The Phoenix in Conversation with Senator Chris Van Hollen ’83, H’14

March 27, 2025
Chris Van Hollen was born in 1959 to parents serving in the U.S. Foreign Service in Pakistan. After a childhood moving throughout Pakistan, Turkey, India, and Sri Lanka, he went to high school in Massachusetts before attending Swarthmore and graduating with a B.A. in philosophy in 1983. After graduation, he earned a master of public policy from Harvard Kennedy School

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Faulkner’s Rowan Oak and Lee’s Monroeville

Over spring break, I traveled throughout the American South. I was particularly interested in visiting locations of literary importance. I originally planned to write about diversity in Southern Gothic literature. After visiting William Faulkner’s house in Oxford, Mississippi, and Harper Lee’s hometown
March 20, 2025

Sports

The 2025 NWSL Season Kicks Off

Women’s soccer is back and better than ever! On Friday, March 14, the first whistle blew to kick off the opening weekend of the 2025 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) season. Orlando Pride, the returning league champions, made a bold statement at
March 27, 2025

Spring Training Stories

As a true sports fan might turn their attention to the craziness of March Madness, another sport is beginning to ramp up: baseball. The Major League Baseball’s (MLB) preseason, also known as Spring Training, has been in full swing for a few
March 27, 2025

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Swarthmore Sports Weekly Recap

2/7: Men’s Track and Field at the FastTrack National Invitational Men’s Track and Field traveled to Staten Island, NY to compete in the FastTrack National Invitation this past Friday. Robert Mirabello ’25 earned eighth overall in the 5000m run and fell a
February 13, 2025

Interconnection: A Conversation with Professor Hopkins

Although cliché, some professors at Swarthmore make an impression in the way they lecture, while others do so in the way they inherently challenge you to your core, creating mental chasms through your body and mind. But few weave their lived experience
February 13, 2025

Musa Al-Gharbi Questions Elite Wokeness

Musa Al-Gharbi, author of “We Have Never Been Woke,” spoke with Swarthmore students on Feb. 8 about the rise of wokeness and how it has not resulted in significant material change by elites. The talk, moderated by Swarthmore political science professor Jonny
February 13, 2025

Behind the Scenes: Basketball Game Days at Swarthmore

As a member of the women’s soccer team, we have developed several cheers to help support our teammates and other Swarthmore student-athletes. “HERE WE GO SWAT!” “WE ARE ONE.” These chants echo throughout Tarble Pavilion as students and fans begin trickling in.
February 13, 2025

Weekly Column: Swat Says

How do you feel about the results of the Super Bowl? Wyatt Brannon ’26: Go Birds! Teddy King-Pollet ’28: I feel happy, it was a really fun time. I haven’t followed football so much in my life, but I had a really
February 13, 2025

In Defense of the Astros

For the past several weeks, my Twitter (X) feed, which normally seems to be contaminated with Elon Musk memes and other right-wing content, has been overrun with videos “proving” that the referees have been rigging NFL games in favor of the Kansas
February 13, 2025

‘Fleabag’: Let’s Talk About It

Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s “Fleabag” is one of the most influential TV shows to ever grace streaming services. Waller-Bridge based the limited series on her one-woman play of the same name, and after the success of her production, BBC picked up the television show.
February 13, 2025
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