Students, staff and faculty at Smith College faced conditions navigating campus throughout Feb. 2025 as a series of winter storms and freezing temperatures left layers…
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With 20% of Smith students calling the West Coast home and California being one of the most represented states on campus, the California wildfires have devastated the Smith community. California’s Incident Archive states that in 2025 alone, there have been 359 wildfires, 29 fatalities and 16,248 structures destroyed. Gaby Ayala Becerra ’25 and Hadley Vareschi-Woelfel ’25, with the help of Smith Athletics and the Smith Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), have transformed their grief into action by organizing a campus-wide Jog-a-Thon to raise money for relief efforts.
Disclaimer: this article contains spoilers. On Sunday, March 2, Sean Baker’s “Anora” swept the 96th Academy Awards, winning five of the six categories it was…
Over a year ago, after the Oct. 7 attacks and the beginning of the Gaza war, protests swept across U.S. college campuses as students called for their colleges and universities to divest from military contractors in response to civilian casualties resulting from Israel’s attacks on Gaza. At Smith College, the group Smith Students for Justice in Palestine (SSJP) is active in the divestment effort and broader activism for Palestinian sovereignty. After the inauguration of President Trump and the first phase of a ceasefire agreement in the region, SSJP says their goals remain unwavering as they enter a new semester.
Revamping of the “Central District” has closed the athletic fields, as the site is currently being used as a wellfield for the drilling of two drill rigs. The athletic fields affected consist of the soccer field and throwing and jumping spaces for the Track and Field team. A comment from the Geothermal Energy Project shared that construction on these fields will take place from Nov. 12, 2024 to May 15, 2026.
When students throw their leftovers into the plastic bins and tin pails of the dining halls, they only see the first step of a much…
The basement of the theater department at a small liberal arts college seems like an unlikely location for one of the most robust collections of…
Kendrick Lamar had a loaded agenda for his 13-minute-long halftime performance at Super Bowl LIX. On Sunday, Feb. 9, many Smithies watched the Super Bowl…
Note: Julia Garnett uses she/they pronouns, and both will be used in reference to quotations throughout the article. When Julia Garnett ’28 spoke at her…
Smith College’s Schacht Center for Health and Wellness is making a commitment to providing students with access to treatment and healthcare amidst President Trump’s recent…