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.
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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.
During a time in which most social interactions happen online, life can easily get lonely. In combination with the stress of the global pandemic, remote…
In a time when television shows and films are increasingly accessible and many have taken to binging shows during the pandemic, it can be difficult to envision what place books have in our lives. Nonetheless, they are still a source of knowledge and a break from reality which aid readers in delving into new worlds and ideas.
Growing up mixed race with civil right attorneys as parents, Samuel Ng, a Smith College professor of Africana Studies, has always been interested in questions of race, citizenship, and belonging.
Celebrations Dance Company has faced the challenge of finding a space for their chosen art form in the virtual world. What once were twice weekly rehearsals in Smith’s dance studio have become weekly Zoom rehearsals, and what once were biannual live showcases at the end of each semester have become virtual showcases compilations.