Taylor Hodges, Author at The Phoenix

We’re Artists, Too: Kitao Exhibit Gives Space for Student Art

At their most stressed, Swarthmore students seem to pride themselves on being some of the busiest students in the country. To the busy Swattie who heaves an overstuffed backpack and holees up in Cornell basement, trading mugs of caffeine for sleep, extracurricular

December 6, 2012

Campus Journal

Trelawney’s Tea Leaves: Reading the Future of Harry Potter

Harry Potter. It hardly seems possible to imagine a time when the name could be read on a page without conjuring (no pun intended) associations of bygone hours of enraptured entertainment for every reader, or even the casual film-goer. The franchise has

November 29, 2012

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Abraham opens his Identity, leaves it on “Pavement”

The open stage is set only with a basketball hoop at its back-right corner. The first dancer saunters onstage to the hearty strum of a dusty guitar, stock music that could have been pulled from a Western movie. The twang of guitar

November 15, 2012

Campus Journal

Techno Legend Lights Up Electric Factory

When Richie Hawtin stepped up to the decks at 1 a.m., the ebullient crowd at Philadelphia’s Electric Factory concert hall did not restrain itself. The Berlin-based techno DJ is one of the most celebrated figures in the history of electronic music, but

November 8, 2012

Campus Journal

Students, Professors Examine Climate Change At Tuft University Conference

“I haven’t experienced such a dangerous time since the nuclear arms race in the late 1950s,” said Peace and Conflict Studies Professor George Lakey. He was speaking about the precarious state of the Earth’s climate and he’s hardly the first or only

October 11, 2012

Campus Journal

Spoken Word Sees Growth On Campus

This year is something of a breakthrough for spoken word poetry at Swarthmore. This past spring, a team of five students represented the college for the first time at CUPSI, Los Angeles’ annual College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. OASIS, the campus’ slam

October 4, 2012

Campus Journal

Barnes Collection’s New Location Dazzles

What is initially most impressive about the Barnes is not its meticulously arranged, first-rate collection of privately-owned Renoirs, Cézannes, and Van Goghs, but the mere architecture of the building. The Barnes Museum is the most beautiful museum in Philadelphia, even more

September 12, 2012

Campus Journal

Electric Zoo Lineup Promises Big Names, But Small Acts Deliver Innovation

Electronic music has reached ubiquity in America, but that does not mean that Aphex Twin is going to play at New York’s Electric Zoo. The festival, which just hosted its fourth annual weekend, would not care to host Aphex Twin, who is

September 5, 2012

Campus Journal

What they were doing while you were at the beach

Summer Profiles from the Class of 2015 The summer after a first year of undergraduate studies leaves students with several months of unstructured time. For those not enrolled in summer courses, this season allows for some escape from normal methodized learning and

August 30, 2012

Taylor Hodges

We’re Artists, Too: Kitao Exhibit Gives Space for Student Art

Trelawney’s Tea Leaves: Reading the Future of Harry Potter

Abraham opens his Identity, leaves it on “Pavement”

Techno Legend Lights Up Electric Factory

Students, Professors Examine Climate Change At Tuft University Conference

Spoken Word Sees Growth On Campus

Barnes Collection’s New Location Dazzles

Electric Zoo Lineup Promises Big Names, But Small Acts Deliver Innovation

What they were doing while you were at the beach

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