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In favor of the sit-in

To the Editor: Gail and I met on our first day of orientation at Swarthmore and have been married almost 49 years. Although we don’t agree on everything, we both feel that our alma mater needs to divest from fossil fuel investments.

March 26, 2015

Opinion

Mountain Justice will maintain pressure until Board commits

Last Thursday, 43 students and alumni began the largest ever sit-in for fossil fuel divestment, asking Chris Niemczewski and Board Chair Gil Kemp to reopen a productive dialogue on how we can end our investments in the fossil fuel industry. Our sit-in

March 26, 2015

Opinion

Willingham on frats

As I read DU’s opinion piece in the Phoenix last week, I quickly turned from curiosity to confusion as the bulk of the letter veered dramatically —some would say laughably— away from what it set out to do at the beginning. DU

March 26, 2015

Opinion

Party policy limits queer life

We would like to briefly give voice to a consequence of the college’s new alcohol policy discussed in Bobby Zipp ’18’s January 22 article, “Alcohol-related hospitalizations, calls decrease.” The new alcohol policy has concentrated Swarthmore’s weekend social scene in the hands of

March 26, 2015

Opinion

In refusing to divest, the Board has chosen cynicism

As a young writer in my 20s, not long after publishing one of the first books for a general audience on climate change, I was invited to Swarthmore to speak. I’ve never forgotten that trip. For one, the glorious campus trees were

March 26, 2015

Opinion

‘The merits of Swarthmore’s Delta Upsilon’ misses the point

Last week, Nathaniel Frum wrote an Op-Ed defending Delta Upsilon (DU) in the wake of instances of racism coming forward from other fraternities around the country. His core argument was that DU does a great deal of charity work, which therefore makes

March 26, 2015

Opinion

A response to ‘The merits of Swarthmore’s Delta Upsilon’

Last week’s Op-Ed from the brothers of Delta Upsilon is, to put it mildly, absurd. I could write a thirty page paper about all the reasons that make it so, but I’ll restrict myself to a few points. First, the authors of

March 26, 2015

Opinion

Against freshman-only housing

At the Phoenix, we believe it is imperative that first-year housing continue to be mixed by class year. Mixed housing is an integral part of the Swarthmore experience. Living with older students allows first years to meet people they would otherwise never

March 26, 2015

Opinion

Embracing Pluralism and Conflict at the Shabbat Table

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. This week,

March 26, 2015

Opinion

Critical Love, or How Dissent Builds Jewish Community

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. Is Swarthmore

March 26, 2015

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