Hillerska: a private boarding school tucked away in Sweden; horseback riding, rowing, rowdy parties and, most notably, 16-year-old Crown Prince Wilhelm. Still, “Young Royals” (2022)…
The Sophian
When Lily Phillips ’25 arrived at Smith and discovered that the French Club was defunct, she knew she had to change that. Phillips recently inherited a charter for the club on the Smith Social Network that the previous leader had tried to get recognized by the SGA. She decided to take action to have the club officially reinstated. She is acting as president, eager to begin planning for the future of the club.
For Black Smith students, it's everywhere. In a sly glance a non-Black student gives you as you innocently laugh with your friends...
When you conjure up a mental image of a “professional banjo player,” a 17-year-old young woman from Brooklyn may not be exactly who comes to…
Trigger Warning: This article contains mention of eating disorders which may be a sensitive topic for some readers. Smith College boasts a history of groundbreaking…
Content Warning: This article contains mentions of suicide. How do you separate Sylvia Plath’s poetic works from the sensationalized mythology surrounding her legacy? This is…
Johann Sebastian Bach and I have a lot in common: good taste in music and a love of coffee...
This article was originally published in the October 2022 Print Issue.
Virginia Hayssen, Mary Maples Dunn Professor of Biological Sciences at Smith, is the co-author of “Reproduction in Mammals: The Female Perspective.” In her 2017 book, Hayssen writes about the shortcomings of the language used when describing reproductive biology.
My professor hands back my test from the previous Friday. I’m a nervous wreck, red-eyed and nursing a cold brew...