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Athlete of the Week: Tate Garcia ’26

March 19, 2026
Tate Garcia ’26, a senior from Honolulu, HI, has become a shot put powerhouse for the Swarthmore track and field team. She began her college debut with an outstanding 2023 outdoor season, taking the silver medal in the discus throw (37.81m) at

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Tasha Lewis '12 and Jes Downing '12 reveal their Dark Marks

Op-Ed: Reasonable Debate

April 18, 2013
In light of the results of the recent Greek life referendum, where “No” votes beat “Yes” on every issue except “Do you support admitting students of all genders to sororities and fraternities,” we as a college should seriously reflect on the ridiculous
Tasha Lewis '12 and Jes Downing '12 reveal their Dark Marks

Op-Ed: Is Swat Exclusionary?

April 18, 2013
Swarthmore’s frequent social justice campaigns — pro-divestment, pro-childcare, anti-fraternity, anti-Zoellick, and so on — make us a hotspot for controversy and, yes, and decidedly leftist socio-political culture. I appreciate that culture. I approach it as someone sympathetic to the cause. Yet I

Impermanent Beauty: A Senior Art Thesis

April 18, 2013
Alex Anderson sits perfect postured on a stool, legs crossed so one knee sits over the other and his right foot bobs off the ground.  His black leather shoe is clean of the red dust that covers the floor of his studio

Preview: Honors Directing Thesis “Burn This”

April 18, 2013
This weekend, “Burn This,” a 1987 play by Pulitzer Prize winner Lanford Wilson, will run in LPAC’s Frear Ensemble Theater. The production is senior Jeanette Leopold’s  Honors Directing thesis. For Leopold, the performance is the culmination of a year’s work, which began

A Portrait of the Sharples Re-designers

April 18, 2013
For Professor Min Kyung Lee of the Art History Department, architecture is not “strictly a technical practice,” but is rather about “being able to produce and come up with an idea … [to] find an aesthetic and functional and socially and environmentally

Politics and the Beautiful Game

April 18, 2013
The appointment of Paolo Di Canio as Sunderland manager two weeks ago led to controversy due to his previous admission to being a fascist. Di Canio being appointed as Sunderland manager led to the resignation of former Foreign Minister David Miliband from
Tasha Lewis '12 and Jes Downing '12 reveal their Dark Marks

Op-Ed: A Questionable Firing

April 18, 2013
Swarthmore prides itself on being a tolerant community that encourages the free flow of ideas and the opportunity for all voices to be heard. Throughout the recent controversy surrounding Robert Zoellick, The Phoenix, in its April 4 edition, portrayed the issue as

Bipartisan Group Presents Immigration Overhaul

April 18, 2013
On Tuesday, the bipartisan group of Senators known as the “Gang of Eight” released a blueprint for a dramatic overhaul of the way America deals with both legal and illegal immigrants seeking citizenship. Considered long overdue, immigration reform strikes us here at
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