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Inaugural Phoenix Campus Opinions Survey – Spring ’25

On April 21, The Phoenix sent its inaugural campus opinion survey to 593 randomly selected Swarthmore students, representing 34.8% of the student body. The survey asked students to indicate whether they approved, strongly approved, disapproved, strongly disapproved, felt neutral, or didn’t know of twenty campus institutions, depicted in the graphic above. Beyond these institutions, the survey also asked students for their analysis of relevant college topics, including support for students of color, financial aid, the college’s recent response to student activism, the college’s response to the second Trump administration, campus food and housing, and faculty’s grading standards. The Williams Record,

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Looking Back: From The Beginning

May 1, 2025
Dear Freshman Year, In three days, school will end; freshman year will end. It’s so crazy how fast time has flown by. Truly. Looking back, I don’t think I would have thought that this would all end so fast. So many things

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Philly Fringe Festival

September 10, 2008
A Gazette videographer got an exclusive interview with some of Swarthmore's stars at Philadelphia's Fringe Festival. The%20Fringe%20Festival (Please be patient. This video is a large file and may take some [...]

RJD2 Video

September 10, 2008
A Gazette videographer brings you a brief taste of the opening act from the Large Scale Event this past weekend, as musician RJD2 puts on his show. At the request [...]

Sports Update 9/7

September 10, 2008
Women's Soccer Swarthmore 2, Albright 0 Volleyball Swarthmore 3, Bates 2 Colby 3, Swarthmore 1 Bowdoin 3, Swarthmore 1 Men's Soccer #24 Swarthmore 5, St. Mary's (Md.) 1 Women's Tennis [...]

Joan Kim

September 10, 2008
Hello, I'm Joan Kim '10 and I am running to be your Campus Life Representative. Every year, I have made an effort to somehow involve myself with the incoming first-years [...]

Kate Goertzen

September 10, 2008
Hello, my name is Kate Goertzen and I am asking for your vote for Campus Life Representative. I work in groups with ease and enjoy bringing events to the Swarthmore [...]

Nachiketa Rao

September 10, 2008
Swarthmore is a fantastic college, and we have much to be thankful for. We enjoy a great deal of freedom, and a happy, congenial atmosphere. The college and its administration [...]

The Changing Face of the Ville

September 10, 2008
When students came back to Swarthmore after the summer, a new Swarthmore village greeted them. The town is now dotted with empty buildings as several businesses either collapsed or changed locations. [...]
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