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A Trump Administration Threatens Swarthmore’s Community. Here’s How The Phoenix Will Respond

To say the mood on Swarthmore’s campus is dark would be putting it lightly. On Wednesday, Nov. 6, silence filled most major walkways as students exchanged long, comforting embraces and — sometimes through tears — expressed their worries about potential issues surrounding

November 7, 2024

Opinion

It’s Okay to Hurt

Dear friends, I know that many of you are hurting today. It’s okay to hurt. I know that many of you are scared today. It’s okay to be scared. I know that many of you need time to process and decompress. It’s

November 7, 2024

Opinion

In Charging SJP Students, College Escalates Long-standing Suppression of Protest

As former Editors-in-Chief of the Phoenix and Voices during the successful 2019 sit-in to end fraternities on campus, we are dismayed at the college’s obfuscation of its own history in order to justify its current retribution against student protestors. Unlike many of

November 7, 2024

Opinion

Martin Putnam ’71: Letter to the Editor

To the editor, As a member of the Class of 1971, I am proud that so many Swarthmore students are raising their voices against the ongoing genocide in Gaza. In speaking out, they are refusing to be complicit, and they are challenging

November 7, 2024

Opinion

Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above: Be Wary of Humans Who Rule Below

“This world is not my home/I’m just a passin’ through/my treasures are laid up/somewhere beyond the blue” These lyrics from a well-known evangelical hymn represent a biblically based understanding of Christians’ role in our society. In Romans 12:2, the Apostle Paul says

November 7, 2024

Opinion

Fascistic Behavior and Throwing Rocks

Throwing rocks is generally a bad thing. A certain partisan student organization put up flyers recently which implied that my identity group, white Christianity, is inherently bad. Naturally, this was offensive. They were “throwing rocks.” I really wanted to throw a rock

November 1, 2024

Features·Op-Ed·Opinion

Bring Back Swarthmore’s Distinct Character: It’s Time to Resurrect Quirkiness

It’s early fall when “The Graduate” is screened outside: first-year students watch with intrigue, cozied together on blankets as they enter their collegiate worlds, and seniors wryly observe the depiction of a graduate “a little worried about his future,” as the tagline

October 31, 2024

Features·Opinion

Democracy is an Ecosystem: How to Persuade Philly’s Gen Z Voters

Gen Z voters in Pennsylvania will help decide this election. But does Gen Z fully grasp what a second Trump presidency means for them? How can anxious parents and educators help young voters understand the enormous stakes, without seeming paternalistic and out

October 31, 2024

Opinion

I Want to Be Able to Vote Again

The love of a sycophant is a love best approached with wariness. In July 2024, former President Donald Trump expressed his love to an audience of his admiring disciples. “I love you. You got to get out and vote. In four years,

October 31, 2024

Features·Opinion

A Bill of Free Speech Rights and Responsibilities for the Swarthmore College Community

I present this statement as a set of debatable points. Responses are welcome. At this moment in the College’s history, when we are at a dangerous crossroads as a liberal arts institution, we need to attempt a clear, brief statement of principles

October 24, 2024

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