Trans and Non-Binary Students Face Barriers in On-Campus Housing
WEBDec 5, 2019 · Clay Conley ’20, a non-binary student, believes that the people in charge of housing at Swarthmore are gender essentialist, which causes discomfort for trans and non-binary students (Conley has contributed an op-ed to the Phoenix about being non-binary in athletics). Gender essentialism is the idea that men and women intrinsically have ...
“The Skin of Our Teeth” Turns Absurdity into Commentary
WEBNov 18, 2021 · At 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 14, I entered the Pearson-Hall theater in LPAC ready to watch “The Skin of Our Teeth” by Swarthmore’s Production Ensemble and directed by K. Elizabeth Stevens, chair of Swarthmore’s theater department. I emerged two hours later with no clue what I had just witnessed but knowing that I loved every minute of it. “The Skin of Our Teeth” is a Pulitzer-Prize ...
President Val Smith Welcomes Campus Input on New Strategic Plan
WEBNov 9, 2023 · On Oct. 27, President Valerie Smith requested campus community feedback on the college’s current draft of its new strategic plan: Sustainable Swarthmore.Smith acknowledged that while the college has been developing the plan over the past eighteen months, Sustainable Swarthmore is still undergoing the “consulting phase,” during which students, faculty, and staff will provide the President ...
Library Offers Language Learning Through Mango - The Phoenix
WEBMay 6, 2011 · In December, the Swarthmore library system began offering a subscription to the Mango language learning system. Mango is a computer-based tool that allows students to study basic language skills at their own pace, similar to programs such as Rosetta Stone and Tell Me More. The library has seen 303 people use the Mango subscription so far.
The Phoenix - The Independent Campus Newspaper of …
WEBSep 26, 2024 · Swarthmore College's independent student newspaper since 1881, published weekly. We are committed to documenting and transmitting student perspectives on the daily operations and happenings at Swarthmore College! As an independent publication, we report on the college, not for the college. We pursue journalism freely without restrictions or review from the administration or any individual or ...
College Admits 969 Applicants As Acceptance Rate Drops to 6.7 …
WEBMar 23, 2023 · On March 17, 969 applicants were admitted to Swarthmore’s Class of 2027 from an application pool of 14,287 prospective students, signaling one of the lowest acceptance rates in Swarthmore history at 6.7 percent. This marks a drop in admits from the previous three years, in which 1,021, 1,014, and 1,023 applicants were admitted, respectively. In an interview with The Phoenix, Dean of ...
The little orange square: fashion and divestment - The Phoenix
WEBOct 23, 2014 · On September 21, around 200 Swarthmore students joined the group of 40,000 marching in New York at the People’s Climate March, one of the largest displays of group action against climate change to date. Many of them had little orange felt squares pinned onto their jackets or their backpacks. The square represents one subset of the group that marched — those who are working against climate ...
Lucretia Mott: far more than a founder - The Phoenix
WEBNov 2, 2017 · Recently, the conference room Parrish E 254 was renamed the Lucretia Mott room. I’ve written about Mott before — she was one of the founders of the college, as well as a well-respected abolitionist, women’s rights activist, and Quaker minister. However, I’d like to take this week to really get a picture of Lucretia Mott; the woman who advocated for abolition during slavery and for ...
Roundup: the Least Promising SwatTank Pitches - The Phoenix
WEBMar 3, 2022 · SwatTank is the premier event for entrepreneurial Swatties looking to develop their project ideas and work to refine them towards fully-fledged ventures.This annual innovation competition organized by the Center for Innovation and Leadership sees groups of students go head-to-head to convince a panel of judges that their concept is the most promising among the diverse array of proposal. Every ...
Students Participate in Spring “Screw” in New Venue
WEBFeb 16, 2023 · On Saturday, Feb. 11, costumed students filled the Dining and Community Commons for the biannual Screw Your Roommate event, a Swarthmore tradition where roommates set one another up on blind dates. Despite Screw’s longevity (originally starting in the 1980s), it is not formally organized by a club or student organization. Instead, it is organized by a student, often a member of the senior ...