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Nobel Prize Winner in Literature Speaks on Campus

by Zephyr Weinreich

December 11, 2025

News

Abdulrazak Gurnah shares his experience of becoming an author and his insights on complexity in fiction.

College Mourns Former Mathematics Professor Teddy Einstein

Lucy TobierandXinto Xu

December 11, 2025

Former Swarthmore math professor Teddy Einstein was tragically killed on Dec. 3.

Fall ’25 Student Body Poll Reveals Perspectives on Campus Institutions and Issues

Rafi KarpowitzandDaniel Perrin

December 11, 2025

The Phoenix sent its second student poll to 35% of the college

Swarthmore Inn Vandalized in Protest of Board of Managers

by Ella Walker

December 11, 2025

"Board of Butchers" was spray-painted last week in protest of the Board

An End of Semester Reflection from the Opinions Editors

Erin PickenandRafi Karpowitz

December 11, 2025

Opinions section editors reflect on the past semester and discuss the importance

Latest Stories

Cass Sunstein: ‘Nudging Past, Present and Future’

by Marra Irons

December 11, 2025

Marriage Pact Goes for Another Round

by Kush Kaur

December 11, 2025

Past and Future Perfect: Berthe Morisot, Child in a Red Apron

by Alma Greenfield

December 11, 2025

Phoenix Poll Reveals Faculty Perspectives on Campus Issues, Controversies

Daniel PerrinandRafi Karpowitz

December 4, 2025

In the inaugural Phoenix faculty poll, 115 faculty members weigh in on topical campus matters, questions, institutions, and controversies.

SEPTA ADA Renovation Process Raises Accessibility Concerns

by Cameron Alleyne

December 4, 2025

Recent renovations at Swarthmore Station aimed at improving accessibility pose challenges for disabled students.

Jim Bock ’90 Sheds Light on Admissions Process, Early Decision Challenges

by Kush Kaur

December 4, 2025

Dean of Admissions explains how Swarthmore recruits and enrolls students while sustaining its test-optional policy amid national debates over standardized testing.

A Conversation with Swarthmore’s New Title IX Coordinator, Matt Walsh

by Georgianna Harpole

December 4, 2025

New Title IX Coordinator shares vision of building a safe campus and responds to questions about supporting trans students and sexual misconduct.

Uncovered Planetarium Invites New Voices to Physics and Astronomy

by Kelan Sato

December 4, 2025

A 20-year-old planetarium, never used before, rediscovered by accident, now helps students explore constellations from new perspectives.

Opinions

There is No Prince Charming Coming to Save You From Finals

by Nasrin Ahmed

December 11, 2025

Nasrin Ahmed '28 argues that seemingly harmless jokes about marrying rich carry more weight than they seem.

Swat Says: Finals Edition

Rafi KarpowitzandErin Picken

December 11, 2025

In this special Final Exams edition of Swat Says, students discuss their plans for winter break, reveal their most dreaded upcoming finals, and share their thoughts on the Swarthmore Marriage Pact.

“We Need Peaceful People in all Professions”: Reflecting on Middlebury’s Experiential Learning Conference

by Nayla Punjabi

December 11, 2025

Nayla Punjabi '26 shares her experiences at Middlebury's Experiential Learning Conference, where herself and two other Swarthmore students learned about systems mapping, a technique which encourages a holistic and strategic approach to problem-solving.

Arts

Artist of the Week: Noble De Marco ’26 — On Fish, Puzzles, and Creative Persistence

by Emery Dong

December 11, 2025

Emery Dong '27 interviews artist Noble De Marco '26 on fish, Bob Ross, artificial intelligence, and more.

Let’s Talk About “Wicked: For Good” (And The Pursuit of Goodness)

by Neghemi Micah

December 11, 2025

Neghemi Micah '26 reviews "Wicked: For Good," starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.

First-Year Scaries (and Movies that Can Help!)

by Olivia Huang

December 11, 2025

Midway into finals? Olivia Huang '29 says you should watch these films to cope!

