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Athlete of the Week: Lola Diaz ’26

April 30, 2026
Lola Diaz ’26, hailing from Portland, OR, and Marbella, Spain, has been an integral part of the Swarthmore women’s tennis team for the past four years. She has been awarded All-Centennial First Team Singles (2024) and All-Centennial First-Team Doubles (2024) and has

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The Moonlit Path

April 23, 2026
Megumi Jindo '28 reflects on her experience at Swarthmore so far and the passing of the baton in her Kizuna, Japanese club.

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Garrett Bradley talks ‘TIME’

March 5, 2021
On Monday, February 22, the Bryn Mawr Film Institute began its Strange Truth 2021 documentary series with a showing of Garrett Bradley’s award-winning film, “TIME” (2020). A talk with the director, Bradley, and moderator, Swarthmore Professor Nina Johnson of the sociology department,

Blumarine is Back with Fall 2021 Ready-to-Wear

March 5, 2021
Despite the dismal March weather and the frustrations of the enduring COVID pandemic, Blumarine’s new Fall 2021 ready-to-wear collection offers a refreshing glimpse of early 2000s kitschy glamour. The collection includes chunky bedazzled butterfly belts, bubblegum pink fake fur collars, and the

Something About Manic Pixie Dream Girls

March 5, 2021
A basic introduction to myself: My name is Rodessa (Dessa) Caguioa and, since middle school, I’ve had a fascination with tropes. I’m talking about the clichés you see in the media such as damsels in distress, the sick person, Chekhov’s gun —

Worth Health Center Needs Weekend Hours

March 5, 2021
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Swarthmore staff and students have taken admirable precautions to ensure on-campus students and staff remain safe. The success of Swarthmore students’ return to campus speaks to the diligence, ingenuity, and care that the Swarthmore community has taken in

The Uncertain Fate of Putinism

March 5, 2021
The opinions expressed in this article are solely the author’s and do not reflect the views of The Phoenix Editorial Board.  On January 17, 2021, Moscow authorities swiftly arrested Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny for “parole violation” upon his return to Russia,

Top 5 Places to Cry on Campus

March 5, 2021
We’ve all been there. You tried to do your reading of over 200+ pages in one night, you didn’t comprehend a single word with all of the academic showmanship, you feel like an imposter who doesn’t belong at this school, and you’re

Who Drew the Dicks?

March 5, 2021
The best fiction is always rooted in reality. Even in science fiction and fantasy, where the superficial appeal is the upheaval of the social constructs we all know and duly despise, what grounds us to the fantastical narratives is human emotion. The

Security Theater in McCabe Library

March 5, 2021
The opinions expressed in this article are solely the author’s and do not reflect the views of The Phoenix Editorial Board.  Why, in the name of Anthony Fauci, is McCabe Library quarantining books? In my first week back on campus, I stopped
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