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Narcan Trainings, NaloxBoxes and Harm Reduction Bags: The Schacht Center’s Newest Wellness Resources

Starting in the fall of 2023, the Schacht Center began a program aimed at providing harm reduction resources to Smith students, including Narcan trainings, NaloxBoxes and personalized Harm Reduction bags.

What Smith Doesn’t Understand About Diversity

This article was originally published in the October 2024 print edition. What does true diversity look like in an era of systemic inequality? At a recent Smith College training conference, I encountered a reminder of the work that still lies ahead. The conference focused on refining our leadership skills, but what struck me as most compelling was the presentation of a “power wheel” that ranked marginalized identities based on their proximity to power. This graphic illustrated a profoundly outdated and two-dimensional understanding of diversity, reducing complex experiences to a hierarchy defined by race, class, sexuality and more.

Nine Years Later: Revisiting Smith’s Gender Admissions Policy

This article was originally published in the October 2024 print edition.

As Mount Holyoke College celebrates its tenth anniversary of the change of its gender-based admissions policy, Smith College’s policy continues to be a point of contention. Mount Holyoke, a member of both the Five College Consortium and the Seven Sisters, “welcomes applications from female, transgender and nonbinary students” as of 2014.

Estudiantes de Smith expresan frustraciones con la nueva política de la libertad de expresión

Estudiantes de Smith salieron de sus clases respectivas en protesta a los cambios hechos a la “Política de gobernar tiempo, lugar, y manera de actividad expresiva” por la Presidenta Sarah Willie-LeBreton y otros colegas de la administración de la universidad el 24 de octubre. La manifestación sucedió después de que se filtró un borrador de la política el 23 de octubre.

Esta permitido no estar de acuerdo: La camara de eco de Smith

“Esta es la universidad; está bien si no están de acuerdo,” dijo mi profesora inquisitivamente, incitando una pausa larga e incómoda de los treinta estudiantes sentados en frente de ella.  

Smith College tiene la reputación de ser un centro de estudiantes activistas radicales e izquierdistas. Tanto es así que parece que hemos decidido que, si nos identificamos con este título, debemos compartir los mismos puntos de vista, estar de acuerdo, y además, no participar en conversaciones que desafíen este consenso.

Smith Students Express Frustrations Over New Freedom of Expression Policy

Smith students walked out of their respective classes and buildings in protest of the changes made to the “Policy Governing Time, Place and Manner of Expressive Activity” by President Sarah Willie-LeBreton and other colleagues in leadership at the college on Oct. 24. The walkout occurred after a draft of the new policy was leaked on Oct. 23.

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