by Juliane Casey in Features
The student group "Transcending Gender" provides an opportunity for transgender, queer and allied students to discuss pertinent issues, provide support and plan educational projects for the broader campus. The group also works directly with the Smith administration to make the school more trans-friendly.
by Katie Thorp in Features
Strains of classic rock filled the cozy, studio-like room. Several students sat making T-shirts on the floor, the wooden boards of which bore the marks of similar artistic projects of the past.
The Women's Resource Center in Davis had the atmosphere of a secret attic room set aside for the purpose of activism, as those present wrote thoughts, emotions and testimonies related to sexual assault on their T-shirt canvasses last Thursday night.
by Liz Brasington in Features
This year, 283 Smith students are, or will be, participating in a semester away from the Pioneer Valley. But will they be receiving a quality education? A recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education called into question the academic viability of various study abroad programs.
by Linh Dinh in Features
Adeline Virginia Woolf was one of the most well-renowned English writers of the 20th century. She was also a member of the Bloomsbury Group, an assortment of well-known artists, writers and intellectuals in England at the time.
This spring semester, Professor Robert Hosmer from the English language and literature department will offer a unique English course called "Reading and Writing with Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group," under the title "Crafting Creative Non-fiction.
by Min A Yoo in Features
Although you'll never stumble upon it by accident, SooRa Restaurant has been serving a steady base of customers who have found their way to the Roundhouse Plaza.
Quite frankly, I'm not so sure why. The service is barely existant, there's an odd smell hanging around, the staff doesn't appear all that perky, and most importantly, the food is as memorable as Paris Hilton's credibility.
by Emma Ramsay in Features
Tomorrow, certified sexuality educator Oh Megan will hold a free workshop titled "Get Wet!" from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Resource Center for Sexuality and Gender. If the workshop's title, much less the speaker's name, says nothing else, it is that potential participants should forget everything they thought they ever knew about sex.
