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Inaugural Phoenix Campus Opinions Survey – Spring ’25

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May 1, 2025
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

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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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New Diversity Peer Advisor program to begin in fall

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April 23, 2015
Next year, eight Diversity Peer Advisors will be assigned to certain dorms on campus in a pilot program coordinated by Karina Beras and Heather Loring-Albright, the college’s residential community coordinators. Three DPAs will be assigned to Willets’ first-year floors, two to ML’s

Transformational softball (No, really)

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April 23, 2015
This spring, we’ve seen an increase in events that we at the Phoenix believe legitimately build community, including the intramural softball league, Spring Fling on Saturday, and, we anticipate, the upcoming Worthstock-LSE combined event. The intramural softball league has transformed the Sunday

Debate team brings home hardware from nationals

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April 23, 2015
The Peaslee Debate Society completed one of its most successful seasons in recent history with impressive results at the American Parliamentary Debate Association Nationals. The tournament, which was held at the College of New Jersey on April 17-19, saw 85 varsity pairs

Weekend Roundup

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April 23, 2015
Women’s Tennis The women’s tennis team earned its fifth conference win of the season over Dickinson College this past weekend after returning home with a 7-2 win. The match began with wins from all three doubles teams. Alli Wong ’17 and Maria

Senior thesis work now on exhibit at List Gallery

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April 23, 2015
This year, the List Gallery has been home to many professional exhibits in a variety of media, from artists with different interests and backgrounds. Starting last week until the end of the semester, it will be home to several senior thesis exhibitions.

What’s in a fan?

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April 23, 2015
Looking back, I realize I’ve spent all year talking about the problems inherent in the world of sports today. With all of that negativity out of the way, I’d like to take this opportunity to remind myself and everyone else that, in

SGO election draws record number of students

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April 23, 2015
A record number of students voted in last week’s Student Government Organization election. With over 713 votes, the student body ratified a new constitution and elected an entirely new executive board for the 2015-16 academic year. The constitution solidified changes in the

What I Wish I Knew Before Coming to Swarthmore

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April 23, 2015
Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. Dear Accepted
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