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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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Vice-President, Adriana Popa ’12

December 3, 2010
As the Facebook “You Know You Go To Swarthmore When…” page so eloquently puts it, the knowledge that a day has, in fact, 28 hours, entitles a Swattie to make such delightful comments as “Oh, but it’s only 3 AM!” Upholding the

Appointments Chair, Gabriella Capone ’14

December 3, 2010
Hi! My name's Gabriella (Gabby) Capone. I'm involved in Enlace, Multi, the Chester Youth Court Group and I play field hockey. In high school I was an elected representative to Council for 3 years and Vice President in my last year. Like

Secretary, Maria Thomson ’14

December 3, 2010
My name is Maria Thomson and I am running to be Secretary of our Student Council. I believe I am well-suited to fill this position primarily given my history of exemplary organization and note-taking habits, in addition to efficiency, timeliness, and seriousness
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