Sports

Athlete of the Week: Genine Collins ’27

by Aimee Lee

December 11, 2025

Genine Collins ’27 is a force to be reckoned with in the pool. On Nov. 8, the junior swimmer broke Swarthmore and Centennial Conference records in the 50 freestyle with a time of 23.25, beating out her previous 23.30 school record. For

Track and Field Competes in Opening Meet, Swimming Takes on Rowan

by Aimee Lee

December 11, 2025

Track and Field: On Friday, Dec 10., Swarthmore track and field traveled to Lancaster, PA, to compete in the Diplomat Open hosted by Franklin & Marshall College. The Garnet were one of fifteen colleges represented in the indoor meet, the first of

Philly’s Infamous Mascot: Gritty

by Katherine Kerman

December 11, 2025

The National Hockey League’s (NHL) opening day was Oct. 7 this season. As you may know, the NHL sucks the last ounce of consumerism out of sports fans by making their season span six months of 82 games per team. In the

Features

Serenity in Solitude

by Megumi Jindo

December 11, 2025

Recently, I have been conscientious of presence. The way one holds themselves. The way one walks with purpose. The way one eats alone in the glowing sunlight. Before college, I thought if one was by themself, it meant that they were lonely.

Corinne’s Crossword: Swat Spots to Sob

by Corinne Lafont

December 11, 2025

Sara Sargent ’07 on Nonlinearity, Editing, and the Liberal Arts Experience

by Maddy Posner

December 4, 2025

The second in a series of conversations with alumni, Sara Sargent ’07 is currently a senior executive editor at Penguin Random House. Like last week’s Grace Dignazio ’22, she’s pursued a career around writing, though the dates and details differ slightly …

Weekend Roundup: Spring break at last!

by Daisy Yuhas

March 9, 2007

Congratulations, you have now officially survived three quarters of the school year (more or less) and "Spring" (again, more or less) is here. Spring break is a chance to escape, [...]

Figure painter Michael Ananian at List

by Daisy Yuhas

March 9, 2007

Yesterday, March 8, Michael Ananian opened his exhibit at the List with a lecture in LPAC discussing his work and influences. "Two Voices," his show, will be exhibiting through April [...]

Historian speaks on AmericaÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s pro-family tradition of politics

by Dustin Trabert

March 8, 2007

One of the great disputes in politics, both in theory and in practice, is that between individualist and communitarian conceptions of the state and society. In his talk entitled "Pro-Family [...]

Genderqueer soprano birds? Oh my! : interviews with the winners of the Newton Book Collection Award

by Lauren Stokes

March 8, 2007

Opera, birding, and lesbian and transgender identities: the three winners of this year's A. Edward Newton Prize for the Best Student Book Collection represent a wide variety of ways in [...]

Science fiction writer Connie Willis discusses time travel and writing

by Micaela Baranello

March 7, 2007

Connie Willis, a science fiction/fantasy writer, spoke in the Scheuer Room on the evening of March 6, 2007. The recipient of six Nebula Awards and eight Hugo Awards, Willis has [...]

Nees speaks on Carolingian illustrations

by Finlay Logan

March 7, 2007

The field of art history, to many outside it, probably doesn't seem like one with a great many unanswered questions. In some ways, this seems even more true of Medieval [...]

Metagrammars and machine translation: Linguistics lecture series continues

by Myles Dakan

March 7, 2007

"Sexual overall picture of health, which currently circulates the campus, hopes, to take instantaneous sexual health on the campus." This would have been the opening sentence of this paper's leading [...]

Student Council Report

by Lauren Stokes

March 7, 2007

Student Council has two upcoming fireside chats. The first will be on March 20th and will be about appointments, and the second will be on March 27th at 7:30 and [...]

Swarthmore expands non-discrimination statement to include “gender identity and expression.”

by Lauren Stokes

March 7, 2007

Swarthmore College recently announced that it will be expanding its equal opportunity statement to include "gender identity or expression" as a prohibited basis for discrimination. This was decided at the [...]

What’s the deal with the email handles?

by Micaela Baranello

March 6, 2007

For those of you like me, it doesn't seem to be the most intuitive way to set up email addresses: first initial, first six letters of last name, the number [...]

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