Last fall, something happened to me that has only happened a few times in my life: I formed a remarkably personal bond and a deep affection for a character I was portraying onstage.
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It’s not until mile five that I get that flying feeling.
There are red modes and green modes and phases of arrival; weekly testing, mandatory masking, and “enhanced” remote formats; a .02 coronavirus positivity rate at “peer institutions”; and an expected 1,700 undergraduate Smith students welcome back on campus.
At any moment over the past few weeks, it seems like someone somewhere is imploring the American people to vote. From Instagram to Smith administration emails to the plane flying above my Pennsylvania hometown with a banner reminding us to send in our ballots, it’s a message that comes in from all sides: Vote, vote, vote.
In case you haven’t noticed, The Sophian is changing. A lot.
During his speech at the opening ceremony of “Inclusion in Action” on April 10, Anthony Jack, author of “The Privileged Poor,” recalled a quote from James Baldwin: “I love America more than any other country in the world,” he said, “and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
Patience Kayira ’20 | Editor-In-Chief
The start of the school year introduces us to new classes, professors, people, challenges and perspectives.
In our last issue last semester, our front-page story recounted the allegations of severe mishandling of a case of sexual violence at Smith College, put…