by Darry Madden in News
Smith College is joining with the University of Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina to create the first American Studies department in southeastern Europe. Funded with a $200,000 grant from the United States State Department, the program is seen by Smith College as an important step in securing a mutual understanding between the two nations.
by Lauren Cox in News
Some Smith students understand the complexities of Smith College's current plans for a permanent engineering building and the resulting change in Green Street housing. Yet the issue is quite volatile on campus, as some feel the college is destroying a significant portion of the affordable housing in Northampton.
by Fiona Somers in News
Spectrum plans to start off the spring semester with a great deal of excitement by bringing queer musician Catie Curtis to campus for the organization's largest fundraising event of the year.
Curtis, a New England native who currently lives in Boston, has toured with the Lilith Fair concert as well as such prominent artists as Dar Williams and Mary Chapin Carpenter.
by Laura Peterson in News
You might have noticed that the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship has grown since last year. Even if you have not attended any of their events, they have been visible through chalkings, banners, flyers and in the conspicuous form of a large group of women sitting in plain sight in Campus Center room 103/104 on the first floor behind big glass windows all year long.
by Schuyler Clemente in News
Senate learned about and discussed the National Tuition Endowment Act of 2005. This endowment, created by student leaders at Columbia University, would be partially funded by all interest generated from student loans, which would be billions of dollars that can return to students in the form of scholarships.
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Smith College will offer to developers its property at 36 Bedford Terrace for the development of apartments in proximity to downtown Northampton in order to replace market-rate affordable housing that will be removed for the construction of an engineering and molecular sciences building.
by Elizabeth Snyder in News
The scent of chlorine permeates the air. A big band swing song is projected from the loudspeakers. A woman is sprawled out on the edge of the swimming pool, banging a wrench on the pool's metal lining. The clinks sound to the beat of the song.
"Turn-2-3-4-5-6-7-8.
by Lauren Cox in News
Student activists from artistic, sexual violence and HIV/AIDS-awareness organizations united to transform this year's SEXhibition celebration into a larger fundraiser for the local community. SAFE (Survivors and Allies For Education on Childhood Sexual Abuse and Incest) member Abby Weitzman '05 said she planned SEXhibition "to have one night of a sex-positive-taboo-breaking event.
