If 2020 has taught us anything: it’s that the importance of maintaining good mental health routines should be a consistent practice, particularly during a pandemic.
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Pursuing a higher education is a privilege, particularly for marginalized communities across the nation, which I know firsthand as a Latine student raised in Spanish Harlem.
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.
Spring classes are underway and it's time to purchase required course materials. Unfortunately, 65% of college students will have to make do without some of their assigned textbooks. Others will have to drop classes because the cost of required materials is simply too high.
In 2017, the Pew Research Center reported that a quarter of American adults identify as “spiritual but not religious”. At Smith, we are exposed to this phenomenon on a daily basis.
A few weeks ago, during Thanksgiving break, I had the time to reflect on my first semester of college.
Who isn’t experiencing pandemic fatigue? It’s easy to think that feeling worn out is just a sign of the end of the semester in 2020; but it’s not.
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.
Dear Smith College students, faculty, staff, and fellow alums, Recently, a White staff member at the College began posting inflammatory videos to a YouTube account,…