According to NBC News, hate crimes against the Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community increased over 150% in 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic was speculated to…
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On April 20, Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was convicted on all charges brought against him in the death of George Floyd.
On April 13, The Smith College Office of Multicultural Affairs, supported by the Mwangi Fund, hosted a lecture by Dr. Crystal Marie Fleming on critical race theory and white supremacy for Smith’s inaugural Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture as a part of its annual series.
On Feb. 1, 2021, police body camera footage surfaced online of a nine-year-old Black girl being dragged through snow to a police car, handcuffed, and pepper sprayed. The officers responding to a report of “family trouble” acted in this aggressive manner after the girl expressed that she wanted to kill herself and her mother. While the girl refused to sit inside the police car and said that she wanted her father, an officer dismissively told her that she’s “acting like a child,” to which the nine-year-old replied, “I am a child”–– then they pepper sprayed her.
Founded two years ago, Smith’s resident Shakespeare Company was officially chartered last spring, right before the pandemic hit. Like many other performing arts groups, Shakes had to learn how to adapt theatre within the limitations of a Zoom screen.
I may not be the best person to write about marriage. The thought of being officially committed to someone for the rest of my life makes me want to crawl out of my skin and I don’t think I’ll ever get married. Not because I’ve never been in love (although I haven’t), but because the institution of marriage horrifies me.
This month, the Arts & Culture Section brings you a playlist about new beginnings: the thrill and fear of fresh starts, learning from the past…
In an email to the Smith community on Friday, President of Smith, Kathleen McCartney announced the college’s Fall 2021 plan to invite all students to campus for an in-person semester.
On April 1, President of Smith, Kathleen McCartney, hosted a Presidential Colloquium on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. Joining her were two disability rights activists, Judy Heumann and Tom Hehir.
I will admit, I have always lied about reading Pride & Prejudice. I am not usually someone to twist the truth, but I figured I…