Nov. 2 marked this year’s Cromwell Day, an annual celebration of Otelia and Adelaide Cromwell, the first Black graduate and first Black professor at Smith, respectively. The theme this year was “Finding Joy on Our Journey to Racial Justice,” adding to the semester’s focus on finding joy in sorrow while on the path toward justice. The Cromwell Day Committee — a group of students, staff, and faculty — decided on this theme together, which gave a sense of continuity after poet Ross Gay’s visit in September.
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The Northampton municipal elections are coming up on Nov. 7 and voters will be able to cast their ballots for eight different races.
In the upcoming Northampton election, four candidates are vying for two City Council at-large seats.
On Nov. 7, four names will appear on the ballot for Councilor-at-Large: Incumbent Marissa Elkins, Ward 4 Councilor Garrick M. Perry, former city councilor David Murphy and former mayoral candidate Roy C. Martin.
Current city councilor Jamilia Gore will not be running for a second term in office. Gore was the first African American woman to hold the at-large seat.
Kelsey Hunter Named Assistant Athletic Director for Equity, Inclusion and Student-Athlete Well-being
Kelsey Hunter was recently named the Assistant Athletic Director for Equity, Inclusion and Student-Athlete Well-being in July 2023. Hunter graduated from Smith in 2017, where she was a varsity athlete on the equestrian team and majored in psychology. She began working for Smith Athletics in 2019 as Coordinator of Student Athlete Development and Enhancement, which later evolved to Student Athlete Wellness Coordinator, and now to her current position.
We, the 2023–24 Editorial Board members, are proud to present our first print edition of the academic year. Every year brings many exciting changes to…
The last time Ross Gay visited Smith College was in the fall of 2016 when he was drafting “The Book of Delights” which was published in 2019. Since then, the United States has plunged into a new political landscape and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has forever altered the world.
L'univers littéraire de Roald Dahl est excentrique, plein d'humour et souvent malicieux ; l'univers cinématographique de Wes Anderson lui correspond donc parfaitement.
La última vez que Ross Gay visitó Smith College fue en el otoño de 2016 cuando estaba redactando “The Book of Delights” que se publicó en 2019.
The Smith Cross Country team recently placed second out of 19 teams at the Dickinson Invitational on Sept. 23, beating two nationally ranked teams: No. 28 Carnegie Mellon University and No. 35 Dickinson College. This brought the Smith team up from a 10th-place regional ranking to now ranking sixth in the competitive Mid-East Region.
“I guess you wonder how you got to where you are?” That is the first line of the introduction to Blair Sorrel’s (ʼ77) memoir, “A…