In our last issue last semester, our front-page story recounted the allegations of severe mishandling of a case of sexual violence at Smith College, put…
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President Kathleen McCartney sent an email on Jan. 22 to the Smith community regarding the college’s financial sustainability initiative. In the email, McCartney addressed four major concerns.
Ruby Bridges spoke last Friday at Smith College at John M. Greene Hall on the invitation of 10-year-old Dana Warren, a Westhampton Elementary School student. President Kathleen McCartney decided to host Bridges after receiving a letter from Warren.
Former CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson will speak at Smith College in Weinstein Auditorium at 5 p.m. as part of a panel speaking on “Social Media and U.S. Foreign Policy” on Monday. Joining her on the panel will be Paul Musgrave, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts.
On Thursday, November 30, 2017, President McCartney announced to the Smith community the appointment of the new Vice President for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity: David T. Campbell Bradley. Carreon Bradley previously worked at Vassar College as the chair of the Committee of Inclusion and Equity and as an associate professor in the physics department. The appointment will be effective January 18th 2018.
Weaving Voices was a project that frequently came up in conversation during my first year, but I had not attended the event until this semester.
On Monday, following the devastation of Hurricane Maria, Smith College announced a new program to invite students from the University of Puerto Rico or other affected institutions to study at the college.
One of the conversations I have been a part of at Smith, revolves around the topic of cliques. It is not hard to recognize all the groups on campus, small and large.
It is also not surprising that they exist on a campus of so many opinions, especially as cliques serve as a refuge for certain groups. As a first-year I believed it was simply a by-product of the social system and how it functions; there will always be groups who bunch together and choose to be labeled as a group, and some of these groups are healthy for the campus and some aren’t. It is unavoidable.
At the Otelia Cromwell Day keynote last Thursday, students dropped two banners from the balcony in John M. Greene, one with the painted statement, “Otelia couldn’t live here,” and another promoting a meeting on the issue this past Saturday.
1) The breakfast sandwiches in the CC Cafe are delicious. 2) Your readings will still be there tomorrow. 3) And you probably don’t need to…