Ash Shukla, Author at The Phoenix

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Investigating the Cunningham Fire: Part 3 of 3

Nearly two months have passed since the Cunningham Fire ravaged Swarthmore’s most beloved frisbee practice field on September 21, 2019.

It has been three weeks now since the Cunningham Fire. It has been three weeks since we all woke up

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 Ash Shukla and Gidon Kaminer 0 Comment climatestrike, photoessay

Last Friday, September 20th, Gidon Kaminer ’22 and I participated in the Philadelphia Climate Strike alongside hundreds of our fellow

September 26, 2019September 25, 2019 Ash Shukla 1 Comment campus journal, Cunningham, fire, frisbee, satire

Note: this is satire (or is it??) On Saturday, September 21, in a campus-wide text message alert, Public Safety warned

Notes from the Arts section editors: When we were preparing for this issue, especially in anticipation of our new readership

May 2, 2019May 1, 2019 Ash Shukla 1 Comment campus journal, swarthmore

When I came to Swatstruck in 2018, I made sure to ask the quintessential Spec question — “Why did you

Published since 1881, The Phoenix is the independent campus newspaper of Swarthmore College. It is run entirely by students, and

March 21, 2019March 20, 2019 Ash Shukla 0 Comment campus journal, phineas the phoenix

Phineas Phoenix existed only to fulfill the curse that Venus had borne since she first surfaced, fully-formed, from frothing, frigid

There is no one way to write. End of sentence. Fullstop. The level of self-righteous prescriptivism within the realm of