The recently renamed Edley-Morgan Hall honors Kathryn L. Morgan, a former professor who was previously denied tenure, which had sparked intense debate on campus.
The college reveals revisions to its Cunningham Fields Development Plan, including a new type of turf and an additional arboretum, and Swarthmore residents respond.
In this edition of Swat Says, students reflect on their personal writing process, discuss their academic direction from years past, and suggest how the school should repurpose Clothier Hall.
Arman Hanifpour '27 argues that we should be more less quick to reflexively condemn the idea of regime change, whether it comes to something as mundane as the Swarthmore Dining Hall or as consequential as war in the Middle East.
Jacob Velarde '27 highlights the often overlooked history of progressive politics in Texas and argues that this legacy of economic populism presents the way forward for Southern Democrats.
College basketball seasons are known for loud gyms, nighttime bus rides, and conference rivalries. Our trip to South Korea and China this August was quite the opposite. Beyond being competitive, it offered a chance to immerse ourselves in the culture and realize
Charlotte Martin ’28 is a junior runner for the Swarthmore women’s cross country team. Hailing from Southlake, TX, Martin led the Garnet with a 17th-place finish at the Haverford Main Line Invitational event on Friday, Sept. 18. She ran a personal-record time
We often feel like we have no control over our futures. Life happens, and we react day by day. But every so often, we hold a decision in our hands that determines our future, a single decision that has the power to
Zoe Tang '27 interviews Diane Anderson, a recently retired Professor and Academic Dean, on her teaching experience and pedagogy, the foundation of the Learning for Life program, and what she hopes to continue to accomplish after Swarthmore.
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
You might know Devin Freeman-Robinson ’25 from his endearing Phoenix articles. As a former Campus Journal editor, he’s written on Swarthmore tropes, surviving campus hate, and the epidemiology of the Swat plague. Aside from his effortlessly humorous journalism, Devin has written poetry
Noel Quiñones ’15 is a Nuyorican poet, educator, and performer. Their work has been featured in POETRY, the Boston Review, Poem-a-Day, and Michigan Quarterly Review. Noel received an Emmy Award for their contribution to El legado de la Poesía Puertorriqueña (Legacy of
If you attended any of the live music events at Olde Club recently, you may have run into the organizers without realizing. Revived after the pandemic, The Olde Club Board coordinates band performances on campus. Speaking with the board, I learned their
Editor’s Note: Three members of The Phoenix’s Spring ’25 Editorial Board (Editor-in-Chief Melanie Zelle ’26, Layout Editor Erin Picken ’27, and Sports Editor Katie Kerman ’26), as well as one member of The Phoenix’s Staff (News Writer Reina Jones ’27) ran for
In a new weekly segment, "In Troubled Times", Eugene M. Lang Visiting Professor for Issues of Social Change Ted Gup argues for campus-wide unity and action in the face of the unprecedented threats of the Trump Administration.
Former Title IX Coordinator Bindu Jayne resigned from her position at Swarthmore on March 14. In her place, Jill Moffitt will serve as the interim coordinator until a permanent replacement is found. Moffitt currently works for Grand River Solutions, an external educational
On April 21, the Amos J. Peaslee Debate Society hosted the annual Bathtub Debate, a beloved Swarthmore tradition that brings together faculty from the three academic divisions – natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities – for an intellectual competition to determine which
One of the last living witnesses to the Holocaust, 97-year-old Helga Melmed, visited campus last Wednesday, April 23. Melmed survived the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. The talk, sponsored by Swarthmore Kehilah, the Interfaith Center (IC), the Office of Inclusive