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Student-Athletes Return to Competition, Themselves in Process

As students have returned to campus and in-person classes, student-athletes have returned to competition, facing other teams for the first time in more than a year. For many student-athletes, this is much more than a mere return to normalcy. The return to

October 21, 2021

Arts·Highlights

Red Light, Green Light: On Watching Squid Game

“Please tell me you’re not writing a review on ‘Squid Game.’” So said my colleague at The Phoenix when I mentioned I’d recently watched the hugely popular TV show. “There have already been so many reviews,” he continued. And he’s right; the

October 21, 2021

Highlights·Opinion

Facebook’s Outage: The Worst Typo in the History of Typos

So, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably know that Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp all went down for about five hours starting at around noon Eastern Time on Monday. Online services have outages sometimes, usually due to a cascading system

October 7, 2021

Highlights·Opinion

The Phoenix Is Back in Print

The very first issue of The Phoenix was printed on December 1, 1881. Its inaugural editorial board was a group of eleven students with a desire to provide their community with an advocate for truth and independence through fair and honest journalism.

October 7, 2021

Highlights·Sports

Underdogs No More

Swarthmore field hockey is off to its best start since the 1990s, with a record of 7-2. The team recorded a convincing 4-1 victory over Gettysburg last Saturday, placing them third overall in the conference. Leading the team’s scoring with four goals

October 7, 2021

Highlights·News

Van Frustrations: Club Leaders Share Thoughts About Rental and Booking System

When squash captain Paris Shan ’23 tried reaching out to the van coordinator at the Office of Student Engagement and Fleet (fleet@swarthmore.edu) to book a van for the squash team, she was met with empty silence. During the 2020-2021 academic year, clubs

October 7, 2021

Arts·Highlights

The Frontera Project: A Conversation on Connection

I honestly didn’t know what I was getting myself into when I decided to attend a showing of the Frontera Project here at Swarthmore. From what I could gather from the posters printed across campus, the Frontera Project was an interactive theatrical

October 7, 2021

Arts·Highlights

“2020 in Perspective”: List Gallery Offers Reflection, Meditation on Tumultuous Year

Parisa is taking refuge in her home. It’s 2020. She is unable to work because of COVID-19 and she cannot afford her rent. She takes a bath twice a day because she is so afraid of COVID-19. At dusk on Dec. 11,

October 7, 2021

Highlights·News

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser Delivers Constitution Day Lecture

Students and faculty gathered to attend a lecture by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser ’90 in observance of Constitution Day last Wednesday, September 27. Constitution Day itself is normally celebrated on September 17. The event was held in The Scheuer Room, which

October 7, 2021

Campus Journal·Highlights

Top Three Most Comforting Places on Campus

Within the next few weeks, midterm exams will be taking place here at Swarthmore College, making it important to find places on campus to relax. These are my top three choices. The Amphitheatre, a must-see spot when visiting Swarthmore, provides a wonderful

September 30, 2021

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