Since the start of the new 2025–2026 school year, one notable difference on campus has been the construction taking place in and around the Performing Arts Center, commonly referred to by theater students as the PAC.

While coming through Customs this Aug., a Latin American Sarah Lawrence College student reported being taken to a separate room for further passport and background inspection at the John F. Kennedy International Airport. She was held there without explanation, describing the people around her as appearing Latinx and Asian, many of whom were on the same international flight as the interviewee.

Last year, Stella Sturgill ‘28 and Emrie Pedraza ‘28 would collect their compost and carry it across campus to Warren Green’s community garden or the Alice Stone Ilchman Science Center’s compost. Their sophomore year — when they moved into Hill House on the opposite end of campus — they realized how inconvenient it is for students living in the building with the highest concentration of kitchens on campus to compost food scraps when they cook.

Sarah Lawrence College (SLC) students know that parties are few and far between here. What many may not know is that we used to have a rich culture of on-campus drinking and partying. Beer used to be served at an on campus pub, and there was a night where being a drunk lesbian was specifically encouraged. It sounds like a fantasy, a Sarah Lawrence of endless possibilities. How did we lose these sacred traditions?

The Editorial Board of The Phoenix received this open letter from a group of Sarah Lawrence professors and faculty, signed below, with the request that we publish it on their behalf.

If you or someone you know stands to lose SNAP benefits, here’s what you can do to bridge the gap until benefits come back.

In a projection by D3 datacast, there was a 99 percent probability that the Sarah Lawrence women’s basketball team would lose their game against St. Joe’s University, Long Island (SJLI), 72 to 45.

A week before homecoming, the Sarah Lawrence College (SLC) women’s basketball team saw the sparks of something new.

On Oct. 26, the Sarah Lawrence College women’s cross country team made history when they won the program at their first Skyline Conference championship. There were a lot of components that led to this year’s successes: great coaching, camaraderie and hard work, but also newcomers, including the rookie senior Perry Yun ‘26.

It was the evening of Oct. 13, 2025 in the Bessie Schonberg Theatre. Parents and students alike waited in anticipation to watch their friends and family have a moment in the spotlight. At 7:36 p.m., the theatre filled with the sound of the intercom introducing the first fall Open Performance for the dance department. After a land acknowledgement, the lights dimmed, the theatre became pitch black and the show began. 

Early in 2025, one man went increasingly viral across social media for his controversial and yet enticing content. Andrew Fox gained attention as he began posting his concepts and demo tracks for an original musical entitled “Slam Frank.”

 On Nov. 15, the musical theatre ensemble presented the second of three runs of “Hello, Dolly!” The musical follows the matchmaker Dolly Levi, played by Anabel Richardson ‘27, as she tries to find a wife for Horace Vandergelder, played by Clayton Miller ‘26. 

Have you ever heard of Hill House? That far-distant building miles upon miles from Sarah Lawrence's main campus? It’s big and brooding, six floors, concrete walls, with boarded up windows and drills whirring outside every hour of the day. If you’ve seen it, you’re probably not going to forget it in a heartbeat. Less so for its appearance, and more for the excruciating walk to get there. Because trust me, it is excruciating. 

Throughout time, humans have relied on television to take them away from the depressing pits of the world. However, in this current day and age, television seems to be the exact thing depressing me. With a generation obsessed with nostalgia and references to the past, I find myself yearning for a specific past I miss, the days of cable television.