Earlier this year, Katie Simonson ’25 downloaded the Smith Confessional app, then almost immediately regretted it. A first-year student, Simonson found the site unsettling. “People…
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Do laptop stickers provide an adequate avenue for students’ personal expression? Do their semi-permanent nature constrict personal growth over time? Through a survey of The Sophian’s laptop sticker holders, this article attempts to answer these questions and get to the root of today’s sticker personal branding phenomenon.
When asked about their plans for the future, Stevie Gatto ’23, the president of Smith’s only satirical publication did not hesitate in their response: “The…
Trigger Warning: This story chronicles grooming, rape, sexual assault and abusive relationships. We have decided to include the details of these horrible events to open…
“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.