It's time for a mass purge of MASSPIRG fee on Smith campus
by Katie Chase in Opinions
Do you know what MASSPIRG is? I hope so, because you're making a $12 donation to them this year.
MASSPIRG stands for Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group. They are basically a non-profit student activism organization that is based on college campuses and employs students.
by Caitlin Flynn in Opinions
By the time the Oscars air on Feb. 25, I think I'm going to be able to predict the winner's speeches word for word. After watching a plethora of televised awards shows such as the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild Awards, it's pretty easy to predict which performers will take home the top acting honors on Oscar night.
by Leah Gross in Opinions
Lately there has been a lot of talk at Smith about PLAs in regard to the new science building. I disagree with the enforcement of a PLA at Smith for many reasons, the main ones of which are listed below.
A PLA, or Project Labor Agreement, exists to create rules in the workplace, theoretically to help workers earn a fair wage and keep the workplace safe.
by Kalen Wheeler in Opinions
For the past few months, members of a working group of Students for Social Justice and Institutional Change (SSJIC) have been putting pressure on the Smith administration to sign a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for the construction of the Ford Science and Engineering Building.
by Lauren Wickboldt in Opinions
As one of the most liberal schools in the country, Smith of course has a policy of trying to help the environment. Every year we try and save energy by turning all of our lights off when we leave for vacation and by setting our computers on energy-saving modes.
by Aileen Coe in Opinions
I'm sure most of you have noticed the lack of any substantial snowfall this year up until Friday night. Some may have met this with chagrin, missing the swirling white that usually announces the arrival of winter and feeling the dearth of a "White Christmas" this year, others with relief at not having to trudge through it and reveling in the slightly warmer weather.
by Fatoumata Soumaré in Opinions
Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Scientology and Hinduism are some of the religions to which members of our globe belong. Through common knowledge or rumors, each of us can make assumptions about every religion in the world. Besides the assumptions we make, what do we really know about each other's religions or even our own? I was inspired to write this article from an event that took place during the second week of J-term when what I thought would be an hour of enjoying dinner and friends' company turned into something completely different: a six-hour debate about religion and our attempts to show flaws in each other's religious faiths.
by in Opinions
Race at Smith. It's one of those topics that is seemingly omnipresent, but how many productive dialogues about race are actually taking place on campus? Sure, there's Otelia Cromwell Day and Unity orgs, which are doing good work, and Smith implemented a pilot Getting Real About Race discussion group last semester, but will this ensure that every voice is heard and that every story is told? This is such an important issue that conversations about it should be constant and available to every member of the community.
by in Opinions
1) We can walk across the pond!
2) The squirrels have finally gone into hiding.
3) The emergence of a snow menagerie, complete with snow penis.
4) We can stop talking about global warming until this summer, which will most likely be unbearably hot. Or it will snow.
