Claudia Olson ’22 | Assistant Features Editor
Last weekend, the Smith Debate Society traveled across Massachusetts to attend the Boston University Novice tournament. Smith brought the biggest team, with 22 competitors and five board members who served as judges during the rounds and led the team around the Boston area.
Hazel Garrity ’21 | Contributing Writer
As a bright-eyed incoming first year, many things about Smith excited me. The house communities, beautiful campus, lack of general education requirements and especially, the variety of dining options, were the major reasons I chose to come to Smith.
Kelly Coons ’22 | Assistant Opinions Editor
A is for apple. B is for book. And G is for… gun? Education Secretary Betsy DeVos wants to arm U.S. teachers. She claims it will make schools safer by deterring mass shootings, like the one that claimed the lives of 20 first-graders and six staff members in an elementary school in my home state, Connecticut.
Emily Buxengaard ’22 | Assistant News Editor
I used to hate it when people asked me what I was reading. I loathed the snide remarks I'd get about the tattered Harlequins I liked to pick up from the thrift store.
Jacqueline Richardson ’21 | Assistant Arts Editor
Currently on display at the Smith College Museum of Art is Alma Thomas: The Light of the Whole Universe, comprising art from the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s by Alana Thomas and her contemporaries.
Jacqueline Richardson ’21 | Assistant Arts Editor
With their latest album “Monsters Exist,” Orbital attempts to reconcile their imaginative, danceable beats with their political inclinations — and they do so with varying success. The best moments in the album come when they craft a soundscape that echoes our current political climate. The worst, when they shoehorn commentary into their songs in a way that dilutes both their vibrant electric vision and the ideas they’re trying to promote.
Deirdre Winberg ’92
Let's be honest. Getting into Smith isn't all that difficult. [...] The hardest thing about Smith is figuring out how to pay for it, and since Smith went need-blind, that has knee-capped more than a few women who undoubtedly were disappointed by the admissions decision they received.
Pamela Larkin ’19 | President of the Smith Republicans
I’m a moderate liberal, and I am the president of Smith Republicans. I believe that productive and reasonable disagreement is essential for healthy political culture. The Smith Republican Club is crucial to the betterment of not only conservative ideas but also liberal ones and the future of American democracy.
Aries: On your way to class, you will find a clean-shaven squirrel dressed in a tuxedo and top hat. When you rub your eyes to check if the squirrel is real, it will disappear, and you’ll be hit with a splitting headache. So yeah, get some sleep this week.
Elizabeth Muirhead ’20 | Assistant Sports Editor
Last Saturday, Smith’s soccer team took on Wellesley in a sunny 2 p.m. home game and then Amherst College in a 2 p.m. away game on Sunday.