SJP Encampment Ends with Arrest of 9 Protesters, Including 1 Current Swarthmore Student

Nine protesters, including one Swarthmore student and one student on an extended leave of absence, were arrested last Saturday, May 3, ending the four-day Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) encampment on Trotter Lawn. The seven others arrested were unaffiliated with the college, and their affiliations are largely unknown at the time of publication; however, one was identified as a

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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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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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Rest in peace, Genderfuck

April 9, 2015
We at the Phoenix want to support the school’s decision to cancel Genderfuck this year. As members of Swarthmore Queer Union expressed in a recent op-ed, the annual party has become extremely distanced from its original intent in recent years. The mission

Re-imagining the campaign: what climate justice can teach MJ

Statement on Authorship: The authors of this piece recognize the complexities of representation. This document is an attempt to combat the overpowering white voices that are so prevalent in many spaces, but especially in environmental movements. In the process of writing this

Weekend Roundup

April 9, 2015
Baseball An encouraging streak of in-conference success ended for the men’s baseball team on Tuesday, when they lost 3-1 to Washington College at home. Coming into the game, the team boasted two sweeps against conference opponents Haverford and Gettysburg in the last

Swarthmore Self-Study

April 9, 2015
The Swarthmore Survey on Learning, Working, and Living is intended to be one method of identifying how members perceive our community, the relationships between people and groups, and the sense of belonging each member experiences. We are aware that some in our

On shutting out the maelstrom

April 9, 2015
Valerie Smith’s new presidency provides a welcome opportunity for reassessing the current direction of the College and its commitment to an educational mission.    The contemporary elite college is the most expensive investment in human capital in the history of the world

Athletics works to facilitate inclusion

April 9, 2015
Student-athletes and athletics administrators for the most part express satisfaction and pride regarding inclusiveness and diversity in varsity athletics. Between the Student Athletic Advisory Committee and the Athletics staff, students, coaches and administrators often work together to bring problems to light and

Spanish program seeks department status

April 9, 2015
The Modern Languages and Literature Department is composed of seven different language programs, making it the largest department at the college. Of these, the Spanish program is the biggest, both in terms of enrolled students and classes offered. As such, there has

Men’s golf perseveres despite small numbers

April 9, 2015
The men’s golf team has faced a host of challenges this season. They began spring competition in bitingly cold weather and have had to grow accustomed to relocating their practices to a new course after losing their previous one, Rolling Green. The
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