During Tuesday night’s vice-presidential debate (which many Swatties watched at a viewing party in Sharples Commons) observers may have recalled a time when they expected Vice President Kamala Harris to select Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro to be up on that stage. Harris’s
On Sep. 7, over three thousand protesters gathered in pouring rain on the north side of City Hall in Philadelphia in protest of the proposed 76 Place arena in Chinatown. Their numbers were on par with a similar demonstration last June, says
This past Sunday, Lina Khan, the Biden-appointed chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), was featured on “60 Minutes.” On the show, she discussed her approach to leading the FTC, which enforces antitrust law and consumer protection. Her approach, along with that
In two June 2023 Supreme Court cases — Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina — the Court ruled against race-based affirmative action programs in college admissions. In doing so, it decided that
Swarthmore College’s representative in the Pennsylvania State Legislature, Jennifer O’Mara, came to campus on Friday, May 3, for an interview with The Phoenix. Below is an edited transcript: Daniel Perrin: First of all, thank you so much for being here. To start,
On Thursday, April 18, author, activist, and professor Naomi Klein visited Swarthmore for the final event in the “South Africa to Gaza: World History and the Politics of Accountability” series. The series is hosted by the Aydelotte Foundation, the President‘s Office, Swarthmore
After writer and activist Naomi Klein gave the last lecture in Swarthmore’s “South Africa to Gaza: World History and the Politics of Accountability” series, she spoke to The Phoenix about the Israel-Gaza violence, the media, academia, climate, economics, and politics. Below is
This February, Swarthmore President Val Smith shared the “Swarthmore Forward” strategic plan with the campus community. The plan represents the product of a college-wide eighteen-month planning process and “underscores our steadfast belief in educating the whole student,” according to the plan’s website.
On Friday, March 22, Swarthmore released its admissions decisions for the class of 2028. The college received 13,065 applications in this year’s cycle and admitted 975 prospective students, equating to a 7.46% acceptance rate for the college, slightly above last year’s acceptance
On Tuesday, Feb. 20, professor and commentator Peter Beinart visited Swarthmore for the first event in the “South Africa to Gaza: World History and the Politics of Accountability” series. The series is hosted by the Aydelotte Foundation, the President‘s Office, Swarthmore College
