The recently renamed Edley-Morgan Hall honors Kathryn L. Morgan, a former professor who was previously denied tenure, which had sparked intense debate on campus.
The Phoenix interviews Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures (Chinese) Qiaomei Tang on her new position, research, and teaching goals.
Alice Sheffer '30 and Maeve Noble '30 argue that post hoc punishments for perpetrators of sexual violence should not be a solution to broader problem, and Cornell should take a lesson from Swarthmore and disband fraternities on campus.
In this edition of Swat Says, students share their views on the Phoenix, weigh in on the closure of Pastry Pants, and look back on bouts of food poisoning at the dining hall.
Before arriving at Swarthmore, I thought I knew what being a collegiate student-athlete would look like. Although most of the basics are as expected, there are many small thrills and daily traditions ingrained in my life that I would never have anticipated
Charlotte Martin ’28 is a junior runner for the Swarthmore women’s cross country team. Hailing from Southlake, TX, Martin led the Garnet with a 17th-place finish at the Haverford Main Line Invitational event on Friday, Sept. 18. She ran a personal-record time
When I walked into Paces for my training as a server, Michele Gugerli ‘14 explained that, as front of the house staff, I was expected to dress nicely. My combination of vintage dresses and weird children’s clothes ended up going over well.
Public Safety officers and two deans raided two student rooms and the Phi Psi fraternity house after receiving a “credible report of questionable activity,” Director of Public Safety Michael Hill and Associate Director for Investigations Beth Pitts told the Phoenix in an
By almost any measure, Katie Lytle ’14 is one of the best basketball players to ever come through Swarthmore. Her career success has her ranked sixth in scoring (1,382 points), third in rebounding (1,050), fourth in steals (228), fourth in blocks (85)
From algorithms to explain gravity’s place in the universe, to characterizing battles of anemones, research at Swat teaches us about the complexity of something as “big” as gravity to as physically small as an individual A. elegentissima anemone – that’s where Mark
When I first walked into the Lang Performing Arts Center this Sunday, I had to glance around to check if I was in the right place. My confusion mostly stemmed from the fact that I was looking at a mostly black set
This year’s Community Development Grants, $10,000 awards given to projects focused on promoting inclusivity on campus and building community, have been awarded. The grants come from the Community Development Fund, a reserve of $150,000 created last year to be spent over the
I get tired of being stuck in my old (musical) ways. Day after day, it’s the same hip hop, jazz and R&B blasting out of my boombox, iPod and computer speakers. How can one discover new musical flavors without going through tooth-wrenching
Just under a year after the strife-filled semester that President Rebecca Chopp termed the “spring of our discontent,” a student group is working in conjunction with administrators to try and show that both parties are capable of working together harmoniously. Members of
Stacy Levy is an artist entranced with nature and its relationship to the man-made industrial world. Her pieces of temporary art are intended to be collaborative projects, interactive with nature and the community they exist in. While some pieces of art
Even though Swarthmore seems to remain indefinitely frozen over, one team on campus is bringing the heat. This past weekend, Swarthmore track and field competed in the Centennial Conference Championships, where several people set personal records and the women’s team clinched second