May 2025

News

SJP Encampment Ends with Arrest of 9 Protesters, Including 1 Current Swarthmore Student

Nine protesters, including one Swarthmore student and one student on an extended leave of absence, were arrested last Saturday, May 3, ending the four-day Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) encampment on Trotter Lawn. The seven others arrested were unaffiliated with the

May 7, 2025

News

Timeline of the Trotter Lawn Encampment

A comprehensive timeline of the Trotter Lawn encampment and subsequent police response.

May 7, 2025

News

Faculty Reflect on Encampment, Arrests

As the encampment continued at Swarthmore College, faculty-admin communication on next steps was minimal, with many faculty sharing that there was no communication other than President Smith’s messages to the entire campus. On Friday afternoon, more than 48 hours after the tents

May 7, 2025

News

After Encampment, Sympathetic Students Frustrated by “Unambiguously Ineffective” SJP Tactics

The pro-Palestinian encampment constructed on Trotter Lawn on April 30 by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and demolished May 3, 2025, bears many similarities to the encampment the group constructed Spring 2024. However, one of the most striking differences between the

May 7, 2025

News

The Dismantling of the Encampment in Photos

Photographer Zack Kreines '25 and Photography Editor James Shelton '28 capture the encampment and subsequent police response.

May 7, 2025

News

Swarthmore Cyberattack: Analysis and Reactions

According to Swarthmore Public Safety and Information Technology Services (ITS), the college was likely the target of a cyberattack on Wednesday, April 30, on its network and associated computer systems, resulting in widespread Internet outages. The situation progressed over several days as

May 6, 2025

Breaking News·News

Swarthmore Encampment Ends with 9 Arrests; Students and Faculty Rattled

This article shows live updates and coverage of the four-day encampment on Trotter Lawn that ended after local law enforcement demolished it and arrested nine protesters, one of which a current Swarthmore student, on Saturday morning.

May 3, 2025

Highlights·News·Opinion

Inaugural Phoenix Campus Opinions Survey – Spring ’25

On April 21, The Phoenix sent its inaugural campus opinion survey to 593 randomly selected Swarthmore students, representing 34.8% of the student body. The survey asked students to indicate whether they approved, strongly approved, disapproved, strongly disapproved, felt neutral, or didn’t know

May 1, 2025

News

2024-2025 in Phoenix News Coverage

The Phoenix's Spring '25 News Editors provide a recap of the year in news coverage, highlighting our major findings, investigations, and series.

May 1, 2025

Features

Philadelphia City Councilmember on Swarthmore Students’ Activism, College Sanctions

On March 6, 2025, Swarthmore College sanctioned fifteen students, including students from and first educated in Philadelphia, for their participation in Palestine solidarity activism that took place between October 2023 and March 2024. Among these sanctions were a semester-long suspension, a year-long

May 1, 2025

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