This article originally appeared in the October 2022 print edition. Construction workers broke ground on Upper Elm in May 2022 for Smith’s Geothermal Energy Project.…
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Friday, October 21 at 12:55 p.m., members of the Smith College United Student Labor Action Coalition (USLAC) and other protesting students forcibly entered the President’s…
Smith’s COVID-19 Incident Response Team (CIRT) announced in an email on Sept. 14, 2022, that the college would increase COVID-19 restrictions by mandating masking in…
Sarah Willie-LeBreton was named the new President of Smith College on Thursday, Sept. 15, and will begin her term on July 1, 2023. This announcement…
Shouting students stood outside the entrance to the Indoor Track and Tennis Facility (ITT) while, inside, President McCartney held her fall party on Friday, Sept. 9. The mass of students chanting “1 2 3 4, we won't take it anymore! 5 6 7 8, come on Kathy, negotiate!” were protesting the college’s treatment of its dining and housekeeping workers in ongoing contract negotiations.
This year, the realities of composting at Smith frustrated students and workers alike. Contamination, confusing bins and massive amounts of waste plague people on every level of this process.
Over 100 Smith students, faculty and staff gathered on Chapin Lawn on April 15 to protest the administration’s treatment of dining and housekeeping workers and…
House presidents have had enough. Frustrated, feeling taken for granted and ignored by the administration, they won’t put up with it any longer. This Sunday, April 10, 14 of them gathered in Seelye Hall to finalize their plans for a mass resignation from the House President Association. On Monday, April 11, 24 house presidents submitted their resignations, while three more wrote letters of support.
Kathleen McCartney, President of Smith College, announced in an email to the Smith community on Feb. 25 that she will be stepping down as president…
Congratulations to Smith’s Basketball team on winning the NEWMAC championship and their winning streak in the first round! Two years ago, the Pioneers made it…