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It’s Time to Rebrand Swarthmore Athletics

It’s no secret that Swarthmore’s athletics department has been successful the past several years. A handful of teams on campus have not only won conference championships, but have also received national rankings, rewritten the college’s history books, and been home to some

May 2, 2019

Opinion

Open Letter to the Students Who Vandalized the Intercultural Center

Editor’s Note: This piece was originally edited by and for publication in Voices. Last weekend, on the night of Friday, April 19, the Intercultural Center was vandalized with neon purple and orange paint, splattered not only across artwork created by a community

April 25, 2019

Opinion

The Mueller Report: No Conspiracy, Maybe Obstruction, Lots of Denial

The final (redacted) version of Robert Mueller’s report came out last Friday, and we’ve learned that President Trump is a devious and incompetent liar, Russia definitively attempted to interfere in the 2016 elections, and that the Trump campaign did not collude with

April 25, 2019

Opinion

SwatTeam Leadership Statement: End Fraternity Violence

We, the members of SwatTeam Leadership, would like to reach out to the Swarthmore community to address our role at events, including fraternity parties, in light of recent reporting about various violations of student safety committed by the fraternities. These complaints include

April 25, 2019

Opinion

The Frat Leak Matters — Even If You Don’t Go to Frat Parties

Last week, both The Phoenix and Voices published articles documenting histories of racist, sexist, and homophobic practices within Phi Psi during 2013 and 2014, along with documents describing their pledging process, all from leaked internal documents. Since then, Swat alums — both

April 25, 2019

Opinion

America Has Grown Tired of “Collusion”

The fact that Russian actors engaged in attempts to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election is not a matter of debate. What has been up to debate since the summer of 2016 is to what degree Donald Trump and his

April 25, 2019

Opinion

Greek Life is Antithetical to Swarthmore’s Quaker Values

As I approach the end of my second four years at Swarthmore, I am sad to be leaving such wonderful students and colleagues, but I am perhaps even more saddened by the deep flaws in my alma mater’s student culture highlighted by

April 24, 2019

Highlights·Opinion

I Was in D.U. — Swarthmore’s Fraternities Must Go

In the Spring of 2013, I wrote an op-ed in the former Daily Gazette defending the continued existence of the Delta Upsilon fraternity based on my experience as a D.U. brother. In the final paragraph, I wrote: “If I believed that [D.U.]

April 23, 2019

Highlights·Opinion

I Was a Member of Phi Psi — Swarthmore’s Fraternities Must Go

I was a member of Phi Psi at Swarthmore from the Fall of 2011 to the Spring of 2015. I’m writing to publicly call for the removal of fraternities from campus. Violence, disparaging language, and other behavior attributed to Phi Psi members

April 21, 2019

Opinion

Low-Income Students Shouldn’t Be a Low Priority

Despite efforts from the administration to level the playing field between low-income, first-generation students at Swarthmore and their more privileged peers, the administration struggles to see the real issue at hand — that this institution was built for the wealthy, by the

April 18, 2019

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