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A Day in the Life of a Volleyball Player

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October 8, 2026
Before arriving at Swarthmore, I thought I knew what being a collegiate student-athlete would look like. Although most of the basics are as expected, there are many small thrills and daily traditions ingrained in my life that I would never have anticipated

Athlete of the Week: Charlotte Martin ’28

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October 1, 2026
Charlotte Martin ’28 is a junior runner for the Swarthmore women’s cross country team. Hailing from Southlake, TX, Martin led the Garnet with a 17th-place finish at the Haverford Main Line Invitational event on Friday, Sept. 18. She ran a personal-record time

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On Living Liminally

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October 8, 2026
Kush Kaur ’28 reflects on her relationship with her Nani ma’s house — a place intertwined with her hometown, past, family, and sense of self.

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Inside A Phoenix EdBoard Meeting

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September 19, 2012
This week’s column will offer readers a glimpse into the rarefied world of a Phoenix Editorial Board Meeting. In retrospect, the first clue that the meeting would not be an ordinary one came several hours before it began, in an e-mail from

The Evolution of Hip-Hop

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September 19, 2012
Living in the midst of the major music hub Atlanta and growing up on almost every subgenre of Hip-Hop, I have always found it fascinating. The depth and breadth of Hip-Hop, from a sociological standpoint, is enough to compete with the expanse

Review: Bon Iver at the Mann Center

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September 19, 2012
 “I’m up in the woods, I’m down on my mind.” The first words Justin Vernon, lead singer and founder of Bon Iver, uttered on a cool Sunday night at the Mann Center in Philadelphia. These words are not found on For Emma,

Dear Nestor

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September 19, 2012
Dear Swatties: I am very excited to be your advice columnist for The Phoenix this year! In my day-to-day life, I have loved helping my co-workers, fellow students, friends and family overcome the many bumps in each of their respective roads. However,

New Belly Dancing Club Comes to Swarthmore

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September 19, 2012
For all you Pub Nite attendees who grin and bear the booze solely for the final half-hour of stress-blowing shimmying, Thursday nights are looking up. A new belly dancing class, taught by the internationally acclaimed dancer and choreographer Najia of Philadelphia Bellydance,

Plenty of Fish Outside the Bubble

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September 19, 2012
The Quaker Matchbox, The Swat Marriage, The Sharples Run-In With Last Night’s Drunken Paces Hook-Up: for some, these relationships are an enduring facet of campus life, an inevitable consequence of the Swarthmore social scene. What other options are there? We’re hopeless intellectuals

Nude Models Bare All

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September 19, 2012
“The human form is a very complex form [through which] to study light and value and volume… every drawing lesson you could possible desire to teach a student could be taught by that subject.” Such is the reason, according to Logan Grider,

Nightwish at the Electric Factory

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September 19, 2012
Hello Swatties! I On the Arts is back again, reporting for the venerable old Phoenix, this time switching it up with a concert review! For future reference, I am primarily a visual arts lover, but also enjoy reviewing music, books and films.Last
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