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AI Is Not Inevitable

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November 12, 2026
Olivia Huang ’29 challenges the popular belief that increasing reliance on artificial intelligence is unavoidable and urges readers to embrace the human spirit.

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Athlete of the Week: Dylan Myrick ’30

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November 12, 2026
First-year Dylan Myrick is a freestyle, Individual Medley (IM), and breaststroke specialist for the Swarthmore men’s swim team. The Eugene, OR resident swam at his first collegiate meet on Oct. 24, where Swarthmore, Franklin & Marshall College, Ursinus College, and Dickinson College

Fueling the Phoenix: Newly Extended Dining Hall Hours

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November 5, 2026
For much of Swarthmore’s history, students faced the reality of Sharples’ abbreviated hours: if you didn’t make it by the 8 p.m. closing time, you were going into the night without dinner. Student athletes would oftentimes be forced into rushing to the

Athlete of the Week: Isabel Adam ’28

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November 5, 2026
Outside hitter Isabel Adam ’28 has been lighting it up for the Swarthmore volleyball team this fall. She came into this season with extensive on-court experience, playing in all but one game in her first two years at Swarthmore, and earning All-Centennial

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Spitting First Words

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September 26, 2024
When I was a baby, my parents spoon-fed me many things as I slowly grew. They fed me applesauce. They fed me rice. Foods I loved from the beginning because they looked appealing and novel to me. Then they tried introducing brussel

Surviving Campus HAAAte

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September 26, 2024
Although many people on this campus know me to be a bundle of joy, those who are closest to me are well aware of my larger-than-ideal hater count. It is a very unfortunate circumstance that, to be clear, I do not intend

America is Failing at Capitalism

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September 26, 2024
In America, we have a superiority complex. Just ask the kids I grew up with in the U.K. Common assumptions about the U.S. are as follows: everything is bigger, they all worship Walmart, they only eat McDonalds, and they all have guns.

Swarthmore Athletics Weekly Recap

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September 26, 2024
Field Hockey Swarthmore 8, Sewanee College 1 On Saturday afternoon, Swarthmore field hockey cruised past Sewanee College to take an 8-1 win. Seven different players found goals in the back of Sewanee’s cage, the first in the fifth minute of the game.

Athlete of the Week: Len Yamabe ’27

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September 26, 2024
Len Yamabe ’27 is a midfielder from Tokyo, Japan. He has started every game for the unbeaten men’s soccer team. #13 Swarthmore is currently 7-0-1 with 21 goals on the season. Yamabe took part in almost half of those goals, with seven
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