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Weekly Column: Swat Says

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February 12, 2026
In this edition of Swat Says, students share their opinions on the upcoming Screw Your Roommate Valentine's tradition, reveal their thoughts on the weekend's Super Bowl and halftime show, and discuss how they're celebrating Black History Month (and name their three favorite Black people).

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For When Your Body Stops You

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February 12, 2026
If we’ve talked in the last year, you probably know I’m in marathon training. For almost a year, I’ve maintained a weekly 40-mile-plus training schedule. It’s something I’m consistent about because I love the hobby. I don’t run for physical gains or

Athlete of the Week: Theo Teszler ’28

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February 12, 2026
Theo Teszler ’28, hailing from Newton, MA, is a sophomore who is coming off a superb first-year induction into college track and field. The sprinter boasts a 48.31-second program-record performance in the 400-meter race. While carrying out this career best in the

Haruki Murakami’s Memoir on Running

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February 5, 2026
As a fervent member of Haruki Murakami’s cult following, my interest was piqued when I learned of his self-coined “somewhat of a memoir” focused on his running journey. I first encountered this book much, much after its 2007 release because it is

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In policy, much back-patting with no impact

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September 3, 2015
On August 31, President Obama began a historic trip to the Alaskan Arctic in order to highlight the effects of climate change on the region. Obama’s call to curb the CO2 emissions that are already melting glaciers in the Arctic and leading

Administrative turnover climbs to new heights

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September 3, 2015
The beginning of Valerie Smith’s presidency on July 1st has been the college’s central hiring highlight of 2015. Her arrival, however, is just one piece of the remarkable amount of administrative turnover the college has experienced in the last academic year. Deans,

Freshman Survey

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September 3, 2015
What follows is a breakdown of data collected from 59 members of the Class of 2019. The Phoenix’s survey was posted to the Swarthmore 2019 class page during the month of August. While only 14% percent of the class responded, and this

The campus culture conundrum

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September 3, 2015
I hated the college left before I even started high school. At the tender age of twelve, I began my political education in earnest, at the foot of what was then a novel portal into the wider world: the Internet. This proved

On the menu: fresh aesthetic for all

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September 3, 2015
Hey, this is To Serve. Maybe you’re confused, because until this article, I wrote a column called Hi! Fashion (R.I.P.). Fashion is endlessly interesting to me, and so it took me three semesters of writing a column every other week to call

Racial slur found graffitied in Crum Woods

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September 3, 2015
On August 22nd, just days before the Class of 2019 arrived, a racial epithet was found graffitied in bold orange letters on a log in the Crum Woods, less than a half mile from the college’s main campus. Diondra Straiton ‘16 had
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