Last year President McCartney introduced the Innovation Challenge for Advancing Inclusion, Diversity and Equity. It was a new funding opportunity to support ventures which strengthen the Smith community. The Diverse Smithies Series was the proposed project of the Office of Alumnae Relations and started last week.
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Wendy Pearlman was captivated when she first heard about the protests raging across Syria during the 2011 Arab Spring.
The associate professor of political science at Northwestern University, who has been studying the Middle East for more than half her life, was initially surprised the protests had spread to Syria.
A proposal from the Northampton Police Department for new cameras downtown created a stir amongst Northampton residents, as well as Smith students, earlier this month. Despite opposition from the community and questioning of the motives for such a proposal, Police Chief Jody Kasper of Northampton Police Department has defended the new surveillance.
Representatives from U.S. Custom and Border Protection withdrew their participation last week in the fall career fair, following a campus petition that amassed more than 900 signatures from the Smith College community.
In an all-campus email last Friday, Provost and Dean of the Faculty and Interim Vice President for Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Katherine Rowe formally assured the Smith community that “Smith College continues to take its obligations under Title IX very seriously. We remain firmly committed to our Gender-Based and Sexual Misconduct Policy … [F]or now, that policy remains in effect and unchanged.”
Coursicle, an online service that allows college students to easily browse classes and plan their class schedule, has just launched at Smith College (https://www.coursicle.com/smith/). Created by Joe Puccio, a 2016 graduate of UNC Chapel Hill, and Tara Aida, a Harvard alumna of 2016, Coursicle started at UNC Chapel Hill in 2012 and has grown to support over 450 colleges. The Sophian interviewed Puccio to learn how the app works.
Happy fall! It’s that wonderful time of year where the leaves change color, cozy sweaters are perfect for a breezy day, and the friend-making process is in full swing. Sometimes it can be difficult to figure out where to go or what to do in order to meet these new friends, or activities you can do with your newly found besties. Or, maybe while the lovely fall breeze is blowing through, it makes you want to learn something new. Luckily, there are many events on campus that happen each week and are open for drop-ins.
Smith is a hub for individuality, and style is just one of the ways in which Smithies display it. I first noticed Sofia Canale-Parola’s ’21 clothing on Instagram before we met on campus. When we spoke, she defined style for an individual as, “When their clothing accurately and comfortably reflects their personality.”
Alternative-pop duo Secret Weapons brought their fall tour to Northampton at Pearl Street on Sept. 16. This tour follows the release of their recent album “As the Setting Sun Comes Crashing Down on Me.” Before their Northampton performance, The Sophian had the opportunity to conduct a brief interview with the band in regards to their first solo tour and recent album.
In the new landscape of existential art-house, horror films that have been appearing in theaters recently, none have been quite like the no-holds-barred, horrific insanity of Darren Aronofsky’s “mother!”