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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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Departments Nearing Hire for Middle Eastern Studies

January 29, 2009
Both the Department of History and the Department of Political Science are nearing the end of a search process to hire for a three-year visiting professorship concerning the Middle East in their respective fields. However, the independent searches may be complicated by

Swatties Share their Externship Stories

January 28, 2009
Over winter break, many Swatties participated in Career Service’s “extern” program that matches students to hosts, often alums or parents of students, who provide the student with an opportunity to experience a work environment for a week.

Local Carpenters’ Union Protests Greenhouse Project

January 27, 2009
The Metropolitan Regional Council of Carpenters has been protesting on Route 320 in front of the athletic fields, claiming that the College is "destroying the wages and benefit standards of area carpenters" by awarding work to non-union contractors for the greenhouse project.

Bat Attack!

January 27, 2009
A bat surprised students in McCabe with an appearance in a stairwell on Monday night. Simon Nin Zhu snapped a photo of the furry flying mammal.
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