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Trans and Non-Binary Students Face Barriers in On-Campus Housing

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Swarthmore’s first co-ed dorms were piloted in 1971, when sections of Mary Lyon, Wharton, Willets, and Worth became co-ed living spaces. Nearly fifty years later, the only gendered dorms that remain are Parrish and Dana third, which is women’s only. Despite the prevalence of gender-neutral housing, transgender and non-binary students continue to face challenges in terms of their ability to obtain housing in which they feel comfortable and accommodated. Some students may also prefer to live in gendered spaces for religious or personal reasons. Hannah Sobel ’22 is a genderqueer student who received a housing assignment on Dana third, an

Artist of the Week Zachary Weiss on the Communicative Nature of Dance

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“It’s a great art form to tell stories with. People talk about how body language is most of communication. If I’ve been able to improve my ability to communicate with my body through dancing, I think that’s a big part of [dance]. It’s all about communication.” Zachary Weiss ’20, engineering major and dance minor, has been dancing since he was only eight years old in his home state of North Carolina. It all began, he says, with his love of attention. “I always liked to be the center of attention as a kid and to perform. There was a boys’

Pick Up Hockey with Motherpuckers

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Incoming college first years are always encouraged to try new things, join new clubs, and meet new people. Some students stick to things they have some familiarity with, while others dive head first in something they’ve never tried. On Sundays and Thursdays at the Springfield Hockey Arena, you will see many Swatties, first years through seniors, diving — well in this case, falling — into a new activity.  These people are of course, members of Motherpuckers, Swarthmore’s intramural hockey club. Motherpuckers is for students of all class years and skill levels. Many members have only skated a few times and

Men’s Soccer Advance to the Sweet 16, while Women’s Soccer Falls Just Short

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When neither the men’s or women’s soccer teams earned a spot in the Centennial Conference playoffs, it seemed that the chances of Swarthmore soccer teams competing in the NCAA tournament were nearly extinguished. In somewhat shocking selection shows however, both teams earned at-large bids to the NCAA tournament. Both teams also made the most of those opportunities this past weekend, showing that they clearly deserved those spots in the field of 64 teams. Women’s soccer started off their tournament with a 1-0 overtime win over No. 15 Arcadia University before falling 1-0 to No. 25 Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. Men’s

Artist of the Week Nya Kuziwa ’22 on her Musical Identities

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It’s a Thursday morning. Swarthmore students are waking up, getting coffee from the Science Center, and yawning through their morning classes. In The Poetry Project, a research-based poetry class taught by English Professor Nathalie Anderson, students are sharing the poems they wrote for this week. Suddenly, it’s Nya Kuziwa ’22’s turn. She pulls out a guitar, clears her throat, and begins to croon a symphonic exploration of the science behind phonographs. Nya is considering building a curriculum around Hip Hop, and this musical approach to literature is one of the many eclectic ways that shape her decision. “I want to

In Defense of Quietness

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I have always been a quiet, shy person. Anyone who knows me would agree that I am virtually incapable of speaking loudly; I cannot count the number of times people have told me I need to speak up and project my voice, or that I need to assert myself. Whenever this happens, I always feel slightly inadequate, as if I have failed some fundamental test in human communication. Although I completely understand the necessity of making oneself heard — after all, it is unreasonable to expect that other people should constantly have to strain to hear me — loudness and

Public Safety Seeks Student Input, Timing Causes Issues

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The Department of Public Safety is currently in the process of hiring two corporal supervisors and a patrol officer. In an effort to include the input of the campus community in the process, Public Safety solicited input from Resident Peer Leaders — Resident Advisors, Diversity Peer Advisors, Green Advisors, and Student Academic Mentors — and members of SGO.  Some RPLs that were asked to participate felt that the request was very last minute.  Director of Public Safety Mike Hill, explained that Public Safety is currently in the process of hiring two supervisors and a patrol officer to fill vacancies. “We

“The People, Power, and Money Behind the 2020 Census”: Hansi Lo Wang Visits Swarthmore

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Hansi Lo Wang ʼ09, a national correspondent for NPR known best for his coverage of the 2020 census, visited Swarthmore on Nov. 12 for the final installment of the Lang Center’s Civic Journalism lecture series this semester.   In his lecture, Wang emphasized the immense role of the 2020 census in the distribution of political power and highlighted the importance of reporting on changes made to the census. Prior to the lecture, the political science department hosted a dinner for on-campus journalists, where Wang talked about his career as a journalist and the state of journalism in general.   For the lecture,

Doug Varone and Company and Students Oh My

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Last weekend, The Cooper Series presented Doug Varone and Dancers, who, in partnership with the Swarthmore Music and Dance Departments, showcased a dance piece that had been lovingly worked on and practiced for nearly semester-long. After a week full of workshops and practice, Doug Varone and Dancers was set to perform on the LPAC mainstage with a dozen of Swarthmore’s finest dancers in tow. After nearly a semester’s work of drills and choreography, the students took the stage with the pros and staked their claim in combinations with the professionals. The show consisted of two whole pieces by Doug Varone

On Anonymous Hate and Reductive Discourse

Last week, many Swarthmore students received emails asking them to join the anonymous app, Looped. The emails specifically referenced discourse about the party scene at Swarthmore. At the same time, many anonymous posts were submitted to the comments section of one of our news articles about the current party scene, some of which used hateful language that was in flagrant violation of our comment policy. While we at The Phoenix encourage students to engage with campus issues, we are deeply troubled by the hateful tenor of many of these anonymous comments, both on Looped and in our comment submissions. These

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