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Posts tagged as “letter to the editor”
To the editors: Your article “Protestors March for Palestine at Smith College and Northampton” (Oct. 21, 2023) could have done better. A few examples: The…
起初，我很容易就放弃了正常生活，以期能遏制蔓延全国的病例激增。几个星期过去了——然后是几个月。现在，距离收到那封通知学生回家的电子邮件已经过去差不多整整两年，我也累了。有的时候我觉得，尽管尽了最大努力，我对疫情前生活的记忆仍在持续消退，每个人都在问:“这就是新常态吗?” 可不一定就是。
Dear Smith College students, faculty and staff, In intro-level economics classes, professors teach students that monopolies are bad for consumers and the economy while they…
At first it was easy to give up my normal life in hopes of quelling the surge of disease that spread across the country. Weeks…
The fight for justice within our institution By Aoife Smith in collaboration with Charlie Diaz, Ramona Flores, Lexi Luckett, Lauren Holland and Lucía González In…
We write to address the recent Sophian article, “Dining Staff Face More Pressure and Less Support,” which details some of the issues Smith’s Dining operations…
The Sophian published an article, “Oral Histories of the Title IX Office,” on Oct. 27, which featured transcripts of survivors telling their stories about their…
I have studied in the U.S. for five and a half years, focusing on politics and reproductive justice. I grew up in Cambodia following a…
We, the Community Health Organizers, constructively disagree with the article, “How to Have a Good Convocation,” published on September 1st in The Sophian. Although we recognize that the article was not meant to be taken seriously, all Smith students have a responsibility to model safe and inclusive practices for living in community, meeting new people, partying, and participating in consensual sexual encounters. This is even more important during a pandemic, to keep everyone safe and healthy.