by Beth Cash in Features
Every week, thousands of students in the Pioneer Valley bus themselves around to the Five Colleges to take classes, expand their minds - or their social circles - or to simply indulge in the scenery of another campus. In our travels, however, several of us tend to miss out on a crucial element, the thing that many students believe to be the most important aspect of their campus' quality of life - the food.
by Hannah Egerton in Features
This is it, the event that we have been waiting for all year around. No, it is not Mountain Day, the start of classes, or even fall break. It is something better than that: the New Year! Now, I know a lot of you might think that I am getting a little overexcited for something that you believe is months away, but you must be thinking about the wrong New Year.
by Rebecca Chazin in Features
The abundant student organizations on Smith's campus are as varied as the student body itself. The larger and better-known organizations, like the Smith Democrats or the Campus Center Activities Board, take up a great deal of publicity and cause substantial buzz around campus.
by Karen Jensen in Features
In 2007, AIDS killed an estimated 2.1 million people globally, and 33.2 million lived with the disease. The pandemic has affected so many people worldwide, it seems ludicrous that there is still an incredible amount of incorrect assumptions made and false stereotypes shrouding the reality of the illness.
A Smithie's Journey From Lebanon to Sweden to Smith
by Bella El Makdessi in Features
From the icy winds of Ystad, Sweden, to the gender-separated restaurants of Saudi Arabia; from holding tame falcons in Dubai to running out of my seventh-grade classroom as an earth-shattering bang echoed through the halls and smoke rose from Beirut - once the Paris of the Middle East; from the bustle of New York's Chinatown to English daffodils in spring, all the way to Smith College, I came to a realization: an awareness of life is what makes it a gift.
by Elena Lavarreda in Features
The election is coming and with it demands to get out to vote. But for more than five million people it is not just a busy schedule that keeps them from the polls - a confusing patchwork of state laws bars people with felony convictions from voting. Who can vote is even more important in an election like this one, where McCain and Obama are so close in the polls.
by in Features
Friday, Sept. 19 at 4:34 p.m.
Staff member from science center reports student from Hampshire College suffering allergic reaction. Student was transferred to Cooley-Dickinson hospital.
Friday, Sept. 19 at 5:45 p.m.
Request from Northampton Police Department to help search for patient who escaped from Cooley-Dickinson hospital.
