To all the Libras out there invested in the Sun-Mercury-Mars Triple Conjunction this month, the McConnell Rooftop Observatory has your back! The start of classes means that the McConnell Observatory is in routine use by students once again.
The Sophian
On Tuesday nights at Helen Hills Chapel, you will find the first floor filled with people congregating in a circle. Everyone there is knitting, crocheting, or working on a different arts project, but all the while talking and laughing with one another. The whole atmosphere of the meeting is calm and laid back.
A small group of protestors conducted a demonstration against drone warfare outside of L3Harris, a local defense contractor Oct. 1.
This Tuesday, I, a twenty-something lesbian, got my first brazilian wax. I reached this decision after a great deal of deliberation — is it “un-feminist” to get a bikini wax? By paying someone to tear out my pubic hair, am I perpetuating pedophilic Eurocentric beauty standards? Will it hurt a lot and just lead to me getting a bunch of ingrown hairs? But eventually I decided that getting waxed is an experience, and I’ll try anything once.
Smith students gathered on Chapin Lawn to enjoy the “make up” Convocation Carnival at 11:30am on Oct. 6.
Los estudiantes de Smith se despertaron al sonido de las campanas el 27 de septiembre, lo que indica que había llegado el Día de la Montaña. A pesar de los intentos de hacer memorable este Día de la Montaña, algunos estudiantes de último año expresaron que este año fracasó en comparación con las celebraciones anteriores.
Hay mucho que criticar sobre las clases de Zoom. El intenso tiempo frente a la pantalla, las distracciones constantes y la falta de interacción social dificultan el aprendizaje de muchos estudiantes. Sin embargo, hay una ventaja de las clases en línea, que se les puede recordar a los estudiantes cuando regresan al campus: reducen la presión social.
Planned Parenthood Advocacy of Western Massachusetts partnered with the Valley’s Women’s March to hold a protest against Texas’s restrictive abortion law that came into effect…
Translated from English by Izzy Ford
Mientras Smith recibía de nuevo sus estudiantes al campus después de un año de la pandemia, los hipos eran inevitables. Pero la situación frente al programa de alimentación no es solamente un hipo.
The highly anticipated 2021 GRAMMY awards took place last March, but the much less hyped up Latin GRAMMY nominations were announced last Tuesday for their Nov. award ceremony. Nominees include fan favorites like Karol G and Rauw Alejandro alongside newer artists like Paloma Mami and Bizarrap; a fine lineup that makes me wonder why none of our favorite Latinx artists can make it onto the “real” GRAMMYs.