"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
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. This week
It is that time of the year again. Derrick Rose tears his ACL, Kobe doesn’t pass, Chris Paul assists Cliff Paul and the Swarthmore Women’s basketball team amps up their soon-to-be dominant season. The Garnet initiated their season in the annual Tipoff
Connecticut College: 3. Swarthmore: 1. Last Saturday, the Swarthmore women’s soccer team’s magical season came to a difficult end. After controlling most of the game, Swarthmore conceded a goal in the 84th minute to break the 1-1 tie and then another goal
On Saturday, November 8, Swarthmore’s fourth annual CUPSI team was selected at a qualifier held in LPAC. The five teammates are entering this process having had various experiences with each other and the competition at large. Four of the poets have competed
One side of the wall is developed as much as possible. A busy road is full of traffic right up along it, eventually feeding into a sea of houses claustrophobically arranged on a big hill. The other side is almost a desert
Volleyball concludes fantastic season The women’s volleyball team officially concluded their outstanding season with a straight sets victory over Neumann in Saturday’s ECAC third place game. The team was defeated 3-1 earlier in the day by Marymount in the semifinal match. Despite
I was sitting around a Sharples dinner table avoiding the 5:00pm darkness today, seeing my friends scarfing down carbs in sweatshirts. Winter is coming. And when the cold hits, one of the first things I want to abandon when relinquishing my fluffy
I’ve been a fan of Nicki Minaj for quite some time. Ever since she dropped “Super Bass” during the height of my awkward phase, it’s been hard to stop listening to her. I’ve been there for every song she’s dropped since then,
Time magazine has found itself in some hot water for its annual poll of words to ban in 2015. The poll featured overused words like “basic,” “kale” and “ratchet.” Alongside those terms, though, was “feminist,” which caused a small uproar and prompted
The march to madness officially began last week, but Tuesday’s Champions Classic is when the season really tipped off, at least for Duke, Kansas, Kentucky and Michigan State. This annual tradition, started in 2011, features a back to back of 4 marquee