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

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Let’s Talk About “Adolescence” and Incel Culture

April 24, 2025
Released a little over a month ago, “Adolescence” has become the third most-streamed Netflix original series, falling behind “Squid Game” and “Stranger Things.” The British limited series, written and created by Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne, follows the arrest of 13-year-old Jamie

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Athlete of the Week: Olivia McClammy ’25

May 1, 2025
Swarthmore softball standout Olivia McClammy ’25 has not only been stealing bases but also the attention of many for record-shattering effort. The senior utility player currently holds a handful of all-time program records, her first of the season on March 1, when

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Weekly Recap

November 21, 2024
Men’s Basketball Swarthmore College 82, Penn State Harrisburg 65 At Tarble Pavilion on Saturday afternoon, Swarthmore College men’s basketball played Penn State Harrisburg to pocket their first win of the season. Soon after both teams hit a 3-pointer each, the Garnet scored

Running Sucks, and That’s Why I Love it

November 21, 2024
For most, the act of running is an activity often associated with stiff muscles, burning lungs, and unending, unyielding pain. As a current collegiate soccer player and longtime athlete, it would be nice to say I disagree with these common sentiments. Perhaps

Four Kinds of Primaries

November 21, 2024
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

One Woman’s Mission to Protect Ghanaian Widows

November 21, 2024
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

Athlete of the Week: Ania Wong ’28

November 21, 2024
Ania Wong ’28 is a first-year cross-country runner from Fremont, CA. Wong helped the Garnet to a second-place finish out of 25 teams at the NCAA Metro Regional on Saturday, Nov. 16. The first year crossed the line in tenth place overall

What is the Status of the Islamic Studies Program?

November 14, 2024
Swarthmore College’s Islamic studies program has been left without a program coordinator or administrative assistant, raising questions regarding the status of the program. A Title VI complaint filed on Oct. 29 against Swarthmore by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) mentioned the

Swarthmore Tropes Quiz

November 14, 2024
For each of the four quizzes, if you agree with the statement, circle the letter at the end of the statement on the right-hand column. Across the four quizzes, the most popular letter from each quiz will accumulate into a string that
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