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The Phoenix in Conversation with Senator Chris Van Hollen ’83, H’14

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March 27, 2025
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Chris Van Hollen was born in 1959 to parents serving in the U.S. Foreign Service in Pakistan. After a childhood moving throughout Pakistan, Turkey, India, and Sri Lanka, he went to high school in Massachusetts before attending Swarthmore and graduating with a B.A. in philosophy in 1983. After graduation, he earned a master of public policy from Harvard Kennedy School
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Faulkner’s Rowan Oak and Lee’s Monroeville

Over spring break, I traveled throughout the American South. I was particularly interested in visiting locations of literary importance. I originally planned to write about diversity in Southern Gothic literature. After visiting William Faulkner’s house in Oxford, Mississippi, and Harper Lee’s hometown
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March 20, 2025

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The 2025 NWSL Season Kicks Off

Women’s soccer is back and better than ever! On Friday, March 14, the first whistle blew to kick off the opening weekend of the 2025 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) season. Orlando Pride, the returning league champions, made a bold statement at
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March 27, 2025

Spring Training Stories

As a true sports fan might turn their attention to the craziness of March Madness, another sport is beginning to ramp up: baseball. The Major League Baseball’s (MLB) preseason, also known as Spring Training, has been in full swing for a few
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March 27, 2025

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Introducing the Class of 2027 Lang Opportunity Scholars

In December 2024, the Eugene M. Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility announced the Lang Opportunity Scholarship (LOS) winners from the Class of 2027: Amelia Crill, Sarah Cymrot, Pedro Ennes, and Chung Sze Kwok. This cohort joins the hundreds of Lang
February 20, 2025

Weekly Recap

Women’s Basketball Swarthmore College 59 vs. Ursinus College 75 In their thirteenth conference game, Swarthmore Women’s Basketball team fell to Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA. The first quarter saw a relentless Bears offense that opened the score with a 3-pointer. 3:34 into
February 20, 2025

AOTW: Theo Teszler

Theo Teszler is a first-year Track and Field athlete from Newton, MA. He went to Newton North High School and is a prospective engineering major. Teszler predominantly runs the 400-meter race and has now broken two programs records in this event. Katie
February 20, 2025

The Brilliance of Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong 

Robert Frost famously said: “One who concerns himself with the sound of sense more than the subject is an artist.” What is beyond an artist? What is beyond art? What do you call someone who masterfully weaves words and sounds, and stitches
February 20, 2025

Do Horses Deserve to Be Happy?

Cayla and I were discussing the horses in New York. People were protesting the horse-drawn carriages that carry people around Central Park; they said that it was unethical for the horses to be confined to the sidewalk-laden environment. That the horses should
February 20, 2025

Thanks, Willets, For Your Thin Walls (Minus Aura)

Episode 1 of Dorms on Campus We all live in dorms. That’s a given for 95% of the student body. I think there’s a universal experience that each Swattie goes through during their time here, and that’s the oh-so-wonderful dormitory life! Dormitory
February 20, 2025

The Sports World’s Super Bowl Reactions

On Sunday, Feb. 9, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22, earning their second championship in franchise history. There was no question about who would come out on top, as the Eagles scored 34 unanswered points before the Chiefs responded
February 20, 2025
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