It’s February 2016 at a music center in the Bronx, and Pablo José López Oro, who is currently a Smith professor of Africana Studies, attentively gazes at a group of Garifuna folks rhythmically swaying across the stage. The beat of militant drums echoes across the room as the dancers, dressed in a traditional attire that predates their existence, swing their hips and fervently chant in their native Garifuna language rooted in Carib-Arawak syntax — Carib-Arawak Indians, they claim, are their ancestral origins.
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For many students, the Center for Religious and Spiritual Life (CRSL) conjures up an image of the Helen Hills Hills Chapel. But the CRSL is more than that striking white steeple–it’s a subsidiary of the Office for Equity and Inclusion that offers a wide variety of resources to the student body, regardless of religious affiliation.
The Sophian spoke with Dano Weisbord, former director of the Center for the Environment, Ecological Design and Sustainability (CEEDS) and former Associate Vice President for Campus Planning and Sustainability. After 14 years working at Smith College, this October Weisbord began working at Tufts University as the Executive Director of Sustainability and as chief sustainability officer.
Winter is coming; the days are getting shorter and my four grow lamps are blasting my plants with ultraviolet light all day long while I’m…
In a February letter to the editor, Sherry Li ‘25 criticizes the over-reliance of many STEM classes on digital textbook sites with paid, single-use access codes...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a college student in possession of little fortune must be in want of free food...
Content warning for sexual assault. On Nov. 4, 2022, HBO announced that “Westworld” will not return for a fifth season, leaving the show with no…
The Quad turned 100 years old on Nov. 12 and students came out to celebrate in full force.
In an era where many marginalized groups fear their fundamental rights being stripped away, Carrie N. Baker’s role as a feminist, advocate for social justice and public writer has become indispensable.
By now, nearly the entire Smith community has experienced online learning in one way or another...