Swarthmore Phoenix

"[I]n many other ways, Division III college athletics can mean a whole lot to some people, and I definitely would consider myself part of that cohort. Despite telling friends and family that I would not care about how my soccer career progressed once I was admitted to Swarthmore, it did not take long for me to become invested in the program that I had become a part of."

Joseph Barile's reflections on his soccer career:

Reflections on a Career - The Phoenix “Joseph, this is Coach Grady from Swarthmore College, and I actually just watched your highlight video, and I was impressed by it. I’d like to see you live as soon as possible, and we actually have a recruiting one-day clinic this weekend. That would be awesome if you could attend. If not, we ha...

"Once upon a time, there was a moose named Loudmouth (to use the closest English translation). As you may have guessed from the fact that meese tend to confront their problems by head-butting them, meese are neither subtle nor circumspect. As a result, they name their children using easily identifiable characteristics; Loudmouth acquired her name because her bellow was so deafening that it could shake boulders loose from mountaintops and topple passing birds from the sky."

Elena Lee's piece "The Legend of the Fire Moose":

The Legend of the Fire Moose - The Phoenix Once upon a time, there was a moose named Loudmouth (to use the closest English translation). As you may have guessed from the fact that meese* tend to confront their problems by head-butting them, meese are neither subtle nor circumspect. As a result, they name their children using easily identifia...

"Like other students in Stat 011, Ellow struggled at first with getting enough responses on the survey. Too few responses and he would not be able to derive statistically meaningful conclusions from such a small sample size, which would not bode well for his final grade in the class."

Gidon Kaminer's piece "Jellow Conducts AOD Survey for Stat 011 Final Project":

Jellow Conducts AOD Survey for Stat 011 Final Project - The Phoenix As the semester crawls to a close, tests and final projects have been steadily piling up. Among those dealing with a mounting workload is Joshua Ellow, who has been kept busy by the final project assigned for Professor Suzanne Thornton’s Stat 011: Statistical Methods I class. To successfully compl...

Students and faculty weigh in on the decline of English majors at Swarthmore.

Students, Faculty Weigh In Amid Decline in English Majors at Swarthmore - The Phoenix The number of Swarthmore seniors graduating with degrees in English has dropped significantly over the last several decades, while a growing number of students are choosing to major in STEM disciplines, particularly computer science.  In 1992, 62 Swarthmore seniors, nearly 17 percent of the graduat...