Anatole Shukla

President Smith Declines Black Affinity Coalition’s Town Hall Invitation

At 11:10 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19, President Valerie Smith sent out an email to Swarthmore students titled, “Regarding the Student Strike and Demands.” Smith also cced other administrators. In the email, Smith declined the Black Affinity Coalition’s invitation for her and

November 19, 2020

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Black Affinity Coalition and Swarthmore Strike Coalition Begin Strike

On Wednesday, November 11, the Black Affinity Coalition published a statement and list of demands in Voices, a student-run news and media publication at Swarthmore. In this document, the BAC demands the college to allocate more resources towards the equitable treatment and

November 16, 2020

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Swarthmore Community Pushes to Get Out the vote

Despite Swarthmore’s widely-held reputation as a college committed to democratic engagement, more than half of Swarthmore students did not exercise their civic right to vote in the 2016 and 2018 elections. Seeking to rectify this shortcoming and placing a high value on

October 30, 2020

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Women’s Basketball Team Members Pursue Title IX and Provost’s Office Inquiries into Coach Candice Signor-Brown

Update: around 5:30 PM on October 17, a player on the women’s basketball team at Swarthmore published an update, “They [Swarthmore] are keeping the head coach,” on a Change.org petition. The Phoenix has since confirmed with our sources that Candice Signor-Brown will

October 16, 2020

Arts

An Unnecessarily Incomplete Canon: A Critique of Rolling Stone’s Latest 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

Rolling Stone could learn from the adage that a rolling stone gathers no moss — and roll on by ditching the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” feature. On September 22, 2020, Rolling Stone re-released their list of the top 500 albums

October 2, 2020

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Swarthmore Student Tests Positive for COVID-19

At 12:25 p.m. on Sept. 12, Vice President for Student Affairs Jim Terhune sent an email to on-campus Swarthmore students confirming that a Swarthmore student tested positive for COVID-19. The student is the first student to test positive since Swarthmore began mass

September 12, 2020

News

Bryn Mawr College Begins Level Two COVID-19 Operations, Sparking Misinformation

On September 1, Bryn Mawr College announced a shift from their screening period directly to Level Two of the Bi-College Mitigation Plan, a plan which outlines four levels of operations for Bryn Mawr and Haverford College based on COVID-19 risk factors. Level

September 10, 2020

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Garnet Pledge Violations Result in Revoked Housing Privileges

Updates: A previous version of this article stated that students are not typically entitled to room and board refunds. We have since received more information about the specific treatment of these students from the Office of Student Engagement, and have updated the

September 9, 2020

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Students Studying Abroad Return to U.S. Due to COVID-19 Outbreak and Travel Restrictions

On March 12, President Donald Trump announced travel restrictions from 26 Schengen-area European countries to the U.S. as an attempt to combat the further spread of COVID-19 to, and within, the U.S. American citizens were exempt from the travel restriction. The travel

April 3, 2020

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Spring Break Extended, Classes Temporarily Move Online Due to COVID-19 Outbreak

On Wednesday, March 11, President Valerie Smith sent an email to Swarthmore’s “covid19” listserv detailing the college’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak, including information for faculty, staff, and students. Colleges and universities across the country have increasingly been taking preventative measures to

March 12, 2020

Anatole Shukla

President Smith Declines Black Affinity Coalition’s Town Hall Invitation

Black Affinity Coalition and Swarthmore Strike Coalition Begin Strike

Swarthmore Community Pushes to Get Out the vote

Women’s Basketball Team Members Pursue Title IX and Provost’s Office Inquiries into Coach Candice Signor-Brown

An Unnecessarily Incomplete Canon: A Critique of Rolling Stone’s Latest 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

Swarthmore Student Tests Positive for COVID-19

Garnet Pledge Violations Result in Revoked Housing Privileges

Students Studying Abroad Return to U.S. Due to COVID-19 Outbreak and Travel Restrictions

Spring Break Extended, Classes Temporarily Move Online Due to COVID-19 Outbreak

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