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Inaugural Phoenix Campus Opinions Survey – Spring ’25

On April 21, The Phoenix sent its inaugural campus opinion survey to 593 randomly selected Swarthmore students, representing 34.8% of the student body. The survey asked students to indicate whether they approved, strongly approved, disapproved, strongly disapproved, felt neutral, or didn’t know of twenty campus institutions, depicted in the graphic above. Beyond these institutions, the survey also asked students for their analysis of relevant college topics, including support for students of color, financial aid, the college’s recent response to student activism, the college’s response to the second Trump administration, campus food and housing, and faculty’s grading standards. The Williams Record,

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Looking Back: From The Beginning

May 1, 2025
Dear Freshman Year, In three days, school will end; freshman year will end. It’s so crazy how fast time has flown by. Truly. Looking back, I don’t think I would have thought that this would all end so fast. So many things

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Quaker Matchbox Kids

February 14, 2013
Perhaps one of the more frightening aspects of the infamous Swat marriage is its potential to move off-campus. A rumored one in six graduates wind up tying the knot with other alumni from the college. While students invariably nurture their own opinions

Hot Diggity Dog: Diane Watson and Dobby

February 14, 2013
Meet Diane Watson, administrative assistant, and her ten-year-old Shih Tzu, Dobby. A NEW BEGINNING: While many dogs experience a lot of love and affection during the first couple years in their lives, Dobby had a rough start. Diane’s nephew was in

Kentucky Senate Race Shaping Up To Be Battleground

February 14, 2013
The 2014 Senate elections are likely to keep Democrats on the defensive. During the Democratic wave of 2008, the party won or held several seats in traditionally red states such as Alaska, South Dakota and North Carolina. Given the high number of

Get the Government Out Of the Liberal Arts

February 14, 2013
When North Carolina’s Republican governor Pat McCrory told former U.S. Education Secretary William Bennett that public universities need to better prepare their students for the job market, he set off a bit of a brouhaha within academia. The governor, somewhat crassly, questioned

Voyage To the New World

February 14, 2013
Two weeks ago, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators were finally able to agree on a comprehensive plan to reform the U.S. immigration system. It seems like immigration is an issue we hear a lot about these days from politicians, political commentators,

Joe Keedy

February 14, 2013
Athlete of the Week: Joe Keedy Jr., Basketball, Petoskey, Mich. What He’s Done: Scored 23 points to lead the Garnet to a Senior Day upset of first-place Franklin & Marshall, earning a spot on the d3Hoops.com National Team of the Week. Favorite

Swat Swimmers Reflect on Four Years

February 14, 2013
Swarthmore swimming honored its seniors during Saturday’s senior day meet at Ware Pool against Dickinson, with exciting, competitive swimming between two evenly matched teams. While the men managed a hard-fought 111-94 victory, the women fell to the Red Devils by the even

Women’s Basketball Earns Playoff Berth

February 14, 2013
On the schedule, a run came to an end this past week, as seniors Eliza Polli and Madeline Ross played in their Senior Day game against Franklin & Marshall. But the Garnet are just beginning what they hope will be a long
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