A couple weeks ago, my Russian language professor took us on a field trip. We piled into a van and drove to the nearest Russian grocery store, in Springfield. Entering the store felt like being absorbed into another world. Our trip was a fascinating and humorous language-learning experience. But shopping there almost two months into Putin’s war in Ukraine has generated some questions.
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Trigger Warning: This article contains mention of sexual assault that may be upsetting to some readers. Editor’s Note: The Sophian reached out to Residence Life…
While Smith College embraces its changes to Green Mode, many students are feeling left behind...
For those of us dwelling on the margins, the Smith bubble can be a challenging terrain to navigate. Recently, a new Ada brought up feeling isolated at Smith, asking if anyone else felt this way and, if so, how we deal with it.
Like me, you’ve probably been chastised by food waste fighters on campus every time you mistakenly throw a compostable cup in the trash, or a chip bag (full of both metal and plastic) in the compost...
On December 1 2021, the Supreme Court heard arguments on reviving Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban in the case of Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.…
Like many a stir-crazy teenager, I, too, looked to my grandmother’s old yarn hoard as a means of working through my quarantine boredom in the early days of the pandemic. My affair with the fiber arts began as it often does: mindless fiddling with different crochet hooks and tangled skeins of yarn.
It is against everything Smith College preaches not to provide its students with a free subscription to The Daily Hampshire Gazette.
Smith, like most small liberal arts colleges, promises a superior commitment to teaching undergraduate students. Professors don’t disappear to work on their research and leave the bulk of student engagement to teaching assistants; rather, they create the classroom environment. That level of engagement is a high demand for faculty, even those who are tenure-track or tenured.
I was accepted by Smith College with a caveat — I would have to matriculate in January. Initially, I was too excited about my acceptance to read beyond “Congratulations!” It was only when I examined the letter more carefully that I noticed the minor hitch.