Smith College’s admissions policy regarding gender has remained a point of contention among campus discourse, signaling the need for an open conversation about Smith’s trans…
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Today, The Sophian is Smith’s only student newspaper, read and appreciated by many online and through print. However, unbeknownst to many, its start in 1952…
If you’re on TikTok, you’ve probably heard of Kamala HQ, Kamala Harris’ popular appeal to “chronically online” Gen Z voters. Kamala HQ has almost 5…
On Sunday, Oct. 20, nineties shoegaze legends Drop Nineteens will be playing the newly reopened Iron Horse in Northampton, Mass., with Olivia O. as their…
Oct. 1, 2024 marked 137 years of Smith’s much loved, highly anticipated Mountain Day. Throughout the weeks prior, Smithies speculated about the day the Wilson…
Located at 300 N. Main St. in Florence, Mass. is Look Park — the home of Northampton’s open-play pickleball group. According to Julia Hyde, one…
As the sun shone down in the early afternoon on Sept. 14, Northampton’s Main Street bustled with crowds of smiling people. Live music echoed through…
Though sexual violence is not always considered a widespread problem on Smith’s campus, data proves that it may be more prevalent than most students assume. Hillary Connor ’26 is working to advocate for reproductive justice at Smith and in the broader community.
Smith College’s Director of Culinary Services German Alvarado didn’t always know he wanted to work in the restaurant industry. Growing up in Los Angeles, born to a single mother and raised by his grandmother and aunts, food had been an important part of his life long before he was entirely aware of it.
You might know her as the blonde “friend who always…” on TikTok or the quirky substitute teacher Jessca (not Jessica) on “Abbott Elementary” — Sabrina…