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Inaugural Phoenix Campus Opinions Survey – Spring ’25

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May 1, 2025
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

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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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Schwartz and Sharpe on Practical Wisdom, Part II

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February 9, 2011
Psychology professor Barry Schwartz and Political Science professor Kenneth Sharpe recently released their new book Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing. In this second part of The Gazette's interview with them, the professors discuss the concept of practical

Bathtub Debates, Egypt, Filmmakers, And More

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February 8, 2011
Photos from the last week, including the Bathtub Debates moderated by President Chopp, a panel about the Egyptian Revolution and a march in favor of it, a visit by filmmaker Tanya Hamilton, and a lecture on Ghanian development by an alum.

Schwartz and Sharpe on Practical Wisdom, Part I

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February 7, 2011
Psychology professor Barry Schwartz and Political Science professor Kenneth Sharpe recently released their new book Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing. The Gazette sat down with the professors to discuss their collaboration over the years and the concept

Yale Professor Discusses Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

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February 1, 2011
Yale Professor of Economics Christopher Udry ’81 returned to Swarthmore on Tuesday to deliver the Bernie Saffran lecture titled, “Risk, Credit, Constraints, and Farmers’ Investments in Ghana.” Specializing in development economics, Professor Udry shared his research results on the role of capital
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