Since I’ve lived a couple decades longer than the majority of my fellow students, I noticed a few trends that have made their way back into our shared reality, some of which I appreciate more than others.
The Sophian
A line of people extended into the street in front of Northampton’s Masonic Street Laundromat Saturday, Oct. 23. These people were not waiting to wash their linens. Rather, they were in line to attend the opening night of an art show, put on by Amrita Acharya ’23J, being displayed in the space.
El amor es paciente, es bondadoso. El amor no es envidioso ni jactancioso ni orgulloso. No se comporta con rudeza, no es egoísta, no se enoja fácilmente, no guarda rencor. El amor no se deleita en la maldad, sino que se regocija con la verdad. -1 Corintios 13:4-7.
L’histoire de Lilo Danielyan, raconte la détermination d’une migrante, artiste, et documentariste pour recevoir une éducation.
Martedi, io, una lesbica con circa venti anni, ho fatto mi prima ceretta brasiliana. Sono arrivata a questa decisione dopo tanto deliberazione - c'è “antifemminista” a ricevere una ceretta di bikini? A pagare qualcuno lacerare i miei capelli pubici, sto perpetuando le norme di bellezza eurocentrica e pedofila? Mi farà tanto male e me darà molti capelli incarniti? Ma alla fine ho deciso che una ceretta è una esperienza, ma provo qualsiasi cosa almeno una volta.
怎样给予国际生支持一向是学校关注的话题，毕竟他们中的大部分人都曾飞越整整半个地球，来到一个完全陌生的国度。今年，在全球疫情的背景下，这样的陌生感更加强烈。然而，对于某些国际生来说，这与他们的经历相去甚远。任何一所大学的国际生都有不同的家庭背景、文化联系和生活经历。我们需要重新定义国际生属于一个同质群体的说法。
从和朋友、家人的交谈与个人经历来看，有一种情况越来越明显：也许是作为一种应对方式，我们现在的生活总在互联网无底的惰性中度过。为了帮助学生度过疫情，史密斯学院与众多主流媒体一起，给学生提供了更多失衡的线上选择。
當我抵達Amherst College本季首次由學生電台WAMH主辦的現場音樂表演時，我發現大家都沒什麼意願玩樂。Amherst College花費了數千元搭建舞台、架設燈光和極佳的音響系統、以及邀請從DC遠道而來的表演者—然而觀眾們依然只是席地而坐在距離表演20碼遠的小山坡上。
Northampton Abolition Now (NAN) and Western Mass Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) co-hosted a city council candidate forum on Oct. 27 to ask the candidates for City Councilor At-Large about their plans to advocate for racial equity in Northampton if elected.
Asmae Lichir pointed to her wall, sparingly decorated with her graduation diploma from her previous college, fairy lights and a wall hanger printed with the…