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Friday, March 12, 2010


About Us


The Phoenix is published every Thursday by students of Swarthmore College, except during examination and vacation periods. 1900 copies are distributed each week across the college campus, to the Borough of Swarthmore and to subscribers. The Phoenix is free of charge to Swarthmore students and faculty, limited to one copy per reader.

Offices

Parrish Hall, Rooms 470-473

E-mail addresses

editor [at] swarthmorephoenix.com for general inquiries
webmaster [at] swarthmorephoenix.com for online inquiries
letters [at] swarthmorephoenix.com for letters to the editor or op-ed submissions

Contact us.

Mailing address:

The Phoenix
Swarthmore College
500 College Ave
Swarthmore PA 19081-1390

The Phoenix is printed at Bartash Printing, Inc. This Web site uses a custom Content Management System (CMS) designed and implemented by Chase DuBois ‘07. The site’s front-end design was created by Andy LeClair ’08. The website is currently maintained by Peter Akkies ’12 and Eric Sherman ’13.

Policies

The full details of The Phoenix’s editorial, letter, op-ed, and comment policies are available online on our policies page.


Spring 2010 Phoenix Staff

EDITORIAL BOARD

Editor In Chief: Jeff Davidson ’12
Managing Editor: Sarah Pozgay ’12
News Editor: Dante Fuoco ’12
News Editor: Amelia Possanza ’12
Assistant News Editor: Linda Hou ’13
Living & Arts Editor: Maki Somosot ’12
Living & Arts Editor: Miriam Hauser ’13
Assistant Living & Arts Editor: Cami Ryder ’13
Opinions Editor: Peter Akkies ’12
Sports Editor: Mark Chin ’12
Sports Editor: Marcus Mello ’13
Photo Editor: Olivia Natan ’13
Photo Editor: Xingyu Zhang ’12
Assistant Photo Editor: Andrew Cheng ’12
Chief Copy Editor: Susanna Pretzer ’12
Director of Web Development: Eric Sherman ’13
Assistant Director of Web Development: Peter Akkies ’12
Aesthetics Coordinator: Valerie Clark ’11

STAFF

News Writer: Allison Gantt ’13
News Writer: Menghan Jin ’13
News Writer: Hanna Kozlowska ’12
News Writer: Jacqueline Small ’13
Living & Arts Writer: Isaac Han ’12
Living & Arts Writer: Quitterie Gounot ’13
Living & Arts Writer: John Oh ’13
Living & Arts Writer: Nina Pelaez ’11
Living & Arts Writer: Dina Zingaro ’12
Living & Arts Columnist: Anne Coleman ’10
Living & Arts Columnist: Alex Israel ’11
Living & Arts Columnist: Amber Wantman ’10
Living & Arts Columnist: Katie Becker ’10
Living & Arts Columnist: Allison Goldberg ’11
Crossword Writer: Ben Schneiderman ’11
Crossword Writer: Anna Shechtman ’12
Opinions Columnist: Jessa Deutsch ’10
Opinions Columnist: Molly Weston ’10
Sports Writer: Victor Brady ’13
Sports Writer: Marcus Mello ’13
Sports Columnist: Mark Chin ’12
Sports Columnist: Timothy Bernstein ’13
Sports Columnist: Andrew Greenblatt ’12
Copy Editor: Julienne Grace Abad ’13
Copy Editor: Hannah Brilliant ’13
Copy Editor: Allison Gantt ’13
Copy Editor: Jen Johnson ’13
Copy Editor: Kara Stoever ’12
Photographer: Nick Brown ’13
Photographer: Jakob Mrozewski ’11
Photographer: Weina Qui ’12
Photographer: Eric Verhasselt ’13
Photographer: Xingda Zhai ’13
Staff Artist: Michelle Lin ’12
Staff Artist: Carey Pietsch ’10

BUSINESS STAFF

Director of Business Development: Johnny Taeschler ’12
Circulation Manager: Marcus Mello ’13
Circulation Manager: Fanny Zhao ’12

COVER ART

Valerie Clark ’11

Unsigned editorials represent the views of a consensus of Phoenix Editorial Board members.