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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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Sports Update 11/1

November 2, 2008
MEN'S SOCCER, #17 Swarthmore Caps Best Regular Season With Win Over Fords VOLLEYBALL, Wang Breaks Another Record in Five-Setter with Diplomats FIELD HOCKEY, Diplomats Post Win Over Garnet in Season Finale ...and more inside.

Mistaken Identities

October 31, 2008
What is identity politics? The exercise of a form of a political life that raises a particular constitutive aspect of one’s personal identity above the others... Shaun Kelly and Dustin Trabert suggest a new way to approach identity.

Swayed Green, Cynthia McKinney Supporters at Swat

October 31, 2008
Green Party supporters haven't been as prominent on campus this election year, but their support is still strong with current candidate Cynthia McKinney. Students largely cite McKinney's unwavering strong environmental and anti-war issues as swaying them away from Obama.

Health Survey to Identify New Wellness Initiatives

October 30, 2008
On October 22, students received an e-mail including a link to the National College Health Assessment survey, a national and completely confidential survey that Worth hopes will provide the information it needs to design effective health and wellness programs.

Sports Update 10/30

October 30, 2008
Scoreboard Field Hockey Haverford 4, Swarthmore 3 Volleyball Haverford 3, Swarthmore 0 W. Soccer Haverford 0, Swarthmore 0 2OT M. Soccer #17 Swarthmore 1, Muhlenberg 0

Women’s Cross Country Team Wins Seven Sisters Championship

October 29, 2008
On October 18, 2008 the Swarthmore Women's Cross-Country team came in first place at the Seven Sisters Cross Country Championship. Led by junior Nyika Corbett (second overall), freshman Melissa Frick (third overall), and senior co-captain Bess Ritter (seventh overall) the team totaled
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