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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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Athlete of the Week: Mark Fallati ’18

October 6, 2016
What he’s done: This past weekend at the ITA Southeast Regional Tournament, the junior put together an impressive run. He made it to the semifinals in both the singles tournament alone and the doubles tournament with partner Josh Powell ’18. As a

“Full Term” tackles graduate experience

October 6, 2016
It’s rare that a show, in trying to capture a moment, comes to so clearly define the community which it set out to represent. For Silicon Valley, it’s “Silicon Valley” (coincidence?), for office workers it’s “Office Space” (a movie, I know) and

Change begins with the ballot

October 6, 2016
On Nov. 8, most Swatties will vote for president for the first time. We will walk to the polls without being harassed, cast our ballots without waiting for hours, and return to the comfort of our dorms feeling satisfied we did our

Kitao organizes morning of student-driven artwork

October 6, 2016
To kick off the school’s first Kitao Fall Arts Festival, Saturday morning and afternoon were dedicated to festivities, including a printmaking session, a tea ceremony workshop, a collage and poetry workshop, and more. The workshops emphasized the artistic beauty in the everyday

Increasing OCD awareness and understanding

October 6, 2016
Candace has repeated, intrusive thoughts about losing control and stabbing her children with a sharp knife. She becomes intensely anxious and is concerned that these unwanted thoughts signal her impending loss of control, or at the very least indicate that she is

Kitao and Peripeteia collaborate on art-focused prelude

October 6, 2016
Ushering in the Fall Arts Festival, a three day event focused on student creative practices and community-building, Kitao and Peripeteia hosted a discussion on Art and Power. The event brought together faculty members and students for a free-form conversation. The weekend festival
Grapevine performs a Disney medleyPhoto by Abigail Starr '13

Swastika incidents prompt further discourse and education

October 6, 2016
One month ago, the Phoenix reported on bias incidents of swastikas that were found spray-painted on campus and detailed the college’s plans to address these concerns. In the article, one student, Jonathan Cohen ‘17, said he believed the Dean’s office did not

Dance groups build TriCo arts community

October 6, 2016
Tri-College dance teams Rhythm n Motion and Mayuri performed brief selections of their repertoires near the conclusion of last weekend’s Kitao Fall Arts Festival.  The groups presented three songs, which spanned African diaspora, classical Indian, and Western styles in Upper Tarble. The

The epic resurgence of women’s rugby

October 6, 2016
For this past Sunday’s contest, most would have considered the Women’s Rugby team to be the underdog in their matchup against Ursinus. Ursinus has gone undefeated against the Garnet over the past five years, clearly being the more dominant team in the
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