Editing Swarthmore College (section)

==Student life==
One thousand six hundred and forty-seven students (colloquially referred to as "Swatties") attend Swarthmore {{as of|2018|lc=y}}. The median family income of Swatties is $165,500, with 53% of students coming from the top 10% highest-earning families and 18.2% from the bottom 60%.<ref name="NYT mobility index">{{cite news |last1=Aisch |first1=Gregor |last2=Buchanan |first2=Larry |last3=Cox |first3=Amanda |last4=Quealy |first4=Kevin |title=Economic diversity and student outcomes at Swarthmore |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/swarthmore-college |access-date=9 August 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=18 January 2017 |archive-date=April 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417115326/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/swarthmore-college |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Mock trial===
Founded in 2000,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://daily.swarthmore.edu/2001/02/02/friday-february-2-2001/|title=Friday, February 2, 2001 – The Daily Gazette|date=February 2, 2001|access-date=April 11, 2017|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706034331/https://daily.swarthmore.edu/2001/02/02/friday-february-2-2001/|url-status=live}}</ref> the Swarthmore [[mock trial]] team placed tenth at the 2000 [[American Mock Trial Association]] (AMTA) National Championship Tournament and was awarded "Best New School". [[Dennis Cheng]] '01 was awarded the prestigious "Spirit of AMTA" award in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://daily.swarthmore.edu/2000/04/06/thursday-april-6-2000/|title=Thursday, April 6, 2000 – The Daily Gazette|date=April 6, 2000|access-date=April 11, 2017|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706034252/http://daily.swarthmore.edu/2000/04/06/thursday-april-6-2000/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bulletin.swarthmore.edu2">{{cite web |url=http://bulletin.swarthmore.edu/bulletin-issue-archive/wp-content/archived_issues_pdf/Bulletin_2001_06.pdf |title=c1+c4swar |access-date=May 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412063252/http://bulletin.swarthmore.edu/bulletin-issue-archive/wp-content/archived_issues_pdf/Bulletin_2001_06.pdf |archive-date=April 12, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Swarthmore's team placed second at the 2001 AMTA National Championship Tournament.<ref name="bulletin.swarthmore.edu2"/> The Swarthmore Mock Trial program has also won numerous accolades and boasted a team of over 25 members for the 2013–2014 season. The 2010–2011 competitive season resulted in all three teams competing at Regional Championships, two teams going on to Opening Round Championships, and one team qualifying and competing at the 2011 National Championships held in [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]], Iowa, where the team placed 15th in their division. Other successes included placing first at the Philadelphia Regional competition in February 2011, and winning the University of Massachusetts Amherst's invitational tournament in February 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swarthmore.edu/news-archive-2009-2011/mock-trial-team-advances-to-national-semifinal-competition|title=Mock Trial Team Advances to National Semifinal Competition :: News Archive 2009–2011 :: Swarthmore College|website=www.swarthmore.edu|language=en|access-date=April 27, 2017|date=March 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428142530/http://www.swarthmore.edu/news-archive-2009-2011/mock-trial-team-advances-to-national-semifinal-competition|archive-date=April 28, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Greek life===
[[File:Phi Chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa at Swarthmore, The Signet, Jan 1944, vol.XXXVI, No.1, p.7.jpg|thumb|ΦΣΚ's ''Phi chapter'', at Swarthmore, {{circa|1944}}]]
Until 2019, two Greek organizations existed on the campus in the form of [[Fraternities and sororities in North America|fraternities]]: [[Delta Upsilon]] and local Phi Psi, a former chapter of [[Phi Kappa Psi]]. A third, [[Phi Sigma Kappa]] fraternity, maintained a chapter on campus from 1906 to 1991 and continues strong alumni involvement.<ref name="ATPS2">{{Citation|last1=Rand|first1=Frank Prentice|title=All The Phi Sigs&nbsp;— A History|year=1993|last2=Watts|last3=Sefton|first2=Ralph|first3=James E.|publisher=Grand Chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa}}</ref><ref name="presfrat">{{cite web|url=https://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/a-message-president-valerie-smith|title=A Message From President Valerie Smith|publisher=Swarthmore College|date=May 1, 2019|access-date=May 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501072745/https://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/a-message-president-valerie-smith|archive-date=May 1, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Sororities]] were abandoned in the 1930s following student outrage about discrimination within the sorority system, and leading to a 79-year ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swarthmore.edu/news/history/1933.html|title=Discrimination in the sorority system|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419163605/http://www.swarthmore.edu/news/history/1933.html|archive-date=April 19, 2007}}</ref><ref>[http://www.swarthmorephoenix.com/?p=6702 Kappa Alpha Theta chapter Official at Swarthmore | The Phoenix] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211054758/http://www.swarthmorephoenix.com/?p=6702 |date=February 11, 2013 }}. Swarthmorephoenix.com (April 3, 2014). Retrieved on 2014-04-12.