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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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Legacy Satisfaction Services with Ben Ellentuck

February 24, 2011
This week's WSRN show is Legacy Satisfaction Services by Ben Ellentuck '14. It is combination of guided meditation and breathing exercises, meditative musical tracks, horoscopes, and more by a Zen Buddhist practitioner and licensed psychic.

Aleppan Spice

February 24, 2011
Today's dish is Mahshe (MAH-shee), a Syrian stuffed zucchini dish straight from the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, where Clara spent the summer studying Arabic and eating as much as she could.

Major Changes Planned for this Year’s Orientation

February 23, 2011
This year's Orientation for first-year and transfer students will look substantiallygt different from those of years past. The most dramatic decisions are shifts to the way CA groups are organized, which will result in a drastic decrease in the number of CAs

What Happened to the Sliced Tomatoes at Sharples?

February 22, 2011
Some Sharples-goers may have noticed a reduction in fresh produce at Sharples. At the sandwich bar, the sliced tomatoes have disappeared and been replaced with pickled peppers or onions. Tomatoes were also missing from Patty-Grilla Bar and Burger Bar and fewer fresh
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