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“When anybody dies, it’s like a library burning,” said Sam Wentworth, an Ada Comstock Scholar who ventured out to Hollywood when she was 16 years…
An immigrant, an artist and a documentarian, Ada Comstock scholar Lilo Danielyan’s journey to Smith is a story about a woman’s determination to receive an education.
To all the Libras out there invested in the Sun-Mercury-Mars Triple Conjunction this month, the McConnell Rooftop Observatory has your back! The start of classes means that the McConnell Observatory is in routine use by students once again.
On Tuesday nights at Helen Hills Chapel, you will find the first floor filled with people congregating in a circle. Everyone there is knitting, crocheting, or working on a different arts project, but all the while talking and laughing with one another. The whole atmosphere of the meeting is calm and laid back.
Smith students woke to the sounds of bells ringing on Sept. 27, signaling that Mountain Day had arrived. Despite the attempts to make this Mountain Day memorable, some upperclassmen expressed that this year fell flat compared to previous celebrations.
On Sept. 12, protestors once again descended upon Northampton, this time to protest Senator Elizabeth Warren. Senator Warren held a town hall at Forbes Library. As attendees waited on folding chairs and blankets on Forbes Lawn, protestors competed with Senator Warren’s pre-event playlist. Indistinct chants echoed over the sounds of ‘9 to 5’ by Dolly Parton turned up to full blast.
There is much to criticize about Zoom classes. The intense screen time, the constant distractions and the lack of social interaction make it harder to learn for many students. There is one advantage to online classes however, that students might be reminded of when returning to campus: they reduce social pressure.
On campus for the first time after a year of online classes and activities, Smith College Class of 2024 expressed varying levels of comfort with the social life of the campus.
Smith Votes is a nonpartisan, student-run organization dedicated to encouraging civic engagement and higher voter turnout on Smith’s campus. The Sophian spoke with co-coordinators Emily Stanton-Paule ‘22 and Jenna Sutherland ‘23 this year and last May about their strategies.