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Weekly Column: Swat Says (Ville Edition)

What are your top two favorite spots in the Ville? Adrian Ferguson ’26: Of Aspen and the CO-OP. Ella Curran ’27: The CO-OP or Aria. Liam Prude ’27: LBV (Lunch Break Vintage) and the CO-OP. Shreya Patel ’25: Honestly, I don’t go
April 17, 2025
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Weekly Column: Swat Says

How do you feel about the results of the Super Bowl? Wyatt Brannon ’26: Go Birds! Teddy King-Pollet ’28: I feel happy, it was a really fun time. I haven’t followed football so much in my life, but I had a really
February 13, 2025
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Weekly Column: Swat Says

We, the Phoenix Opinions section, are proud to debut Swat Says. In this weekly column, we will talk with students around campus who might otherwise not want to write full opinion articles and record highlights from their responses here. For our first
February 6, 2025

Semester in Review

During this fall semester, The Phoenix collectively dedicated ourselves to living up to our new mission statement: “We, The Phoenix, aim to empower and serve our community through timely and relevant coverage, continually striving for a fuller grasp of excellence, accuracy, and
December 1, 2022

Editorial: Semester in Review 

This semester, we have been exceedingly fortunate to serve the Swarthmore community with enriching and thoughtful pieces. Putting a newspaper together late into the night is by no means an easy feat and could only be possible with our amazing team of
April 28, 2022

Why Effective Altruism: A Response to Wu

Flynn-Do is co-founder and co-president of the Swarthmore Effective Altruism Society. In a recent opinions piece for The Phoenix, Megan Wu argues that Effective Altruism (EA) — a social and intellectual movement that advocates the use of careful reasoning to determine the
April 14, 2022

Editorial: We Have Too Many Writers

Since publishing our previous editorial detailing all the different ways to be a part of The Phoenix, we have been flooded by a deluge of article contributions. So hear us out: please stop writing for us! We have never had a problem
April 1, 2022

Editorial: Joining Our Community Conversation

Though we are more than a quarter of the way through the spring semester, the campus can still feel alien at times — more reminiscent of a picturesque landscape on an admissions brochure than an interdependent living community. The familiar faces, events,
February 10, 2022

Omar’s Critics Do More Harm Than Good

Congressional Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is currently facing large pushback for her recent Twitter posts, which many claim to be antisemitic. While I acknowledge there is a case to be made for linking her comments to certain classic, antisemitic tropes, I believe
February 14, 2019
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