Swarthmore Leaders React as SEPTA Announces Severe Cuts

April 24, 2025
On April 10, the South-Eastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) announced widespread service cuts and fare increases for the 2026 fiscal year. The cuts, which total a 45% reduction of service, are the culmination of several years of long-term deficits that have only been met with short-term solutions. Pennsylvania’s yearly allocation of around $1 billion to the agency has long been

Opinions

Letter from 129 Alumni Boycotting Reunion

April 24, 2025
We are writing as alumni/ae from the classes scheduled to hold their reunions in 2025 who have been saddened and outraged as we have watched Swarthmore abandon its principles over the last year and a half. We have watched as students protesting

Weekly Column: Swat Says

Did you do anything fun for Easter? Adrian Ferguson ’26: No. Homework. Ian Flynn ’28: I went on a nice, long walk in the woods. Jonah Sah ’27: I visited the house of one of my friends. His family is quite Jewish,

Arts

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

Accidentally, On Writing

April 24, 2025
Note: This piece was originally written in February 2025 When I first arrived at Swarthmore, I couldn’t stop taking pictures. It was August, and the whole campus was bursting with late summer bloom – bright blue cushions of hydrangea just at eye

Sports

Athlete of the Week: Aidan Sullivan ’26

April 24, 2025
Aidan Sullivan ’26 is a junior outfielder from Cos Cob, CT, on the baseball team. The Canterbury High School graduate is a psychology and mathematics double major. Outside of the classroom he is a baseball game changer. Sullivan has broken the program

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Women’s Rugby Confident Going into Spring Season

March 24, 2016
After an exciting fall season, the Swarthmore women’s rugby team is gearing up for another promising season. The Swarthmore community seems particularly excited for the season opener against the University of Pennsylvania women’s rugby team this Saturday at Cunningham field. Opening games

Distractors from debate

March 24, 2016
Distractors from debate As a student run publication, we at The Phoenix ascribe a high value to discourse and open conversation on the issues that affect our collective Swarthmore experience. This week’s Phoenix includes a letter written by President Valerie Smith and

Yik Yak against social justice requirement

March 24, 2016
ATLANTA— Word of Swarthmore College’s proposed social justice academic requirement has reached the inboxes of the sixty employees at Yik Yak, a social media application popular amongst millennials, and the company has released a public statement denouncing the suggestion. “Our app is

Celebrating the cuisine of Philly women

March 24, 2016
As most of you know by now, my favorite thing to do is restaurant hop and exploring different cuisines, and today we are going to celebrate two women who are both business and life partners and have significantly contributed to Philadelphia’s restaurant
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