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Un ex gerente de teatro demanda a miembros de la compañía Northampton por difamación y daños emocionales, El juicio se acerca a su conclusión

Troy David Mercier está demandando a miembros de una compañía de teatro de Northampton, Proyecto Teatro 24 horas , una afiliada de Paintbox Theater Company, por 150.000 dólares por supuesta difamación y daños emocionales. Mercier recibió un máster en dramaturgia de Smith College y una licenciatura en Teatro de la Universidad de Massachusetts en Amherst. Mercier empezó a trabajar en Paintbox Theater en 2004 y ha sido un miembro activo del teatro desde entonces. Paintbox Theater ha utilizado las facilidades teatrales de Smith para organizar algunas de sus actuaciones antes de esta demanda.

Le Jardin Botanique de Smith College Ouvre son Spectacle Floral de Printemps

Lors d’une chaude journée de ce mois de mars, les Smithies ont pu se retrouver dans la serre et la véranda Lyman pour admirer ce que le jardin botanique a de plus beau à offrir pendant le spectacle floral de printemps. L’exposition dure jusqu’au 17 mars pendant que les fleurs sont à leur apogée. Tel un signal du début du printemps, ce spectacle floral offre une anticipation de la verdure des arbres et du beau temps. 

Katherine Welsh Closes her Successful Dive Season at the Region 3 Championship Meet

Katherine Welsh ’26 of the Smith Swim and Dive team placed 13th in the 1-meter dive and 14th in the 3-meter dive at the NCAA Division III Northeast Regional Diving Championships hosted by Colby College in Waterville, Maine on Mar. 1-2, 2024. This is the second time Welsh has qualified for Regionals in her career at Smith and her highest placement so far.

After Years of Deconstructing the Genre, Shygirl Breathes New Life Into Club Pop

Just dance. Please don’t stop the music. The whole club was looking at her. Tonight’s going to be a good night. 15 years ago, pop music was concentrated on the elation of dancing, drinking and desire in the club. Now, Shygirl is part of a wave of artists bringing it back with her new EP, “Club Shy,” a delightfully crafted collection of songs that revel in their danceability. 

Our endowment is our future, but what about our present?

A couple of years ago, media outlets including The Nation and The Washington Post were referring to the latest wisecrack (a clever or sarcastic remark) about Harvard University: the ivy-league institution had turned into a hedge fund with a university attached to it. Students called upon Harvard to ‘unhedge’ its endowment while others praised its financial planning strategies. An open letter in The Atlantic called it a ‘brand problem’ yet also a ‘literal truth.’ This characterization underscores a broader trend among universities and colleges, the apparent intent to accumulate the largest endowment ever seen. Maybe we should start thinking about how, and what we are getting this money for.

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