Smith student-athletes are always the campus punching bag. I read countless threads on the Smith Confessional complaining about how student-athletes have “huge egos,” “major attitude”…
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On Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, Smith athlete and coach alumni across five sports were inducted into the Smith Athletics Hall of Fame. Inductees included three…
Protein has become a social media buzzword. TikTok and Instagram feeds are increasingly bogged down with fitness and dietician influencers who promote eating ground beef, grilled chicken, fish, greek yogurt, cottage cheese and other lean, animal-based proteins.
For those following along on the newly renamed @gosmithbears Instagram account, you may have discovered Smith Athletics’ two new video series: “Brewin’ With the Bears” and “Bagels & Bears.” Ciara Keizer-Lawrence, Smith Athletics’ Director of Sports Information and Scheduling Coordinator, is the mastermind behind this new development.
Athlete and journalist Karleigh Webb opened Smith’s panel “A Conversation on Trans Athletes, Gender and Race” by speaking directly to her target audience: student athletes.…
Recent facility updates and relocations to outdoor sports in Smith Athletics have kept the newly renamed Smith Bears at the top of their game just…
Disclaimer: The names of the student-athletes interviewed for this article have been withheld at their request. Smith College recently announced that it will abide by…
On April 21 at 7:30 p.m., Smith students gathered in Weinstein Auditorium to attend “Trans Inclusion in Sport,” a conversation with speaker Cal Calamia, who uses they/he pronouns. Cal Calamia is a highly successful transmasculine marathoner, activist, writer and educator who joined the discussion through Zoom. The event was moderated by Smith's Sports Committee for Inclusion and Diversity (SCID) board member Pria Parker ’25, who uses they/them pronouns.
On March 12, 2025, Smith College released an announcement that they are committed to changing the school mascot from the Pioneers, which have been Smith’s mascot since 1986, to a moniker that better represents the values and interests of the Smith community by the end of the academic year. They sent out a survey where students can submit up to three nominations for the new mascot for a period of two weeks. No current or former mascots can be nominated.
With 20% of Smith students calling the West Coast home and California being one of the most represented states on campus, the California wildfires have devastated the Smith community. California’s Incident Archive states that in 2025 alone, there have been 359 wildfires, 29 fatalities and 16,248 structures destroyed. Gaby Ayala Becerra ’25 and Hadley Vareschi-Woelfel ’25, with the help of Smith Athletics and the Smith Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), have transformed their grief into action by organizing a campus-wide Jog-a-Thon to raise money for relief efforts.