Content warnings: mentions of alleged sexual abuse, unequal power dynamics, serious injuries, mentions of trauma. This is the third story in a three-part investigative series on Candice Signor-Brown’s career and players’ experience playing under her. Refer to our first piece for coverage
RECEIVING THE TIP In late August, a member of the women’s basketball team at Swarthmore emailed The Phoenix about a post on the Vassar Survivors Instagram page. In the post, a former member of the Vassar women’s basketball team, alleged that Coach
N.B.: Many former and current women’s-basketball-affiliated people who have spoken with The Phoenix have asked for anonymity because of the sensitive and personal nature of these articles. Their names are in quotation marks. Former Vassar players: “Eve”: the original poster of the
Content warnings: mentions of alleged sexual abuse, unequal power dynamics, serious injuries, mentions of trauma. This is the second story of a three-part investigative series into Signor-Brown’s career and players’ experience playing under her. For coverage of Signor-Brown’s inappropriate behaviors surrounding the
Content warnings: mentions of alleged sexual abuse, unequal power dynamics, serious injuries, mentions of trauma. This is the first of a three-part investigative piece into Signor-Brown’s career and players’ experience working with her. For coverage of current players’ allegations about how Signor-Brown
Update: around 5:30 PM on October 17, a player on the women’s basketball team at Swarthmore published an update, “They [Swarthmore] are keeping the head coach,” on a Change.org petition. The Phoenix has since confirmed with our sources that Candice Signor-Brown will
Update: As of Wednesday, September 23, 21 students have had their housing privileges revoked due to violations of the Garnet Pledge, according to Nathan Miller, Senior Associate Dean of Student Life. ———– On the evening of September 18, Public Safety responded to
On August 31, Davia Temin ’74, a member of the Swarthmore Board of Managers, resigned from her position on the Board after Kaitlyn Ramirez ’17, a former employee of Temin and Company — the crisis management firm that Temin founded and currently
On August 3, the College rolled out community health guidelines for students living on-campus during the fall semester. The new guidelines were devised by the Student Expectations Subcommittee which is composed of students, faculty, and staff. The aim of the new guidelines
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise at alarming rates across the country, the College rolled out some of its health and safety plans for the fall semester in a virtual town hall on July 30. There were 600 students who registered in
