The college sent letters to eight students for distributing a protest zine, alleging that the zines incited violence and informing them of possible disciplinary charges.
Reporters from five member institutions of The Collegiate Journalism Network describe the wide-ranging effects of Trump's DEI policy on higher education.
In this edition of Swat Says, students share their hot takes on the Oscars, reveal their feelings on midterm season, and discuss plans for spring break.
Varsity and club athletes share their thoughts on how the recently proposed renovations of Cunningham Fields and the Fieldhouse will affect them and their teams.
As BHM concludes, Nasrin Ahmed '28 discusses the importance of telling Black history not simply as a story of oppression and resistance, but instead as one of triumph and excellence.
The student group formerly known as Swarthmore Hillel announced via a press release on Sunday night that it had changed its name to “Kehilah” (“community” in Hebrew). The Jewish organization’s board approved the name after it emerged as the winner from an
As I read DU’s opinion piece in the Phoenix last week, I quickly turned from curiosity to confusion as the bulk of the letter veered dramatically —some would say laughably— away from what it set out to do at the beginning. DU
We would like to briefly give voice to a consequence of the college’s new alcohol policy discussed in Bobby Zipp ’18’s January 22 article, “Alcohol-related hospitalizations, calls decrease.” The new alcohol policy has concentrated Swarthmore’s weekend social scene in the hands of
On Tuesday, March 25 Mark McKinney, a professor of French at Miami University in Ohio, delivered a lecture titled “Antiracist Comics by Charlie Hebdo’s Luz” in the Scheuer Room. This talk, his second at Swarthmore, addressed the specific satirical methods used by
Recent additions to campus life have brought to light important conversations about how students who come from low-income neighborhoods and high schools feel about their transitions into Swarthmore — socially as well as academically, and whether the college and the student community
A New York Times editorial published last Sunday asserted that college applications that ask about an applicant’s criminal history are unfairly prejudicial in their deterrence of qualified individuals who pose no threat to campus safety. According to the editorial, questions like the
As a young writer in my 20s, not long after publishing one of the first books for a general audience on climate change, I was invited to Swarthmore to speak. I’ve never forgotten that trip. For one, the glorious campus trees were
Last week, Nathaniel Frum wrote an Op-Ed defending Delta Upsilon (DU) in the wake of instances of racism coming forward from other fraternities around the country. His core argument was that DU does a great deal of charity work, which therefore makes
Last week’s Op-Ed from the brothers of Delta Upsilon is, to put it mildly, absurd. I could write a thirty page paper about all the reasons that make it so, but I’ll restrict myself to a few points. First, the authors of
Men’s Baseball The baseball team won its seventh straight game of the season with a score of 3-2 against Widener University on Tuesday. Luke Alventosa ’15 started the game, allowing one earned run in two innings of work. Aiden Miller ’17 recorded