Sable Liggera ’17 Assistant News Editor The roots of the current Hong Kong protests, popularly referred to as the Umbrella Movement, actually stems back to…
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Anya Gruber ’16 News Editor Reports have followed the Ebola epidemic the past months since its most severe outbreak centered in West Africa. Though hardly…
Veronica Brown ’17 Assistant News Editor In 2012, the people of Massachusetts voted overwhelmingly in favor of legalizing medical marijuana. The resulting legislation calls for…
Anya Gruber ’16 News Editor Last weekend, hundreds of thousands of people came to the People’s Climate March in New York City to demonstrate their…
Anya Gruber ’16 News Editor Today the citizens of Scotland will vote on a referendum which will decide whether the nation, now part of the…
Veronica Brown ’17 Assistant News Editor After extensive campaigning from Divest Smith College and a landslide vote in favor of divestment from fossil fuels last…
Sarah Robbins ’17 Assistant Features Editor Mount Holyoke has become the first of the Seven Sisters to explicitly allow the admission of trans women. The…
Michelle Lee ’16 Associate Editor | Managing Editor Come the end of spring semester, many students prepare to stay on campus two weeks after the…
Veronica Brown ’17 Assistant News Editor Since the first graduating class in 1879, Smith College has hosted a variety of distinguished guests as commencement speakers.…
Veronica Brown ’17 Assistant News Editor At the 2014 commencement, Smith College will present honorary degrees to Ela Bhatt, Eric Carle, Swanee Hunt, Evelyn Fox…