It’s the most “wonderful” time of the year. By “wonderful,” of course, I mean “stressful” because stress can make you do wondrous things. Yes, course registration season is upon us. There is one wondrous thing you can do, though, to reduce your stress. That wondrous thing is organization -- specifically, making a plan for that crazy morning. Most of you are already signed up, but you can always prepare for next semester. If you’re graduating, congratulations! Organization is still useful out there.
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You all may have noticed a bunch of service dogs on campus. Some of them are from Diggity Dogs, a training program for service dogs that I voluntarily foster for. Some of them are people’s personal service dogs. Either way, the general public doesn’t really know a lot about service dogs, so here’s a brief explanation of what they do and some do’s and don’t when you see a service dog on campus!
Interfaith dialogue happens because of a desire to communicate openly and compassionately within a diverse community. It can be defined as an egalitarian and symbiotic coming together of different religious groups to openly discuss their beliefs. According to the World Council of Churches’ definition, interfaith dialogue aims for “cooperative, constructive and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions” and typically sits at the intersection of organized discussion or debate and taking action.
Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a deadline for life on the planet should development and industry continue at its current rate. This struck a paralyzing fear in many hearts, despite the clear call to action it was intended to be. Right now, that impulse to shut down must be overridden by intentional decisions to be transformative and active in the service of environment.
Smythology episode 8: Finals on the mind
It happened. On November 15, 2018, it snowed in Northampton, Massachusetts. To us veterans, the clarion call has been issued. The New England snow season has begun. It will not snow every day. In fact, it may not snow again for a while.
“Are you prepared for the real world?” It’s a question I get asked more often than I want.
Is this. . . healing? Comic by Michelle Wong ‘19.
It’s cuffing season! See what Sophie Willard Van Sistine ’21 has to say in the seventh episode of Smithology.
There’s a photo of me as a kindergartener dressed in a plaid jumper and tights. In one hand, I’m clutching a sign written in my messy child’s scrawl that says “Augusta,” and in the other hand, a red plush stuffed lobster. The photo is from a class play about the state of Maine. Each student recited a fact about our home state for the assembled audience of our families. In the photo of me from that day, I’m beaming with pride about getting to hold the lobster, one of the most important symbols of our state.