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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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Truth Be Told: Why Write?

September 20, 2012
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. From the

Let’s Make Some Noize

September 20, 2012
The Noize, a collaborative media project between Chester High School and Swarthmore students that airs weekly on WSRN, will seek a charter this semester, expand on-campus involvement, and reinvigorate its original outreach aspect with on-site recruiting in Chester.“We’ve been kind of under

Letter to the Editor: September 20, 2012

September 19, 2012
To the Editor: I am writing in response to Rendering Swarthmore Politics. Danielle Charette made sweeping claims with no substantiation. I cannot speak to Ms. Charette’s personal experiences on campus as a politically conservative student but I can say that I have

Ben Goloff ’15 for Educational Policy Representative

September 19, 2012
Thank you for considering my candidacy for Educational Policy Representative! A few quick words about me:I’m a sophomore from New York City and a prospective Biology/Environmental Studies major.  I’m a co-facilitator of Earthlust, and I love playing the violin in Swat’s orchestra

Lanie Schlessinger ’15 for Student Groups Advisor

September 19, 2012
Hi, my name is Lanie Schlessinger, and I’m running for a second term as Student Groups Advisor. Throughout the past year of experience as Student Groups Advisor, I learned many necessary skills that will enable me to be a more effective SGA

Joseph Rizzo ’15 for Campus Life Representative

September 19, 2012
My name is Joseph Rizzo, and I am interested in running for Swarthmore Student Council Campus Life Representative.  I believe that I will thrive in this position because my mission, like that of the Campus Life Representative, is to further improve the

Tony Lee ’15 for Campus Life Representative

September 19, 2012
My name is Tony Lee, I’m a sophomore and I would love to represent you as your CAMPUS LIFE REPRESENTATIVE! For those of you who don’t know me, I’m a real happy, energetic guy who likes to have fun but also likes
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