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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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Wharton CD 3rd and Strath Haven Without RAs

September 2, 2009
The residents of Wharton CD 3rd and Strath Haven are facing a unique situation this year: no RAs on their halls. Swarthmore now has a total of 49 RAs, as opposed to 51 RAs last year. After much consideration, Rachel Head, the

Better Know the News: Spring 2009 News Summary

September 2, 2009
Let's be honest: after you turn in your last final, thinking about all the messed-up drama that our small, (beloved?) liberal arts college can sometimes rouse up is... well... probably the last thing you want to do. Seeing that word on the

Daniel Cho ’13 and Philmon Haile ’13

August 31, 2009
There's something of a tradition at the Gazette of profiling an incoming student, to bring the rest of the community an annual dose of nostalgia and to make the hundreds of new faces on campus that much more human to the rest

Swarthmore 101

August 28, 2009
This class does not fulfill your writing requirement. An entirely non-comprehensive (and possibly entirely misguided) guide to navigating your way through Swarthmore: our favorite spots to work, study, and play as well as a glossary to get you acquainted with Swat lingo.

President Rebecca Chopp

August 28, 2009
Rebecca Chopp, the College's new President, took the reins from longtime president Al Bloom after the class of 2009 graduated. As students return to the beginning of the school year, the Daily Gazette sat down with her for a talk about what

Yuan Liu and Laura Post at the List Gallery

May 10, 2009
Senior majors Yuan Liu and Laura Post are showing their work in ceramics, print, and oil painting at the List Gallery. Their work reflects their passion for the creative process as well as the journeys that each took to finding their respective

Editor’s Note: Farewell

May 8, 2009
In a few brief weeks, four of Gazette editors--Miles Skorpen, Lauren Stokes, Carolyn Whipple, and Daisy Yuhas--will be graduating. It has been a momentous four years for the Gazette, and we wanted to thank you for sticking with us.
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