Claudia Olson | Assistant Features Editor
According to Freeman Hrabowski, the president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, STEM fields in higher education need to better serve students from underrepresented backgrounds. Hrabowski came to Smith Mon., Oct. 29 to talk about this as part of the Presidential Colloquium series.
Jackie Richardson ’21 | Associate Editor
The opening ceremony of Otelia Cromwell Day began a little after 1 p.m. Nov. 1 in John M. Green hall. It was almost fully occupied.
Claudia Olson ’22 | Assistant Features Editor
Your vote matters
If you’re a current student at Smith, you’ve probably been told to vote.
Emma Kemp ’20 | Contributing Writer
What does it feel like to be alive?
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.