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Athlete of the Week: Lola Diaz ’26

April 30, 2026
Lola Diaz ’26, hailing from Portland, OR, and Marbella, Spain, has been an integral part of the Swarthmore women’s tennis team for the past four years. She has been awarded All-Centennial First Team Singles (2024) and All-Centennial First-Team Doubles (2024) and has

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The Moonlit Path

April 23, 2026
Megumi Jindo '28 reflects on her experience at Swarthmore so far and the passing of the baton in her Kizuna, Japanese club.

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Student Activity Funding Processes Shift

March 19, 2015
This school year, there has been a major uptick in campus-wide entertainment events, such as Fun Fridays and Swatoberfest, as a result of changes in student activity funding. With a brand-new administrative office for student activities and new Student Budget Committee procedures,

Spring break roundup

March 19, 2015
Track and field The men’s and women’s track and field teams opened up the outdoor season last Friday at the USF Invitational down in Tampa, Fla. Both teams showed that they came to compete, as the women had six top-10 results while

Frisbee teams have high expectations for season

March 19, 2015
Thor saw rem. Marrow tesh. Mort H Waste. These three phrases are anagrams of the word Swarthmore. There are thousands of ways to rearrange the letters in Swarthmore. However, many combinations, like the ones above, don’t make much sense. Two anagrams that

The merits of Swarthmore’s Delta Upsilon

March 19, 2015
As Swarthmore students return from March break, many are discussing the deplorable behavior at the SAE fraternity at the University of Oklahoma. For those unaware of the incident, a video surfaced of members of the fraternity  chanting racial slurs. Other SAE chapters

Senate republicans depart from reality

March 19, 2015
Over the past week, Swarthmore saw a departure of students leaving campus for spring break. On Capitol Hill, Senate Republicans seem to have experienced a similar phenomenon, leaving behind any appearance of rationality and common sense behind by authoring a letter to

Editorial: spring break for…never?

March 19, 2015
The term “spring break” may be a misnomer for the week without classes given to students at the college each March. A “break” would imply a pause in work or activity, however, we at the Phoenix believe that when professors schedule midterms

Swarthmore Hillel votes to drop ‘Hillel’ from name

March 19, 2015
Swarthmore Hillel’s board voted on Monday to change their name after receiving an email from Hillel International that threatened legal action against the student organization if it did not change the agenda of an upcoming event so that it aligned with Hillel

Honeygrow tastes like home, i.e., dirt

March 19, 2015
Honeygrow, stylized as “honeygrow,” is a restaurant that “has been having people come together over wholesome foods since 2012,” according to their website. Currently, the nascent chain has a very impressive three locations, one in Radnor, one in Bala Cynwyd, and one

Affecting change from the ivory tower

March 19, 2015
Why should your education end with your BA? For many, the prospect of entering the job market implies distancing oneself from academic environments and moving onto more practical career paths. As indicated by the large proportion of students who go on to
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