SJP Encampment Ends with Arrest of 9 Protesters, Including 1 Current Swarthmore Student

Nine protesters, including one Swarthmore student and one student on an extended leave of absence, were arrested last Saturday, May 3, ending the four-day Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) encampment on Trotter Lawn. The seven others arrested were unaffiliated with the college, and their affiliations are largely unknown at the time of publication; however, one was identified as a

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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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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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Announcing: 2012 NCAA Bracket Challenge

March 13, 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. Announcing the

Molly Siegel’s Morning Tracks

March 12, 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. Molly Siegel

Iraqi Kurdistan: On Oil and Agriculture

March 12, 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. Iraqi Kurdistan,

Women sixth, men seventh at track championships

March 1, 2012
At last weekend’s Centennial Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships held at Ursinus College, both the men’s and women’s teams had their best showings in recent memory. The men finished seventh overall, which was an improvement from last year’s ninth place result

Forecasting the European Championships picture

March 1, 2012
Since I really did not want to confront the odd results in the Champions League, the emphatic derby day victory of Arsenal, or the small group of neo-Nazi FC Kaiserslauten fans in Germany, I thought that it might be fun to look

Kenyetta Givans

March 1, 2012
WHAT SHE’S DONE: Givans earned a gold medal while setting a conference record in the 60-meter hurdles at last weekend’s conference championships. FAVORITE CAREER MOMENT: “My favorite career moment was winning gold in both 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles along with being
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