The Five College Opera performed “The Scarlet Professor” last Saturday. The opera tells the true story of renowned Smith English professor and literary critic Newton Arvin, who was “arrested and disgraced for possessing gay magazines and materials,” the opera’s website said. The opera premiered at the Mendenhall Center for the Arts at Smith.
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Smith told The Sophian the college remains dedicated to its affirmative action policies amidst the Department of Justice’s plan to investigate and sue universities over such admission policies which allegedly discriminate against white students.
Alex Kim ‘18 Contributing Writer Over the years of working as a nurse assistant, I have had the honor of serving over three thousand patients.…
Instead of packing up my car and making the drive from my Boston suburb out to Smith this fall, I squeezed as much as…
If one walks through the mustard, Smith College-aesthetic walls of Graham Hall within Brown Fine Arts Center, one will stumble upon Hillyer Art Library, where the restrooms and cubicles even feel like artistic installations. The lobby of Brown Fine Arts Center, home of Smith College’s Department of Art, communicates an artisanal atmosphere with its muted carpets and just the right amount of gray.
Studying abroad can change your perspective and aspirations, Jodi Tam ’18 writes.
Each fall, Smith’s a capella scene is kicked off by Arch Sing. Traditionally held under the Neilson Library Arch, 2017 was the first ever Arch Sing in the Quadrangle. Last Sunday at 8 p.m., all six of Smith’s a capella groups gathered between Cushing and Morrow to sing for the assembled crowd of several hundred students.
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is paying the price for his protests, and punishments for more athletes are soon to follow, Madeline Hubbard ’19 writes.
Students looking for study space as Neilson construction begins will find some new spaces in the Campus Center, pictured above.
As Smithies wrapped up spring semester earlier this year, they knew they would come back to a changed campus in the fall due to Neilson construction. We knew Neilson would be inaccessible for a while, and we were, naturally, concerned by the potential lack of study spaces that may arise.