Ask The Phoenix: What’s Behind the Empty McCabe Front Desk?
The Phoenix explores recent staffing shortages at McCabe Library.
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McCabe Library: From Dirt to Dust
An architectural history class created an exhibition at McCabe, transforming the campus landmark into a living archive of its own history.
McCabe Curates Exhibition on Ed Ruscha’s Depictions of Urban Evolution
Tucked away on the second floor of McCabe Library is Cratsley Lounge, a relatively nondescript arrangement of armchairs and glass display cases. When passersby stop for even just a few seconds, however, they see that the cases are often filled with artwork
Sleepy at Swarthmore: A Story of Sedation, Slumber, and Shuteye
I ’ve changed a lot during my time at Swarthmore, no doubt. I matriculated this college as a bright-eyed seventeen-year-old bursting with idealism, and I am graduating as, well, not that. One aspect of my personality that I’ve come to accept will
Lost, Found and Lost Again
After “temporarily misplacing” my AirPods for what’s conservatively the tenth time this semester, I paid a visit last week to the McCabe lost & found. While I unfortunately didn’t find my missing earphone pieces there, the lost & found was quite full
A Tribute to McCabe
She stands in the warm September sun, unapologetically watching over the land that she once dominated. Now she is passed by, an afterthought. Yet still she surveys her surroundings with earnest interest. Once, she was everything. Students flocked to her. They walked
McCabe Paperless Artists’ Books Exhibit
You may not be expecting to walk by a rare and thought-provoking art exhibition in McCabe library on the way to study for that Econ exam next week. But the Paperless Artists’ Book Exhibit (Feb. 4 through March 15), in the atrium
McCabe “Black Excellence in the Book Arts” Exhibit
When you walk into McCabe, you’re probably thinking about all the work you’ve got to do. Maybe you’re dreading a midterm that’s coming up or a ten-page paper that’s due at midnight. But what you’re probably not thinking of are the exhibits
Where Should You Go To Study? The Ultimate Swarthmore Library Quiz
The looming weight of this decision haunts you wherever you go; night and day you feel it nagging, worrying you, hovering over you with seemingly life-altering consequences. The choice you must make again and again, every new day, sometimes multiple times a
Section of McCabe Second Quarantined for Unspecified Reason
McCabe second, the newest and hottest offering in the field of library study spaces, has quickly risen through the ranks to become the darling of most every student at the college. Even in a crowded field, facing tough competition from the social