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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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Poet RhapsodE visits Swarthmore

April 13, 2010
“I don’t care where love shows up, I’m gonna take it, and so should you … unless it’s a giraffe,” spoke RhapsodE, member of the Philadelphia-based Philly Spoken Soul Collective, at a performance this past Friday. RhapsodE performed pieces highlighting the issues

Are the New Sharples Plates and Mugs Safe?

April 13, 2010
Some students have expressed concern about possible health risks from the new melamine plates, bowls, and mugs in Sharples. Studies have shown that in some situations -- especially if microwaved -- trace amounts of potentially hazardous chemicals may leak from the bowls.

Decisions, Decisions

April 12, 2010
We’d like to call for a broad and considered school-wide conversation that re-evaluates what types of decisions are important to students, evaluates why those decisions are important, and moves towards re-shaping the way students are included in -- and excluded from --

Deleted Comments

April 9, 2010
Here are the comments the Editors of the Daily Gazette deleted because we believed they violated our new commenting policy. Also, a letter written by Stephanie Appiah '10 addressing the current state of comments.
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