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The High Price of Remote Learning

March marked one year of the pandemic. One year of “unprecedented times” and emails “hoping to find you well.” Unfortunately, not everyone has been well this year.  According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, “Eighty percent of students around the
April 3, 2021
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Getting Honest About Quaker Values

For the love of God, or the Inner Light, or Lucretia Mott, or even William Penn, can Swatties please stop spouting off about “Quaker Values?” Last week, SGO treated our inboxes to yet another pious proclamation of these values, informing us all
April 2, 2021
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Farewell to The Phoenix, Hello to The Bhoenix

To commemorate a full year into the painful pandemic, three weeks ago, The [former] Phoenix Editorial Board published a staff editorial entitled “Reflecting on The Phoenix One Year Into the Pandemic.” We reflected on how The Phoenix had changed during that one
April 1, 2021
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Amidst Pandemic, SwatTank Goes Tiny

Swarthmore’s Center for Innovation and Leadership organizes a range of programs every year to promote students’ entrepreneurial and leadership skills. One such program is SwatTank, an innovation competition based on shows like Shark Tank. During the competition, groups of students develop a
March 21, 2021
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Swarthmore Approves Plan to Eliminate Carbon by 2035

On Feb. 27, the Swarthmore Board of Managers approved a $69 million “Energy Master Plan,” which includes the goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2035. Entitled the ‘Road Map to Zero,’ Swarthmore’s energy plan includes finding ways to eliminate or offset all
March 20, 2021
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Spend Three Racks on a New Blockchain

If you’ve been paying attention to the news any time in these past few years, Bitcoin seems like a big deal. A whole lot of people seem to be investing in it, that’s for sure, and the price is going up like
March 19, 2021
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Know the Ban, Ban the Ban II. Duplicitous Ban

Editor’s note: This piece is part of a series about the ban on divestment at Swarthmore. To read the first part, click here. Introduction Swarthmore College has a policy banning the consideration of ethics in the management of the endowment. Swarthmore uses
March 19, 2021
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