Bess Markel, Author at The Phoenix

Retired Athlete of the Week: Alexa Specht ‘22

Alexa Specht is a senior from Granville, OH, and was a distance swimmer for the women’s swim team. She enjoys swimming the 400 IM and fly, and recorded a personal best this season in the 200 back. Specht was named a member

April 29, 2022

Opinion

Reflections From a Senior: (Don’t) Quit The Phoenix

I have tried writing this piece many different times. I don’t know how to emotionally sum up what The Phoenix has meant to me over the past four years in an eloquent, thoughtful way. I think my friend and EIC Anatole Shukla

April 28, 2022

Highlights·Sports

Manfred Strikes Out: MLB Players Demand Improved Pay

After a 99-day strike, baseball is back! For those of you who were unaware, the Major League Baseball Association and the MLB Players association had been unable to reach a collective bargaining agreement after the previous one expired. The strike-out led to

March 17, 2022

Sports

Olympics Column: Nathan Chen (again) and the Closing Ceremony

Bess: Readers, all good things must come to an end. Grace: It’s true. Bess: And that is why Grace and I are sad to announce that we will watch the Olympics for the final time. Grace: It’s the ending of a trilogy.

February 24, 2022

Highlights·Sports

Olympics Column: Ice Dancing

Watched on Tuesday 15th Bess: Hey, this is Bess. Grace: And this is Grace, and we are back with part two of our column. Bess: So once again, we don’t have time to watch all the events. Grace: Yeah, they are many

February 17, 2022

Highlights·Sports

Olympics Column: Skating Team Event

Bess: Hi, this is Bess. Grace: And this is Grace. Bess: And we are watching the Olympics. Grace: Yes, we are. Bess: So a little bit about us. We are not NARPs, but we’re also not ARPs. Grace: We are semi-athletic SARPs.

February 10, 2022

Sports

Good Team Wins Again

Ask anyone in my family and they will tell you I do not like the St. Louis Cardinals. When I was six years old, the Cardinals defeated my beloved Detroit Tigers in the 2006 World Series. I was crushed. I’ve held a

October 21, 2021

Highlights·Opinion

The Supreme Court Needs to Revisit Hazelwood V. Kulhmier

In 1988, the Supreme Court issued its only ruling on student journalism to date. The case was about a school-funded high school newspaper that had printed a story on teen pregnancy in a school-funded newspaper. The school’s principal deleted the pages without

September 16, 2021

Highlights·News

Nearly All Women’s Basketball Players Quit, Eight New Players Recruited Following College’s Inaction Towards Head Coach Signor-Brown

In December 2020, following an extensive three-part investigation from The Phoenix about allegations from numerous players of intense favoritism, toxic team culture, and bullying towards women’s basketball players on behalf of Coach Candice Signor-Brown, members of the Swarthmore women’s basketball team created

May 9, 2021

Arts

2021 Oscars: Most Memorable Moments

The 93rd Oscars happened last weekend, and it was a wild ride. For those of you who didn’t watch (either because you didn’t have three spare hours on a Sunday night, or because you didn’t want to pay the outrageous cost for

May 1, 2021

Bess Markel

Retired Athlete of the Week: Alexa Specht ‘22

Reflections From a Senior: (Don’t) Quit The Phoenix

Manfred Strikes Out: MLB Players Demand Improved Pay

Olympics Column: Nathan Chen (again) and the Closing Ceremony

Olympics Column: Ice Dancing

Olympics Column: Skating Team Event

Good Team Wins Again

The Supreme Court Needs to Revisit Hazelwood V. Kulhmier

Nearly All Women’s Basketball Players Quit, Eight New Players Recruited Following College’s Inaction Towards Head Coach Signor-Brown

2021 Oscars: Most Memorable Moments

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