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Budget approval for the 2009-2010 school yearThe Board of Trustees recently approved an operating budget of $190.5 million and a capital budget of $25.9 million for the 2009-2010 academic year. This represents a budget reduction of $10.4 million from the projected $30 million in reductions outlined in President Christ's April 13 plan.
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Interview with Beth Kobliner, A New York TImes bestselling authorBeth Kobliner is the New York Times bestselling author of "Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties." She served as a staff writer at Money magazine and wrote the money column for Glamour magazine. She has been featured repeatedly on Oprah, CNN, MSNBC and ABC, and as a commentator on many other television outlets.
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Cliché to Rarity: Becoming a Smith AlumnaI don't think it is possible to write a column about my feelings upon graduating from Smith College without coming off as cliché, which is strange, because until this year I never quite felt like I fit the Smith cliché. It was hard for me to fit in here at first; I grew up in a family of boys, and the "female sisterhood" concept was new for me.
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Another Great Year For the PioneersWhether on the field, in the classroom or traveling across the country, there is no doubt that Smith athletes never cease to excel. From club sports, which included 125 athletes playing eight sports this year, to the many varsity sport victories, what the Pioneers have shown us is that while it takes passion and commitment to achieve success in the game, match or competition, athletes have the ability to impact positive change in all aspects of the Smith College community.
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Staff Editorial Feb 5 1999: Whatever Ruth, like, as if.There were many wide eyes on Sunday morning as awakening Smith students got their first glimpse of one of the lead articles in the Sunday edition of the Boston Globe. The first quote, discussing the vernacular used in conversation among college students was from none other than President Simmons herself:
"It's (the way in which Smith student speak) minimalist, it's reductionism, it's repetitive, it's imprecise, it's inarticulate, it's vernacular… it drives me crazy.
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Ivy Day: A floral and fashion history
Since 1886, Smith seniors wearing white have graced the campus to celebrate the end of their college career. Originally, the celebration happened on the porch of College Hall. Seniors heard the recitation of an Ivy Day Poem, and the oration of an Ivy song.
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Seniors going abroadAs their Smith careers come to a close, seniors inevitably look ahead to their plans. For some, this includes starting a career, for others it means enrolling in graduate school and, for a few members of the class of '09, it means packing bags to go abroad.
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