quit your extracurriculars
One of my least favorite aspects of wisdom is how difficult it is to acquire. Acquiring wisdom takes time, of
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Author: Anatole Shukla
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.
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Investigating the Cunningham Fire: Part 2 of 3
It has been three weeks now since the Cunningham Fire. It has been three weeks since we all woke up
Read moreDo Memes Imitate Life, or Vice Versa? Signs of the Climate Strike
Last Friday, September 20th, Gidon Kaminer ’22 and I participated in the Philadelphia Climate Strike alongside hundreds of our fellow
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Investigating the Cunningham Fire: Part 1 of ??
Note: this is satire (or is it??) On Saturday, September 21, in a campus-wide text message alert, Public Safety warned
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Swarthmore Arts Secrets
Notes from the Arts section editors: When we were preparing for this issue, especially in anticipation of our new readership
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The Swarthmore Worth Loving
When I came to Swatstruck in 2018, I made sure to ask the quintessential Spec question — “Why did you
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The Paper Jungle: Meet The Phoenix
Published since 1881, The Phoenix is the independent campus newspaper of Swarthmore College. It is run entirely by students, and
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Renaissance: A Phineas Phoenix Origin Story, Part One
Phineas Phoenix existed only to fulfill the curse that Venus had borne since she first surfaced, fully-formed, from frothing, frigid
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To Prescribe or Not to Prescribe: My Unsolicited Writing Advice
There is no one way to write. End of sentence. Fullstop. The level of self-righteous prescriptivism within the realm of
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