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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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Swat Remembers Professor George Moskos

January 21, 2011
Over winter break, the College mourned the loss of a celebrated professor, activist, and friend. George Moskos, professor of French Language and Literature, passed away on Tuesday, January 4, leaving behind a legacy of groundbreaking scholarship and a commitment to his students.

Jewish Student Lounge Takes Shape

January 19, 2011
A long-running effort to turn a room in Lodge Five in a lounge for Swarthmore’s Jewish community is finally starting to take shape. Josh Sokol ’11, who has helped to spearhead this initiative.

For Donna Jo Napoli

January 19, 2011
What? This video-column thingy still exists? Ooo, goody! Even more exciting: this edition you’ll get to pose questions to Donna Jo Napoli, Linguistics Professor and esteemed author of children's books.

ML Weekday Breakfast Ended; Sunday Breakfast to Begin

December 18, 2010
ML's weekday continental breakfast service will be ended next semester, in favor of a Sunday morning breakfast with made-to-order food, as few students took advantage of the weekday breakfast. Coordinators and RAs are worried that the move limits residents' options and weakens
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