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, April 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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The Five Types of Spring Break

March 6, 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. It’s Friday.

Humanities, Honors Programs in Decline

March 6, 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. Earlier this

Students, alumni share memories of spring 2013

March 5, 2015
Seventeen current students and alumni shared personal memories about the events of the spring of 2013 on Saturday. A group that calls itself the “Specters of Discontent” hosted the event at the Matchbox and drew a crowd of around 50 people. The

Lacrosse defeats Cabrini 19-12 in home opener

March 5, 2015
For the spring sports that have just started their regular seasons, the opener is always a crucial game. Luckily, Swarthmore’s women’s lacrosse team defeated Cabrini College in its home opener 19-12. The game did not come easily, but the team battled its

Weekend roundup

March 5, 2015
Individual performances highlight track and field conference championships The men’s and women’s track and field teams closed out the indoor track season at the Centennial Conference Championships which took place at Haverford College last weekend. The men’s team placed eighth out of

A school where dialogue is so much a buzzword

March 5, 2015
Our campus has a problem with having opinions. Specifically, we seem not to understand how to deal with viewpoints different from our own. I recently saw a napkin letter addressed to me on the Sharples message board, about an article in last

New group for low-income students holds first meeting

March 5, 2015
The Swarthmore Organization of Low-Income Students held its first open meeting of the semester this week, inviting students of all socioeconomic backgrounds to participate in a discussion on how class is perceived at the college. Doubling as its first open meeting and

Hillel hosts storytelling panel on Israel

March 5, 2015
Last week, The Israel-Palestine Programming Committee (IPPC) kicked off its first event on the relationship between Israel and Palestine with a panel of five Jewish students who shared stories about their personal relationships with Israel. “We wanted to start with people, from

Editorial: No more misery poker

March 5, 2015
In light of the recent survey conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA, which highlights an increase in symptoms of depression amongst college freshmen, we at the Phoenix feel that the college should be doing more to address issues of
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