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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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Poetry Reading and Prize Announcement by Kate Northrop

April 5, 2011
Poet Kate Northrop visited Swarthmore College on Tuesday, April 5th to read a few of her recent works and to announce this year’s student prizes in poetry. Students, faculty and community members filled Kohlberg’s Scheuer room with a lively hum as Northrop

Kebab: An Always Food

April 4, 2011
Kebabs are the burgers of the Middle East. From Israel to Syria and from Armenia to Turkey, you’ll rarely go wrong choosing among its many variants.

Orientation to be Hosted on YouTube

April 1, 2011
The Dean’s Office and Orientation Committee are sponsoring a plan that would make orientation week for the class of 2015 entirely virtual, including a series of YouTube videos and other interactive features.
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