"Hundreds of acts of vandalism" occurred early morning Friday May 1. The Phoenix captured the before-and-after as a significant cleaning effort rolled out.
A group of anonymous seniors reflect on the failings they've witnessed and been affected by during their time at Swarthmore and provide a vision and imperative for a better future.
Swarthmore baseball players returned to campus this August to find their dugouts entirely gone, with construction fences taking their place. While potentially shocking to some, the sight was neither unwelcome nor a surprise to the team. The baseball program has been aiming
Libby Castle ’30 is a first-year field hockey player from Marvin, North Carolina. This past Wednesday against York College of Pennsylvania, Castle scored her first collegiate goal to tie the score 2-2 in the third quarter. Less than a minute later, the
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
This semester, thanks to student efforts, a new course joined the handful of student-led classes available to those who wish to push the limits of the course catalog. The new class, entitled “U.S. Federal Indian Policy,” focuses on the legal relationship between
In light of recent articles by the New York Times regarding Swarthmore’s unwillingness to divest from fossil fuels and its limited commitment to the promotion of socioeconomic diversity, the college’s endowment has been under increasing scrutiny from both internal and external critics.
We are delighted that the Phoenix brought attention last week to the new class of Lang Opportunity Scholars and their projects. We are proud of the projects’ potential, and the projects of current and previous Lang Scholars. We write now to provide
This past week, Career Services held its second Career Seekers Club meeting of the year, where students met as a group to discuss career opportunities and participate in activities to help strengthen their resumes, applications, and interview skills. The program, now in
Campus Journal Oral Histories “What’s the story that you’d like to tell?” asked Jasmyne Kim ’17. Two recording booths had been set up in the back of McCabe’s first floor, first over the course of this past Alumni Weekend, and then over
On Monday, February 2, six members of Swarthmore’s Board of Managers again failed to take leadership on the climate crisis and divest from fossil fuels. With a majority of the student body and nearly half of the faculty calling for divestment, Mountain
On Saturdays, the last meal available at Sharples ends at 6:30 p.m. Officially, parties start at 10, but most revelers arrive much later than that, usually around midnight. This leaves four to six hours between when students on the meal plan eat
I’ve honestly lost track of the number of times I have seen the idea of trigger warnings misconstrued as attempts to let people avoid anything that could ever make them upset. More often than not, their advocates are painted as sheltered, immature
Tapas, for those sad souls among you who’ve never had it, is a type of Spanish cuisine originating in Andalusian bars as a type of snack food that you ordered with alcohol. Now, tapas is an incredible opportunity to eat many, many
In 1995, William H. Cosby Jr., received an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Swarthmore College. In November of 2014, accusations of sexual misconduct surrounding Bill Cosby dominated the news, though it was certainly not the first time similar claims had been