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。
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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…
Earlier this year, Katie Simonson ’25 downloaded the Smith Confessional app, then almost immediately regretted it. A first-year student, Simonson found the site unsettling. “People…
Do laptop stickers provide an adequate avenue for students’ personal expression? Do their semi-permanent nature constrict personal growth over time? Through a survey of The Sophian’s laptop sticker holders, this article attempts to answer these questions and get to the root of today’s sticker personal branding phenomenon.
Northampton mayoral candidates responded to a survey about racial equity and their plans to address racism in schools, policing and the local community.
REAL (Racial Equity and Learning) Northampton is an organization funded by the Northampton Education Foundation that works to create an anti-racist culture in Northampton public schools (NPS). In October, REAL distributed a survey to the mayoral candidates Gina-Louise Sciaara and Marc Warner about their views on racial equity and what they would do to further that agenda if elected. The full questionnaire is available to read on REAL Northampton’s website.
The book is saturated with visceral imagery. Focusing heavily on the body, Van Campen often returns to images of blood, starvation, eating and movement. Her work is heavily detailed; specific, concrete moments burst through and add clarity to some of the more abstract poems.
Why I’m not necessarily against legacy preferences at (some) colleges.