Recently, I forced my girlfriend through the ordeal that any number of my friends, partners and casual acquaintances have been subjected to in the past — a showing of the 1982 classic “The Snowman.” Based on a picture book of the same name, “The Snowman” is a hand-illustrated silent short film accompanied by an original symphonic score. All aspects which my willing or unwilling viewers have no doubt found riveting. Not to mention that it inflicts more emotional damage than any children’s Christmas movie has a right to. Call it my artistic appreciation (or early onset depression) but its bittersweet mood is one of the many reasons it was my favorite film as a child.
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On Rally Day, Feb. 22, 2024, President Sarah Willie-LeBreton announced that five distinguished leaders — Maria Luisa Arroyo Cruzado, Ruth E. Carter, Ertharin Cousin, Jill…
The Student Government Association (SGA) of Smith College held its first presidential debate in several years on Tuesday, April 16. Three pairs of students were…
Putsata Reang, author, journalist and Seattle educator, will be speaking about her memoir “Ma and Me” at the Spring Symposium on Apr. 21. The event…
Not I, nor anyone else, would dare to call Smith College a party school. It is not an overstatement or bad faith criticism to say weekends on campus are sometimes, perhaps often, dire. The underwhelming party scene is widely recognized and, for this very reason, also not particularly compelling to analyze.
On Dec. 7, 2023, Smith College’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) formally requested that the College divest from seven prominent global weapons manufacturers.
On Nov. 19, Smith College announced the incoming addition of Kathleen McCartney Hall to campus.
Smith College Department of Theatre performed “You on the Moors Now,” a play by Jaclyn Brackhaus from Feb. 28–Mar. 2. The experience was a whirlwind, satirical, hyper-feminist fanfiction...
Fencing at Smith College began in the early 1900s, when Senda Berenson, Smith College’s Head of the Athletic Department, introduced fencing to Smith. Now, the…
In Feb., the Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA) — now free and open to the public — re-opened their newly renovated third floor after its closing the previous spring.