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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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How to Share a Bike

November 3, 2010
Student Council's revitalized bike program begins this week. It had begun last fall, but was hampered by maintenance difficulties when Swarthmore Cycles went bankrupt.

For Barry Schwartz

November 3, 2010
Next up we'll be opening the Gazette floor to questions for a Swarthmore professor: Barry Schwartz. He has a popular book and two TED talks, arguing that when we have an overabundance of choices, we end up less happy no matter what

Swarthmore’s Hidden Underbelly

November 2, 2010
This week your intrepid marauders adventure into the deepest bowels of Swarthmore’s campus, and they inadvertently stumble upon little-known coincidences in presidential history along with a bitter, decades-long international controversy.

Halloween with the Dean

November 2, 2010
Dean of Students Liz Braun and Student Council sponsored a Halloween celebration at Braun's house on Friday. See pictures of Braun, Martin Warner, and many others in costumes, pumpkin carving, and more.

Writing Center Establishes New Program in Chester

October 31, 2010
The Writing Center has launched a new program on writing workshops in Chester at the College Access Center, which provides a variety of free services for preparing students for college. In this new project, three Writing Associates conduct weekly workshops with a

Martin Warner Answers Your Questions

October 28, 2010
And here we have it: answers to your most fruitful questions -- about the Crum Regatta, classes, syllabi, and where to make out -- straight from our registrar’s often lushly mustachioed mouth.
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