndrome

A college dormitory is no place for seclusion – it is a shared space that, even behind closed doors, is never truly private. They are communal spaces; we commune in each other’s joys and struggles, all in a centralized place. Of course,
February 6, 2025
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