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.
Kelly Coons ’22 | Assistant Opinions Editor
I like doing nothing. Work is, well, work. If I can do something by doing nothing, that’s a deal in my book, so what if I told you there was an effortless way to save $994 a year?
Being away from Smith is very strange, to say the least. It’s full of contradictory emotions, homesickness – or rather Smith-sickness – and an intimidating…
It all started in Chase-Duckett’s dining hall. I was working on my ENG 200 reading assignment when my friend, Basira, realized that the dining workers…
On Aug. 24, a Chinese girl was raped and killed when she hitched a ride using the Didi ride-sharing platform in China.
Simin Saba Royesh ’21J
It all started in Chase-Duckett’s dining hall. I was working on my ENG 200 reading assignment when my friend, Basira, realized that the dining workers had put matcha powder next to the coffee machines. So, she decided to make a matcha drink to show off the skills she picked up the summer before Smith.
Rosalie Toupin ’20 | Assistant Features Editor
Being away from Smith is very strange, to say the least. It’s full of contradictory emotions, homesickness – or rather Smith-sickness – and an intimidating amount of freedom. I will experience a full year of this, and to be honest, I’m kind of scared.
Cas Sweeney ’19 | Associate Editor
This week I offered to write an article about how I learned to be okay with people that don’t like me, or even hate me. I feel like, over the past year, I’ve grown to be very confident in myself, and I have done great work to boost my self-esteem.
Kelly Coons ‘22 | Assistant Opinions Editor
‘Tis the season—the season of politics.
The Cook Political Report predicts that $2.4 billion will be spent on local broadcast campaign advertisements this election cycle. That means you’re going to be seeing a lot of political advertisements, whether you like it or not. Regardless of how you feel about the season of politics, however, an important race has already come and gone: state primaries.
Jackie Richardson ’21 | Assistant Arts Editor
Reviews of “Crazy Rich Asians” fall into two categories. The first sort, usually published in mainstream media outlets, gasps at the movie’s opulence, praises its revitalization of the romantic comedy and reminds the reader that “Crazy Rich Asians” is the only movie produced by a major Hollywood studio to feature a majority Asian American cast in a contemporary setting since “The Joy Luck Club.” The second, less common kind criticizes the movie for various reasons, most of which stem from the belief that white, Western ideals inflect the film too heavily. The debate surrounding “Crazy Rich Asians” isn’t just a debate about the movie itself, or even Asian American representation in general; it ultimately reflects an anxiety about who Asian Americans are and where we’re going (I consider myself Asian American; I am an American, and my mother is from Singapore).
