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Inaugural Phoenix Campus Opinions Survey – Spring ’25

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May 1, 2025
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

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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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Campus Life Representative: Elizabeth Bryant ’13

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April 20, 2010
Every day I witness the intelligent dialogues that occur often between students; the conversations that tie us to one another, and allow us to develop ourselves as reactive intellectuals within Swat’s richly diverse and academic space. The power behind this form of

President: Simon Zhu ’11

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April 20, 2010
As the SBC Manager I have worked with representatives from over one hundred chartered groups, and have developed a good understanding of the activities and events they organize. Additionally, I am quite familiar with many of the student run services, having overseen

Singer Zee Avi Closes APIA Month

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April 19, 2010
Swarthmore students crammed into Olde Club to listen to artist Zee Avi this past Saturday. Her performance was the final SAO event of Asian/Pacific Islander American Heritage Month. Self-described as "pocket-sized," Avi captivated the audience with her jazzy sound and incredible stage

The Phoenix through the Ages

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April 19, 2010
Our oldest campus newspaper was first published in 1881, rising from the ashes of the Great Fire of Parrish. In its earliest form, the Phoenix was more of a literary journal than a newspaper as we think of it today.

Swarthmore Hosts Fencing National Championship

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April 16, 2010
The Swarthmore Fencing Team hosted the US Association of Collegiate Fencing Clubs (USACFC) National Championships this past weekend. The USACFC nationals is the largest college fencing event in the world: over 700 athletes compete, representing 41 colleges and universities from all over

Blood Weddings and BalletX

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April 16, 2010
Whether Swattie, Swattie-to-be, once-a-Swattie, Swattie-at-heart, or never-going-to-be-a-Swattie, the weather is fine, and you—yeah you!—should be enjoying it. Or, you could go to these sweet arts events. There are a plethora of activities to enjoy on and off campus this weekend; here are

Bodas De Sangre: Cycles of Role-Playing and Revenge

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April 16, 2010
Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding) surges with passion and poetry, and McFeely Sam Goodman's original production vividly captures the turbulent desires and fears of characters plunging towards a shared catastrophe. The Honors Directing Thesis of Goodman '10 situates Federico García Lorca's powerful
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