Gidon Kaminer, Author at The Phoenix

Ethos Water: Why Americans Pay to Pee

To lambast America’s grossly inadequate public infrastructure has become so commonplace that the refrain is an all but trivial cliche in online political discourse. I do not have any expert analysis, insight, or nuance to add to this righteous indignation. However, in

September 29, 2022

Arts

Drunk Drivers? Killer Whales? Car Seat Headrest at Franklin Music Hall

Some February day in 2016, my sophomore year of high school, I sat in an empty room waiting for class to start. I don’t remember what I was feeling as I watched my teacher shuffle in to set up the lesson, I

April 7, 2022

Arts

Artist of the Week Greg Boatman ’23 on Composition and Improvisation

“I was in the woods, just kind of walking, when I stopped for a moment and listened to everything around me,” recalled Greg Boatman ’23. “There were all these layers of sound stacked on top of each other, blended into each other

March 24, 2022

Campus Journal

Roundup: the Least Promising SwatTank Pitches

SwatTank is the premier event for entrepreneurial Swatties looking to develop their project ideas and work to refine them towards fully-fledged ventures.This annual innovation competition organized by the Center for Innovation and Leadership sees groups of students go head-to-head to convince a

March 3, 2022

Campus Journal

Jellow Conducts AOD Survey for Stat 011 Final Project

As the semester crawls to a close, tests and final projects have been steadily piling up. Among those dealing with a mounting workload is Joshua Ellow, who has been kept busy by the final project assigned for Professor Suzanne Thornton’s Stat 011:

December 2, 2021

Campus Journal

Student Activists Drive Change at Swarthmore by Driving Change at Williams and Amherst

Despite all the fancy buildings and gushing promotional materials that the college generates feverishly day in and day out, it seems that Swarthmore can never break out of the #3 spot on U.S. News and World’s Top Liberal Arts Colleges list. The

November 18, 2021

News

Sharples, Public Safety Among Campus Organizations Suffering from Understaffing

Over the past few months, industries such as food service, hospitality, trucking, retail, and more have been having a difficult time hiring employees, finding themselves in an unprecedented labor shortage that has befuddled businesses. Job openings are at a record high as

November 4, 2021

Campus Journal·Highlights

Guerrilla Architecture Group Challenges “Cornellification” of Campus

A group of architecture aficionados has been raising vocal alarm about a sinister movement that in recent years has stealthily crept into the most hallowed spaces on Swarthmore’s campus. Known in certain circles as “Cornellification,” this is the campaign by which the

September 16, 2021

Campus Journal

Co-Op says “Fuck It,” replaces rest of store with alcohol

The Swarthmore CO-OP is the gastronomical lifeblood of the borough of Swarthmore. Since its opening in 1937, the community-owned food market has provided quality goods to all community members, from fresh produce to specialty selections and prepared foods. Though the CO-OP has

May 7, 2021

Campus Journal

Business Today: iClicker market thrown into turmoil by COVID-19

Students who have taken large intro-level S.T.E.M. courses such as CS 31, Engineering 006, and Intro to Astronomy are well familiar with the “iClicker,” a device used to instantly answer multiple choice questions during class. It is a simple gizmo that uses

April 23, 2021

Gidon Kaminer

Ethos Water: Why Americans Pay to Pee

Drunk Drivers? Killer Whales? Car Seat Headrest at Franklin Music Hall

Artist of the Week Greg Boatman ’23 on Composition and Improvisation

Roundup: the Least Promising SwatTank Pitches

Jellow Conducts AOD Survey for Stat 011 Final Project

Student Activists Drive Change at Swarthmore by Driving Change at Williams and Amherst

Sharples, Public Safety Among Campus Organizations Suffering from Understaffing

Guerrilla Architecture Group Challenges “Cornellification” of Campus

Co-Op says “Fuck It,” replaces rest of store with alcohol

Business Today: iClicker market thrown into turmoil by COVID-19

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