Live Updates: Swarthmore Encampment Ends in Nine Arrests; Students and Faculty Rattled

This article shows live updates and coverage of the now-demolished encampment on Trotter Lawn. Older posts may not accurately reflect present information or conditions. Correction: A previous version of the 9:17 live update mistakenly stated that Andy Hirsch indicated eight “students” had been arrested. In fact, he indicated eight protesters have been arrested. The Phoenix is working to verify the

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Let’s Talk About “Adolescence” and Incel Culture

April 24, 2025
Released a little over a month ago, “Adolescence” has become the third most-streamed Netflix original series, falling behind “Squid Game” and “Stranger Things.” The British limited series, written and created by Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne, follows the arrest of 13-year-old Jamie

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Athlete of the Week: Olivia McClammy ’25

May 1, 2025
Swarthmore softball standout Olivia McClammy ’25 has not only been stealing bases but also the attention of many for record-shattering effort. The senior utility player currently holds a handful of all-time program records, her first of the season on March 1, when

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Campus Master Plan Project Requests Student Input

January 31, 2013
It does not require particularly close examination to notice that some spaces on campus are overcrowded. At the peak of lunch and dinner, navigating Sharples becomes chaotic. High housing lottery numbers can inspire nightmares. Some facilities are operating at overcapacity, and others
A number of students set up posters in Bond to discuss current humanitarian projects

J. Henry Fair Showcases Eco-Fouls at McCabe

January 31, 2013
How can disaster be beautiful? Dare to find out. Currently on view in McCabe Library atrium until February 20, J. Henry Fair’s “Extraction and the American Dream” is both breathtaking and shocking. The exhibit is comprised of a series of photographs of potentially
Sarah Scheub '12 discusses her Lang Opportunity Scholarship project with a fellow student

Hot Diggity Dog

January 31, 2013
A LAB IN THE FAM: Kaylee was brought into the family from Burt’s Black Dog Rescue  when she was just six months old. She was an angel from the first week home and was easy to train afterwards. Vince Formica had grown
The six editors of The Daily Gazette discuss the nature of Swarthmore's daily publication with Kristof

Committment-Conscious Cabaret

January 31, 2013
Do you want to be in a musical at Swarthmore, but just don’t have the time? Paolo Debuque ’15 and Audrey Edelstein ’15 bring you Cabaret Night: excellent musical theater with a low time commitment. Life at Swat can be hectic. Between
Cariad Chester '13 chats with Kristof about global health

Learning How To Think … About Majors

January 31, 2013
In 1999, a professor of art history at the college delivered an address titled “The Usefulness of Uselessness.” Her argument has since become the academic credo on campus; the idea that the pursuit of interests, no matter how disparate or “useless” they

Pop Minimalism to the Max: The xx at The Electric Factory

January 31, 2013
Early in The xx’s Sunday set at Philadelphia’s Electric Factory, Romy Madley Croft, the band’s guitarist and female vocalist paused between songs to say, “We finally made it.” She was referring to the cancelation of the band’s last Philadelphia performance during October’s Hurricane

Lost in Translation

January 31, 2013
According to the most recent statistics compiled by the Off Campus Study Office, Swarthmore students are not shy to dive into a completely new culture; of the graduating class of 2012, 40% studied abroad. In the 2011-2012 academic year, 150 students, mainly

A Guide To Getting It In

January 31, 2013
Since I am writing a sex and dating column, I feel like it’s appropriate that I start with an article about swag. I’m sure you all have heard “swag” used in different contexts; purple swag, swag me out, pretty boy swag, etc.,

Life: Plan, But Plan in Pencil

January 31, 2013
We can’t stay teenagers forever, believe me I have tried. We all wake up one day with kids and bills to pay and we say “How did I get here?” When I was a teenager I had a part time job, no
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