Lately, I have been thinking extensively about what it means to be bicultural, both within the current sociopolitical climate, as well as at Smith in…
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I hate being called a “legacy.” I had never heard the expression used in the way colleges do until I started attending college. When I…
Microaggressions are a symptom of a much larger problem in our thought process. First of all, the only thing small about microaggressions is the amount…
When I was first applying for colleges as a high school senior, I had no clue what I wanted to major in or what career…
Family weekend has just passed. Besides engaging in pumpkin carving, cider pressing, and attending Montage, you may also have taken your family member to the campus center and spent some time together there. At the CC, you can buy a steaming hot latte from the café, and then walk down the stairs to the bookstore.
I've read last Friday's letter from President McCartney and the Board of Trustees with a plan for divestment from fossil fuels. I find it concerning.
Lately, I have been contemplating the various ways in which we understand democracy and what it might entail, particularly with respect to the turbulent political…
That most spooky time of year is upon us once again. The chill of autumn air brings about a wave of ghost stories.
Recently we saw the global climate strikes, organized by youth climate activists around the world. Among them is Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish activist. Greta…
After four years since her case began, Chanel Miller comes forward with her story. Up until this point, the public only knew her as “Emily Doe”, a catchall caricature of what a rape victim might look like. You might not even know her by this name, but I’m sure you recognize the name Brock Turner and all of its connotations. That’s less of a reflection of a person as an individual, and a lot more to do with the culture we inhabit that first, privileges the voices of men; second, ignores, and at worst shuns and degrades survivors; and third, upholds whiteness as an ideal. So much so that just weeks after the story broke, headlines everywhere painted the picture of a helpless white boy whose whole life was about to be taken away over “one silly mistake.”