Category: Editorials

Offensive Comments: Obama and Islam By Editorial Board on 03-25 at 11:47 pm

Yesterday, the Daily Gazette published columns laying out the reasons to support different Democrats in the upcoming Pennsylvania primary. The columns received a lot of outside traffic, and rapidly racked [...]

More Transparency is Necessary By Editorial Board on 03-16 at 7:27 pm

Swarthmore students, faculty, and staff love to proclaim the benefits of transparency. The proxy voting guidelines endorsed on the Investment Office's website discusses the "growing consensus on the importance of [...]

Swarthmore Needs More Debate, Not Less By Miles Skorpen on 02-21 at 6:10 pm

The staff of the Daily Gazette was stunned to browse through The Phoenix's opinions section yesterday to find the Gazette's comment section described as "hateful, vitriolic and ignorant."
Perhaps the editors [...]

It is Time for Open Access By Editorial Board on 02-18 at 12:27 am

Swarthmore might have been ranked one of the most wired campuses in the nation last year, but the College has not been quick to embrace the use of technology as [...]

Digest and Calendar System Need to Change By Editorial Board on 01-30 at 1:24 am

Event listings and online announcement advertisements methods have been overhauled by Student Council, ITS, and the College's administration this past year. In particular, the rules governing the Reserved Students Digest have changed significantly and ITS installed an online calendar system over the summer. We believe these changes have not been for the better.