On Fri., Nov. 16, students, faculty staff and community members gathered in the Carroll Room for Smith’s African & Caribbean Students’ Association (SACSA) Annual Charity Dinner. This fall, SACSA ran a fundraising campaign to help Project Kesho,a Ugandan- and Tanzanian-based nonprofit dedicated to increasing and improving access to educational opportunities for children in these countries.
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Smith has made many commitments to support sustainability and address climate change, including one to become a carbon neutral campus by 2030. Part of Smith’s goal is to educate women so they can become leaders in improving sustainability and tackling climate change.
On Nov. 13, Ijeoma Oluo — author of “So You Want to Talk About Race” — gave a talk called “The Only Way Out is Through: Solidarity and Accountability” at the Weinstein Auditorium.
The opening ceremony of Otelia Cromwell Day began a little after 1 p.m. Nov. 1 in John M. Green hall. It was almost fully occupied.
Includes photos of evidence, articles from several different news outlets, social media posts by the student, statistics on suspicious person calls (p. 129), “Job Duties and Expectations” for employees in the summer program (p. 80).
A group of 65, comprised of student athletes who identify as POC and their allies, are bringing attention to their experiences of lack of diversity and inclusion on athletic teams at the college.
Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of meeting Smith College alumna Ann Martin ’77, well-known for writing “The Baby-Sitters Club.” I was invited to a dinner with Martin, her editors and members of the Friends of the Smith College Libraries.
Lingchuan Xu ‘21
Last Thursday, the Conway Center held a workshop as part of its “Innovative Strategies” series. “Last year most of the students came up with their own projects [to the Conway Center], but this year we want to give students a jump start and to help them understand what innovation is,” said Monica Dean, the Administrative Director of the Conway Center.
Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh has denied Dr. Christine Ford’s sexual assault allegations since she first brought them before the Senate.
The mystery of Mountain Day brings out the detectives, deducers and superstitious in Smith students. The question of when the fateful day will be hangs in the air precariously alongside the changing leaves.