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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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Swat Sports Update 8/31

September 1, 2008
Scoreboard W. Soccer Swarthmore 3, Moravian 0 F. Hockey Cabrini 3, Swarthmore 2 WOMEN'S SOCCER: Swarthmore Sweeps Swat Kick Classic, Five Named All-Tournament SWARTHMORE, Pa. All-Tournament selections Megan Colombo '11, [...]

Swat Sports Update 8/30

August 30, 2008
Scoreboard M.Cross Country: 8th place at Delaware Valley Invite W.Cross Country: 2nd place at Delaware Valley Invite Field Hockey: Swarthmore 4, Roanoke 3 M. Soccer: Swarthmore 0, Richard Stockton 0 [...]

Swat Sports Update 8/29

August 30, 2008
Scoreboard Men's Soccer Swarthmore 5, Skidmore 0 MEN'S SOCCER: Garnet Out-Race Thoroughbreds SWARTHMORE, Pa. -- Senior forward Evan Nesterak scored two goals and sophomore defender Gage Newman added a goal [...]

Freshman: “Swat Hackers”

August 19, 2008
After being accepted into a college, the anticipation of finding out your roommate is frustrating. Swarthmore makes its freshman wait several month since freshman dorm and roommate assignments are released [...]

Guide to off-campus adventures

August 17, 2008
When first arriving at Swarthmore, a trip to the Co-op can seem like an adventure. But even compared to the gardens here in the Scott Arboretum, the grass does eventually [...]
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