A saying I’ve heard throughout my life is that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This might be true in some cases, but I think there exist others where this phrase actually doesn’t apply.

On March 23, the college held its first ever Womxn’s Leadership Summit. The summit was themed around the idea of a “Brave You”, with bravery representing growth, authenticity, and strength. The event ...

The lights in Lang Concert Hall dimmed as Concert and Production Manager Jeanette Honig took to the stage to commence the start of that night’s Fetter Chamber Orchestra Concert, I took my seat in the ...

yo read the frat documents and try to reckon with the fact that in this past decade the campus party spaces were heavily dominated by white men who TYPED OUT SENT AROUND AND SAVED racist slurs- if ...

Live 1:53 p.m. 5/3/2025. After a review of footage and photos taken throughout the day, The Phoenix has been able to confirm the following law enforcement agencies were in attendance in Swarthmore ...

As we continually search for ways to improve gender inclusivity in Spanish, we have come up with a myriad of broad language such as Latino/a and Latin@. The most recent of these solutions is the term ...

It is Slavoj Žižek who I have to thank for much of my interest in philosophy — and perhaps most of my intellectual outputs. A chance encounter with his books “Living in the End Times” and “The ...

2025 Swarthmore SJP: makes a farce of protesting Swarthmore’s investment in the genocide by: referring to fellow students using misogynistic and racial slurs; making light of white supremacist torture ...

All members of our campus community must be able to freely express themselves during such a pivotal moment in history. The suggestion that the classroom is not a political space or that the College is ...

In a new weekly segment, "In Troubled Times", Eugene M. Lang Visiting Professor for Issues of Social Change Ted Gup argues for campus-wide unity and action in the face of the unprecedented threats of ...

Last Wednesday, Feb. 19, Swarthmore’s campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) occupied Parrish East Wing for eleven hours, protesting disciplinary charges related to demonstrations ...

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 ...