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Fighting Impostor Syndrome

A college dormitory is no place for seclusion – it is a shared space that, even behind closed doors, is never truly private. They are communal spaces; we commune in each other’s joys and struggles, all in a centralized place. Of course,
February 6, 2025

TAP Minus

Upon attempting to order my textbooks this semester, I was shocked to find that I had $289.72 less in my Textbook Affordability Program (TAP) account than I thought. “Where did the funds go?” I asked myself. Upon investigation, I found they had
February 6, 2025

Weekly Column: Swat Says

We, the Phoenix Opinions section, are proud to debut Swat Says. In this weekly column, we will talk with students around campus who might otherwise not want to write full opinion articles and record highlights from their responses here. For our first
February 6, 2025

What’s Going On in Romania?

Romania has surprisingly become a major flashpoint in the battle between establishment and insurgent political forces. For the past 24 years, Romanian politics has been dominated by three major political groups: the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the National Liberal Party (PNL), and
December 5, 2024

Presidential Pardon Hijinks

Presidential pardons: love them or hate them (probably the latter), they have existed since George Washington’s presidency. Now, this topic has recently been brought back into the public eye with President Joe Biden pardoning his son Hunter of his federal gun and
December 5, 2024

Through the Woods

♫Over the Crum and through the woods/to Swarthmore College we go♫ Nixon’s Vice President, Spiro Agnew, once allegedly called Swarthmore the “Kremlin on the Crum.” Swarthmore’s Alma Mater says “Ev’ry ripple of Crum’s water/Is a greeting clear.” The Crum Woods are a
November 21, 2024
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One Woman’s Mission to Protect Ghanaian Widows

If you wander through Parrish third in the early morning hours, you will see Benedicta Delima either gently clearing away the remnants of a weekend gathering or adding her final touches to the famously spotless third-floor spaces. She moves through these quiet
November 21, 2024

Four Kinds of Primaries

The main election each year is referred to as a general election. Primary elections are held in order to determine most of the candidates who are on the general election ballot. (The exception is that, in some states, third partiers and independents
November 21, 2024

The World Must Be Made Safe for Democracy

26-year-old American Quincy Claude Ayres stepped off the boat on December 5, 1917, onto the soil of war-torn France. Before him, hundreds of Americans had volunteered as ambulance drivers and doctors or joined the Canadian military to fight before the United States
November 14, 2024
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