After a year away, I had nearly forgotten about some annoying aspects of Smith life: The lengthy B43 commute; the pang of hunger at 10 p.m. because you ate dinner five hours earlier; and people forgetting their laundry while you’re trying to do your own, to name a few.
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Obama-era protections were hailed as providing students the right to “use the restroom that feels most comfortable to them.”
Halloween is an amazing holiday at Smith: gouged out pumpkins appear on every house porch, as house leaders take the opportunity to fulfill their quotas for house events in the form of pumpkin carving sessions.
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“Queen” is a bittersweet Bollywood comedy about self-discovery. Directed by Vikas Bahl in 2014, “Queen” was made for just under $2 million; yet, the film earned the equivalent of $8 million in its first two weeks. From day two onward, it was the No. 1 film in India.
Israeli writer and screenwriter Dorit Rabinyan gave a talk at Smith College last week on her controversial book “All the Rivers,” and why literature still matters. Students, faculty and members of the community filled the Graham Hall at Hillyer. Marjorie Roth ‘67, a donor to the Program of Jewish Studies, was also present at the talk.
On Saturday, Oct. 21, all five living former Presidents gathered together at the Reed Arena at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas to attend a benefit concert featuring performers such as rock and country musicians Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen, Sam Moore and Yolanda Adams.
In recent weeks, Amherst College athletes have taken to kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality in the United States. The protests follow in the footsteps of National Football League and other professional athletes’ protests.
Last week, journalist, author and former editor of Le Monde Diplomatique, Alain Gresh gave a lecture on “Islam in France” in Graham Hall.