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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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Changes in the Gazette’s Staff Policies

October 19, 2010
The Gazette is formalizing our staff reporter position. We will still be very welcoming to anyone who wants to come to meetings and write articles for us, but the title of Staff Reporter will now be limited to those reporters who show

Yes Men Come to Campus in Cooper Series Event

October 8, 2010
Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno of the activist group the Yes Men, who conduct pranks to bring awareness to important social issues, gave a lecture Thursday on their work, including collaborations with two Swatties at the Copenhagen climate change conference last year.

Strokin’ with Andy Forrest and Michael Gluk

October 8, 2010
The Gazette is starting a weekly feature where we post a show from WSRN. Strokin', named after a song by Clarence Carter, is a show by Andy Forrest '12 and Michael Gluk '12. They play "mostly funk, soul and r & b

Poet Campion Reads from Upcoming Book

October 7, 2010
Peter Campion, recipient of a Pushcart Prize and author of two collections of poetry, read from his work on Monday evening in the Scheuer Room. In addition to reading from his previously published work, Campion read several poems from his recently drafted

Tales From Beyond the Henge

October 7, 2010
Learn about the history of Crumhenge and other secrets of the Crum in this second installment of the Gazette's series of hidden places around Swarthmore.

The Evolution of Green Roofs at Swarthmore

October 6, 2010
Swarthmore was one of the first institutions in the area to build a green roof and, though they are becoming a more common green technology, Swarthmore’s roofs still remain distinctive. In 2011 the Green Roof and Wall Conference will be in Philadelphia,
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