</ref> However, in September 2012, the college announced that the ban on sororities would be reversed as of the 2013 term, citing [[Title IX]] regulations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/pennsylvania-college-brings-back-sororities-after-79-year-ban/|title=Pennsylvania college brings back sororities after 79-year ban|date=September 28, 2012|publisher=Fox News|location=New York|access-date=September 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928172301/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/09/28/pennsylvania-college-brings-back-sororities-after-7-year-ban/|archive-date=September 28, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The four women who helped overturn the ban subsequently spearheaded the reestablishment of a [[Kappa Alpha Theta]] chapter the following spring.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/2012-03-25/news/31236934_1_sororities-swarthmore-college-student-newspapers|title=Reversing an old ban on sororities at Swarthmore|website=philly-archives|access-date=April 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418192107/http://articles.philly.com/2012-03-25/news/31236934_1_sororities-swarthmore-college-student-newspapers|archive-date=April 18, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/28/14134347-sororities-to-return-to-swarthmore-college-for-first-time-in-80-years?lite|title=Sororities to return to Swarthmore College for first time in 80 years|work=NBC News|access-date=April 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426082648/http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/28/14134347-sororities-to-return-to-swarthmore-college-for-first-time-in-80-years?lite|archive-date=April 26, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The announcement sparked controversy on campus; a petition seeking a referendum to continue the ban was dismissed, again citing a legal opinion that to disallow the sorority chapter would be a violation of Title IX regulations. The sorority admitted its first pledge class in the Spring of 2013. A further non-binding referendum was later distributed, but by then the controversy had cooled: Of the six items on the referendum, only one passed, which asked "Do you support admitting students of all genders to sororities and fraternities?" No action was taken on the referendum.<ref>[http://daily.swarthmore.edu/2013/02/26/17685/ StuCo Report: Referendum Not Binding | Daily Gazette] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130626181103/http://daily.swarthmore.edu/2013/02/26/17685/ |date=June 26, 2013 }}. Daily.swarthmore.edu (February 26, 2013). Retrieved on 2014-04-12.</ref>

In April 2019, two student publications, ''Voices'' and ''The Phoenix'', published leaked minutes from Swarthmore's chapter of Phi Psi dating from 2013 to 2016. The 116-page document contained a plethora of [[Misogyny|misogynistic]], [[Racism|racist]], and [[Homophobia|homophobic]] jokes and [[Pejorative|slurs]] as well as pornographic images and evidence of [[hazing]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://voices.swarthmore.edu/content-1/2019/4/17/phi-psi-historical-archives-leaked-amidst-campus-tensions-around-fraternities-86plg|date=April 18, 2019|publisher=Voices|location=Swarthmore, Pennsylvania|access-date=April 29, 2019|title=Archived copy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430032248/https://voices.swarthmore.edu/content-1/2019/4/17/phi-psi-historical-archives-leaked-amidst-campus-tensions-around-fraternities-86plg|archive-date=April 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2019/04/18/47956/|date=April 18, 2019|publisher=The Phoenix|location=Swarthmore, Pennsylvania|access-date=April 29, 2019|title=Cult of Misogyny: Leaked Internal Documents Reveal Silence Around Harmful Culture at Phi Psi – the Phoenix|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429222044/https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2019/04/18/47956/|archive-date=April 29, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Students responded by calling for the college's administration to immediately terminate all fraternity leases on campus, staging a sit-in at the Phi Psi house until the demands were met.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/swarthmore-college-students-occupying-frat-house-protest|date=April 29, 2019|magazine=Teen Vogue|access-date=April 29, 2019|title=Swarthmore College Students Are Occupying a Frat House to Protest Fraternities on Their Campus - Teen Vogue|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430032323/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/swarthmore-college-students-occupying-frat-house-protest|archive-date=April 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Both Delta Upsilon and Phi Psi announced their voluntary disbandment on April 30, 2019.<ref name="presfrat"/> President Valerie Smith subsequently announced on May 10, 2019, that Greek letter organizations were no longer allowed at Swarthmore.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/update-student-social-events-and-community-standards-president-smith|title=An Update on Student Social Events and Community Standards from President Smith|publisher=Swarthmore College|date=May 10, 2019|access-date=May 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511075042/https://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/update-student-social-events-and-community-standards-president-smith|archive-date=May 11, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>