On Sept. 8, Governor Josh Shapiro’s (D-PA) administration allowed the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) to use $394 million from a state trust fund
Nasrin Ahmed '28 exposes the contradiction between Jubilee's performative commitment to productive dialogue and futile divisiveness that their content model promotes in reality.
In this edition of Swat Says, students reveal the most iconic professors on campus, discuss the best class they've taken at Swarthmore, and attempt to define the mysterious role of college Provost.
Spoiler Alert: This article contains plot details from season three of “The Summer I Turned Pretty.” This summer, we all turned pretty. Well, at least according to Jenny Han, the writer of the hit novel and Amazon Prime television series, “The Summer
We live in a current age of heat checks, lyric drops, motivational apps and posters, and speeches about “locking in” or “walking through fire.” And then there is Jalen Hurts — the starting quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles, an outright contemporary Nietzsche,
On Sept. 20, Swarthmore men’s and women’s soccer packed their bags and boarded buses for Baltimore to play their long-time conference rival Johns Hopkins University. The day began Centennial Conference play for both Garnet teams. The men came into their game carrying
Colin Crowe: First-year goalkeeper Colin Crowe ’29 has been making waves for the Swarthmore men’s soccer team with incredible, game-time saves and plays. The Gonzaga College High School graduate, who played club soccer at Hybrid Football Club and has played all games
Welcome to “How To Do Things You Suck At,” every Swattie’s go-to guide on how to try something new and (eventually) succeed in it. Want to learn how to crochet? Play badminton? You’ve found the right place, then. Every month, you’ll follow
“Being a performative male means embracing women, embracing what it means to be a woman in this world, and understanding where they’re coming from,” said Nick Fettig ’26, Contestant 19 and finalist in the Performative Male Contest. “It’s being one with nature,
Use the link below to fill out a preliminary survey for our new dating feature! You will be matched with a compatible Swattie for a date-night around campus based on your answers. Before and after the date, you will be interviewed about
Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. We talk
Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. Professor Lee
Starting this semester, the college plans to teach the Rape Aggression Defense System, a comprehensive program offering realistic self-defense tactics, awareness training prevention techniques, risk reduction and avoidance methods. Each session lasts two hours, and the class meets weekly. The course is
The Large Scale Event and Worthstock are two of the most anticipated events of the spring semester. In December of last year, Brennan Klein ’14, LSE Committee Chair, wrote an open letter to students through The Phoenix in which he announced that
When The New York Times published an article on Dec. 4, 2012 about Swarthmore College students’ effort to make the college divest from fossil fuel companies, the entire campus learned about student group Mountain Justice’s goal to fight against pollution and climate
From Grapevine to Rythm ’n Motion, an array of student clubs came together to fight malaria and entertain the student body in the fifth annual Global Health Variety Show. The show, held by the Global Health Forum (GHF) on Saturday, Jan. 26,
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
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
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