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Bound and Shagged: In a Bind

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. So now

September 27, 2012

Opinion

Inn-sanity: The Phoenix is Unsure That the Benefits of the New Hotel Will Outweigh the Costs

Four years after first being proposed to the Board of Managers, the Town Center West Project (also known as the Swarthmore Inn) near PPR may soon break ground — but many students still have reservations about the benefits, if any, that the

September 26, 2012

Opinion

So Far to Go: Hilton’s Words Remind Us to Stand Up to Bigotry

“Ewww. Eww. To get fucked? Gay guys are the horniest people in the world. They’re disgusting. Dude, most of them probably have AIDS … I would be so scared if I were a gay guy … You’ll, like, die of AIDS.” These

September 26, 2012

Opinion

Middle East Turmoil: Solidarity is Messy

Two years ago, a number of Swatties braved the February cold, dressed in white and marched across campus in a display of “solidarity” for the Egyptian uprising against then-President-cum-Dictator Hosni Mubarak. These students, like many Americans, hoped freedom, not radical Islam, was

September 26, 2012

Opinion

Disappearing Doctors: A Shortage of Physicians May Burden Our Health Care System in the Near Future

What does the Affordable Care Act — aka Obamacare — mean to you? Is it a long-overdue promise of universal health care? Is it moving America in the wrong direction — towards socialism? Has it become mainly a political tool being played

September 26, 2012

Columnists·Opinion

Poets You Should Know About: Amy Clampitt, The Sea-Singer

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. To make

September 26, 2012

Columnists·Opinion

Principled Progressive: The Helping Hand Behind the 47 Percent

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. In the

September 25, 2012

Columnists·Opinion

Truth Be Told: “All Who Wander Are Not Lost” and Entering College ‘Undecided’

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. Like most

September 24, 2012

Columnists·Opinion

Bound and Shagged: The Pleasures of Dominance and Submission

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. I bet

September 21, 2012

Columnists·Opinion

Truth Be Told: Why Write?

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. From the

September 20, 2012

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