Lucy Tobier

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Dec 12, 2024 | thenation.com | Amber X. Chen |Lucy Tobier

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Oct 10, 2024 | swarthmorephoenix.com | Daniel Perrin |Lucy Tobier

On Thursday, Oct. 3, the Swarthmore Resident Assistants (RAs) Union and Swarthmore College came to a “full tentative agreement.” The agreement came during the eighth bargaining session of a negotiation process that started in February between the college and the union, formed after a 46-5 vote in December 2023. The agreement would, if ratified, increase compensation for RAs. Before this agreement, RAs were compensated the equivalent of the cost of housing.

Oct 10, 2024 | swarthmorephoenix.com | Lucy Tobier

Marriage Pact’s first run at Swarthmore ended with high participation and matches all across campus, with roughly 62% of students participating in the survey intended to couple up the most compatible pairs. The survey quietly spread on campus — without any official mass emails — gaining traction in friends’ group chats, unaffiliated email chains, and whispers in classrooms.

Oct 4, 2024 | thenation.com | Lucy Tobier

Can we count on you? In the coming election, the fate of our democracy and fundamental civil rights are on the ballot. The conservative architects of Project 2025 are scheming to institutionalize Donald Trump’s authoritarian vision across all levels of government if he should win. We’ve already seen events that fill us with both dread and cautious optimism—throughout it all, The Nation has been a bulwark against misinformation and an advocate for bold, principled perspectives.