On Wednesday, Sept. 23, Smith had its first virtual Mountain Day. Since 1877, Smithies have honored the school tradition by going to apple orchards with their house communities, and celebrating a beautiful fall day of no classes. This year, however, it was bound to look a little different.
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Ward’s talk, “Authoritarian State or Inclusive Democracy? What We Can Do Right Now,” was a rallying cry to all Smithies witnessing our country as it exists today — where democracy is jeopardized and the lethal effects of decades of insurgent white supremacy are coming to fruition.
Even if you don’t follow the account yourself, if you’re a student with an Instagram at a historically women’s college, you’ve probably seen memes from the account @historicallywomens.c0m. In fact, for many students, this account makes up the bulk of interactions they have with...
Yesterday morning, I woke up smiling at a text from my ex, “I had a dream I made the biggest loaf of banana bread last…
Nine years after beginning her gender transition, Cristina Morales made the decision to migrate to the United States from Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico. The year was 1997, and upon arrival she began her career as an activist and inspiration for undocumented transgender women.
The introduction of the camera trap in the early 2000s allowed us to answer the long pondered philosophical question: if a tree falls in a forest and there is a camera trap around to record it, is the camera trap a useful tool? The rise in popularity of the camera trap allowed humans to have an ever present eye, similar to Big Brother but with nature. Camera traps help researchers collect data on fauna that are typically considered “shy” when using other methods of surveying. This is because camera traps reduce impact from data collection on animal behavior.
I open my Tinder and scroll through matches, looking for one of my oldest ones. I finally reach my ex from over a year ago.…
Before coming to Smith, Rumbila Abdullahi ‘21 arrived in Springfield, Massachusetts as a child refugee. She is a member of the Somali Bantu ethnic minority group that was forced to flee Somalia in the aftermath of the 1991 civil war.
The outbreak affected four students who planned to study abroad in China this semester, two full year students, and two Spring semester students.
Meredith Wild ‘04 is a tech entrepreneur-turned-romance-author who is also the CEO of her own imprint, Waterhouse Press. At Smith, she majored in English Language and Literature, and is anticipating the release of her newest book, “Blood of Zeus,” (co-written with Angel Payne) in August 2020. She has been on multiple bestsellers lists, including USA Today and the New York Times.