The Annual Jeanne Clery Campus Security and Fire Safety Report, which came out last week, is an annual report of various crimes and problems that have occurred on campus in the past year.
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Earlier this month, Stephen Paddock fired into a crowd attending the Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas, leaving 59 people killed and hundreds of others injured. Following the mass shooting, which is recorded to be one of the worst in U.S. history, there has been both calls for and rejections of gun control.
Last week, the Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (REES) Department’s “Revolutions” Film Series rallied again for its second meeting.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price resigned from Trump’s cabinet last week amid investigations into his use of private jets and military planes. This arrogant waste of money on chartered plane trips cost taxpayers nearly one million dollars, even though inexpensive commercial flights were available.
The Smith community had a chance to hear Loretta Ross speak last Monday. Loretta Ross, an African-American activist most known for her actions for female reproductive rights, spoke for the second session of a four-week program, planned by the Study of Women and Gender department.
The Annual Jeanne Clery Campus Security and Fire Safety Report, which came out last week, is an annual report of various crimes and problems that have occurred on campus in the past year.
Wendy Pearlman was captivated when she first heard about the protests raging across Syria during the 2011 Arab Spring.
The associate professor of political science at Northwestern University, who has been studying the Middle East for more than half her life, was initially surprised the protests had spread to Syria.
A proposal from the Northampton Police Department for new cameras downtown created a stir amongst Northampton residents, as well as Smith students, earlier this month. Despite opposition from the community and questioning of the motives for such a proposal, Police Chief Jody Kasper of Northampton Police Department has defended the new surveillance.
Representatives from U.S. Custom and Border Protection withdrew their participation last week in the fall career fair, following a campus petition that amassed more than 900 signatures from the Smith College community.
In an all-campus email last Friday, Provost and Dean of the Faculty and Interim Vice President for Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Katherine Rowe formally assured the Smith community that “Smith College continues to take its obligations under Title IX very seriously. We remain firmly committed to our Gender-Based and Sexual Misconduct Policy … [F]or now, that policy remains in effect and unchanged.”