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According to Swarthmore Public Safety and Information Technology Services (ITS), the college was likely the target of a ...
Nine protesters, including one Swarthmore student and one student on an extended leave of absence, were arrested last Saturday, May 3, ending the four-day Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) ...
The pro-Palestinian encampment constructed on Trotter Lawn on April 30 by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and demolished May 3, 2025, bears many similarities to the encampment the group ...
As the encampment continued at Swarthmore College, faculty-admin communication on next steps was minimal, with many faculty sharing that there was no communication other than President Smith’s ...
Below is an abbreviated summary of the four-day encampment on Trotter Lawn, which ended in arrests by law enforcement Saturday morning. The events described below, as well as their lead-up and ...
Editor’s Note: In the final issue of the Phoenix this semester, we are introducing a new column, entitled “In Troubled Times,” which will continue as a weekly segment in Fall 2025. In this column, we ...
Noel Quiñones ’15 is a Nuyorican poet, educator, and performer. Their work has been featured in POETRY, the Boston Review, Poem-a-Day, and Michigan Quarterly Review. Noel received an Emmy Award for ...
Swarthmore was founded as a Quaker school; anyone who has read my history articles should know that. You might also know that Swarthmore officially disaffiliated from Quakerism in order to get ...
Maybe that’s why you refrain from explaining. Or talking. But I’m relieved. There’s an expectation in conversation. So, instead, I focus on your scuffed leather sandals as you graze them over the ...
Released a little over a month ago, “Adolescence” has become the third most-streamed Netflix original series, falling behind “Squid Game” and “Stranger Things.” The British limited series, written and ...
Faculty, staff, and students at the AAUP Academic Freedom Teach in sponsored by the Aydelotte Foundation in Singer Hall on Swarthmore's Campus on Thursday, April 17th. (Zachary Kreines '25) On April ...
As students at Swarthmore College, we had become accustomed to hearing about the college’s “ongoing responsibility for community care,” “commitment to social responsibility,” and care for “peace and ...