Lingchuan Xu ’21 | Features Editor
This weekend (Oct. 26–Oct. 28), the Western Massachusetts Idea Jam (WMIJ) was held at UMass Center in Springfield. It was an entrepreneurship event cosponsored by Smith College, Mount Holyoke College and Western Massachusetts University; other universities were invited to attend. People from a range of different schools met and got to know each other, exchanging their ideas.
Sylvia Moon ’19
Capricorn: “Let’s get this gluten-free bread!!”
Lingchuan Xu ’21 | Features Editor
On October 15, Smithies in Business held its second annual internship panel. The flow of students continuously came and went: some of them chatted with representatives while the others ate lunch and talked to their peers. This created a strong and effective networking environment for students to achieve related internship experience as well as to build professional and personal relationships with those interested in the same field.
Michelle Wong | Layout Editor
A group of 65, comprised of student athletes who identify as POC and their allies, are bringing attention to their experiences of lack of diversity and inclusion on athletic teams at the college.
Julia B. Smith ’19 | Contributing Writer
Even on her days off, Smith Dining Services employee Gerry Dupre likes to bake. Most recently, she made a pecan pie. “I had so many pecans in the house, I had to find a way to get rid of them. So a pie seemed like the best idea.”
Sylvia Moon
Capricorn: Ford Hall. You never stop working.
Claudia Olson ’22 | Assistant Features Editor
Writing about disability can be a tricky task. I’ve always had a passion for writing, but only rarely do I write about my experience of living with a disability, because I don’t want others to misinterpret my story. I don’t want others to feel pity when they read about my struggles, nor inspiration just from the fact that I am able to live a fairly normal life. I never had a teacher with a disability, so it was hard to find help resolving these issues that complicated my writing. Coming to Smith, I wanted to find a community of disabled students who had stories similar to mine — stories that needed to be told. Through Empowered Voices, I’ve found the community I was searching for.
Sylvia Moon | Staff Writer
Capricorn: You work way the F too much. Remember that work can't replace emotional connection/friends/family, so you need to work on accessing your emotional side this week. Emotional vulnerability can lead to great things!
“Dear young people, don’t vote.” I’m sure, as election day approaches, you’ve been hearing this public service announcement (PSA) a lot. Have you ever stopped to watch the whole thing, though? It’s a lot of old, white people sneering at the screen, but I encourage you to because I will be tearing this public service announcement apart.
When I told my friends I would be spending the summer at the end of my sophomore year in the Valley, all of them told me to brace myself.