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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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Week in Sports: Tough Weekend for Swarthmore Athletics

April 5, 2010
Swarthmore went 2-7 this weekend. Men's tennis picked up an 8-1 win against Gettysburg, but it lost 8-1 to Williams. Softball split a doubleheader with Gettysburg this weekend, winning game one 3-2 but losing the second 7-4. Women's tennis lost to Skidmore,

Comedy, Lovers’ Quarrels, and Norah Jones

April 2, 2010
There are so many events happening on campus this weekend, even I'm getting overwhelmed, and it's my job to stay on top of this kind of stuff! Get ready for one of the most jam-packed, info-stuffed, and awesome Weekend Roundups you've ever

Passover: Listening as an Act of Liberation

April 2, 2010
The Jewish holiday of Passover, the celebration of the Israelite slaves' redemption in Egypt, started Monday evening. It features lots of talking--not surprising, perhaps, for the tribe of Woody Allen and Jerry Seinfeld. Tonight, we'll gather for the Seder, a long meal

The Suburban Housewife’s Jihad

April 2, 2010
Some stories are so bizarre, striking readers from such a radically unconventional angle, that they must, it seems, reveal something new. Such is the story of Colleen “JihadJane” LaRose, a story that tells us a little bit about international terrorism, globalization, radical

Board of Managers Approves Zombie Deer Cull

April 1, 2010
This weekend, the Board of Managers approved a controversial plan to cull the zombified deer currently proliferating in the Crum Woods. It is still unknown why the deer, which were thought to have been vanquished successfully this past winter, have risen again
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