I remember once walking into ninth grade English a few minutes early, hoping to clock in a few pages of Twilight before the bell rang-- a book my older sister recommended, and with which I was quickly becoming obsessed.
THE SOPHIAN
This year the Wurtele Center for Leadership is piloting Amplify, a brand new program designed to help Smith students develop their public voice.
At any moment over the past few weeks, it seems like someone somewhere is imploring the American people to vote. From Instagram to Smith administration emails to the plane flying above my Pennsylvania hometown with a banner reminding us to send in our ballots, it’s a message that comes in from all sides: Vote, vote, vote.
One night, just before the start of the 2020 remote fall semester, Ruby Lowery ’21 thought “I’m going to create a blanket.”
This idea would become the Smith Covid-19 blanket, a year-long undertaking by Smith Stitchers, the knitting club that Lowery founded with Natalie Mosher ’21 in 2018.
Over this past week, Jodi Shaw, a student support coordinator in residence life at Smith, posted three Youtube videos accusing Smith of anti-white hostility and…
On Tuesday Oct. 27, Gina Siepel presented her work-in-progress environmental arts project, “To Understand a Tree.” The virtual event was hosted by Joanne Benkley, the…
El 28 de septiembre, la presidenta de la clase de seniors (estudiantes de último año) en Smith, Jane Casey-Fleener '21, lanzó una petición titulada: “Traiga la clase de 2021 de regreso para el semestre de primavera.”
“Call elections office.” In the past year, it has been on my weekly to-do list over ten times. Allow me to explain why. I…
Five years ago, to put it lightly, I was slightly obsessed with the Chicago Seven. Every school report of choice somehow miraculously resulted in writing about this protest of the Demecratic party’s support for the Vietnam War that took place in 1968 outside of the National Democratic Convention in Chicago. Eight left wing radicals of different groups were charged for conspiracy of crossing state lines to incite violence.
On September 28th, Smith’s Senior Class President Jane Casey-Fleener ’21 launched a petition titled: “Bring Class of 2021 Back for Spring Semester.” The purpose of…