Last month TikTok, an increasingly popular video-sharing app, made changes to its community guidelines and policies to include a section called “Misleading information,” which prohibits…
THE SOPHIAN
The Landscape Master Plan Committee at Smith College is currently in the “Vision” phase of its Landscape Master Plan (LMP). Based on community input from…
Shannon O’Brien, a member of Smith class of 2013 who majored in theatre, published her debut book “Sing Me Home” in the fall of 2016. After her graduation, Shannon O’Brien pursued her theatre career while practicing writing as a hobby. The book “Sing Me Home,” a lesbian romance novel, sets the story background in a New England women’s college. Shannon O’Brien shared with The Sophian her inspirations, behind-the-scene stories of the book, and advice for Smithies who also want to write in the future.
On Thursday night, the curtain rose on Toni Craige, Xan Burley and Alex Springer’s dance Performance, “Frame[work].” Six enlarged windchimes were suspended in the air…
On Feb. 1, Residence Life sent an email to the Smith community detailing changes to special interest housing for Fall 2020. The email also included…
If you haven’t heard, let me be the first to tell you: Massachusetts has its first confirmed case of the new coronavirus. Also, as of…
The recent increase in social media use among young adults has sparked the concern of many people, including alternative pop band, Echosmith. Back in September,…
Lately, I have been thinking extensively about what it means to be bicultural, both within the current sociopolitical climate, as well as at Smith in…
A blustery snowstorm arrived in Northampton on the heels of Thanksgiving Break, covering the Smith campus in a blanket of white. The appearance of snow people on Chapin Lawn and the Grecourt Gates adorned with lights shows that Smith is getting into the spirit of the season. To find out what Smithies of the past did to celebrate this wonderful time of year, I took a dive into the Smith Archives. Some of the traditions we celebrate today — events like Winter Weekend and Vespers — have deep roots in Smith history, going back more than one hundred years.