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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.

Patience Kayira | Editor-in-Chief

As a result of the Trump administration’s endless attack on Reproductive Rights, the future of menstrual equity in the United States gets seemingly murkier each day. An article from Groundswell reports that “an individual person can spend approximately $5600 over their lifetime.” Expensive menstrual care products are just part of the larger issue with menstrual equity. Isabel Fields ’21 and Kris Mereigh, Director of Wellness Services & Health Education, share thoughts on how With the Flow, an affiliate program of Wellness Services, seeks to bring about changes to menstrual equity on campus.

UMass: Kathleen A. Brown-Perez will be giving a talk on “Destroy to Replace: What 21st Century Resistance Means to American Indians” on Oct. 16 from…

Rosalie Toupin ‘20 | Staff Writer

If you’ve ever taken a class with me, or really if you’ve ever met me, you know that I ask a lot of questions. I am that girl whose hand is raised during lectures, who regularly goes to office hours and has long email chains with her professors — it’s just how I learn. I’m a very social person, and my brain has a tendency to jumble my thoughts together, so I find it very helpful to talk things through with others.

Somto E. Okonkwo ’21 | News Editor

Around this time of year, life at Smith can only be described as busy. An outsider might not be able to place what is going on but would not deny its conspicuous busyness. Fall break reminds students that the semester is soon to be over, and coming with it are midterms, projects, research, applications for jobs, internships, grants, praxis and the like. Students begin to crank up as grades are posted and GPAs shift.  

Claudia Olson ’22 | Assistant Features Editor

Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of meeting Smith College alumna Ann Martin ’77, well-known for writing “The Baby-Sitters Club.” I was invited to a dinner with Martin, her editors and members of the Friends of the Smith College Libraries.

As the fall foliage flourishes and the crisp autumn air sweeps through campus, fall sports are in the midst of their own transformations as they reach the peaks of their seasons. This weekend, Soccer, Field Hockey and Crew all had major contests in the adverse weather.