Ben Pauley, Author at The Phoenix

The Little Things: Reflections From a Senior

By the time this article comes out, I will have one and a half weeks of classes, two weeks of reading period and finals, and an extra senior week left of my time at Swarthmore. There have been lots of important events

April 20, 2023

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April Fools’ Day Isn’t as Good as It Used to Be

It used to be so much fun to hear the exclamation: “April Fools!” When I was a little kid, April Fools’ Day was always exciting. I never was a big prankster — I think the biggest “prank” I’ve ever pulled off in

April 6, 2023

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Half-Hour Zoom Call: the Modern Interview Process

Coming up on what will be my last spring break for the foreseeable future, I have transitioned from a meager job inquiry to a full-blown job hunt. I fleshed out my Handshake account and created a LinkedIn profile stating that I seek

March 2, 2023

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Observation Night on February 3

On Feb. 2, everyone in a physics or astronomy class at Swarthmore received an email from the department’s administrative coordinator promoting an event hosted by the Society of Physics Students (SPS). This event was one of several observation nights hosted throughout the

February 16, 2023

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Learning Shuttle Schedules and Interview Skills: An Experience of the Haverford Career Fair

It’s finally the spring semester of 2023, a time that was unimaginably far away from me back when I first arrived on campus in the fall of 2019. Like many other peers of mine in the class of 2023, I am seriously

February 2, 2023

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(Finals) Season’s Greetings

Thanksgiving break is lovely, always has been, and always will be. Unfortunately, it also happens to be the harbinger of the most stressful time of the year for many students: finals. For first-year students, this will be their first college finals period;

December 1, 2022

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Securing Senate Seats and Snickerdoodle Cookies: The Voting Experience at Swarthmore

By this point, everyone who pays even the slightest attention to politics knows last week was a historic moment for America, with one of the best midterm election performances by the party of the President in decades. As a result, the Democratic

November 17, 2022

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A Meditation on Punctuation

No interaction fills me with as much dread as having to write an email to someone for the first time. It has all the pressure of making a good first impression, but it lacks the humanity that allows the tension to be

November 3, 2022

Ben Pauley

The Little Things: Reflections From a Senior

Half-Hour Zoom Call: the Modern Interview Process

Observation Night on February 3

Learning Shuttle Schedules and Interview Skills: An Experience of the Haverford Career Fair

(Finals) Season’s Greetings

Securing Senate Seats and Snickerdoodle Cookies: The Voting Experience at Swarthmore

A Meditation on Punctuation

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