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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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Traveling Storyteller Ivan Coyote Captivates Audience

April 23, 2010
A traveling storyteller, Ivan Coyote was born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. She is an award-winning author and performer who has become progressively more popular through the Internet. So far, she has produced four collections of short stories, one novel,

President: Amelia Mitter-Burke ’12

April 20, 2010
My name is Amelia Mitter-Burke and I would like to be your next Student Council President. I am running for president as someone that wants to see StuCo continue growing in its relevance, accessibility, power, and effectiveness.

Financial Policy Representative: Ben Hattem ’12

April 20, 2010
I'm Ben Hattem and I want to be your next Financial Policy Representative. In my role on Student Council, I want to help foster trust between students and administrators about financial policy decisions. Doing so would encourage the administration to more directly

Student Groups Advisor: Anna Stitt ’13

April 20, 2010
My experiences so far at Swarthmore have made it clear that Swatties have brilliant ideas, take initiative in a wide variety of interests, and want transparency and information. I am committed to communicating well with you as students and as members of

Educational Policy Representative: Daniel Cho ’13

April 20, 2010
In order to maintain Swarthmore as an academic institution that listens and adheres to the student’s needs, I would like to continue the schools’ tradition of academic excellence through the relevant and significant changes I intend to make as an educational policy
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