by Anam Khan in News
In response to the bigoted comments posted on the Daily Jolt earlier this month, President Christ and Dean Mahoney facilitated a community conversation on Oct. 15.
"The Jolt provides us with a profoundly different manner of communication in an I.T. dominated age," said President Christ at the beginning of the forum.
by Angela Zhu in News
Due to the growing problem of the national economic crisis in the past few weeks, Wachovia Corporation recently decided to freeze the short-term accounts of nearly 1,000 colleges, including Smith College.
A spokeswoman for Wachovia said that the bank had "restricted withdrawals to ensure an orderly liquidation of the fund, which is dissolving on Dec.
by Angela Zhu in News
Last Wednesday, Oct. 15, the Smith College field hockey team sponsored an all-day celebration on Chapin Lawn in honor of Love Your Body Day. In the past, other organizations such as Feminists of Smith Unite and Residence Life have organized Love Your Body Day events, but this year's daylong fair was the first of its kind.
by Clare Lynch in News
Six students at the White Street School in Springfield face a steeper learning curve than most of their peers. These students, Somali refugees who relocated from Kenya to Massachusetts three years ago, receive a boost from a specialized tutoring program that gives them the individual attention of Smith students.
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Mount Holyoke Students Go Green This Fall
This fall, Mount Holyoke College opened a new residence hall for the first time in 40 years. The building consists of 15 suites, 65 singles and 27 doubles arranged in clusters of 30 students. On the college's website, Mount Holyoke President Joanne V.
by Christiana Solano in News
On Sept. 26, 2008, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni began sending a series of letters to several Ivy League University trustee committees in an attempt to rally support for ROTC campus programs after years of non-recognition. The letters claimed that non-recognition on a select group of campuses including Yale, Brown and Harvard among others, undermines "America's ideal of self-government" and separates a "moral connection to those Americans we send into harm's way.
by Ellen Cormier in News
Earlier this month, Smith College ranked seventh on The Ultimate College Bowl's list of students registered to vote by percentage. Though the college has since dropped out of the top 10, the Smith Democrats and Smith Republicans are both extremely positive about the student body's political involvement this year.
by Sarah Kristeller in News
The Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA) was recently awarded a $7,800 grant by the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC). MCC is a state agency that awards operational grants to cultural entities across the state in three-year cycles based on the type of cultural experience offered by each entity.
by Christina Nyquist in News
Northampton city officials have petitioned the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to expand the city's landfill. The landfill is located just over five miles from Smith on Glendale Road in Florence. The proposed expansion would extend the landfill so that it sits above the Maloney well, a recharge area for the Barnes Aquifer.
