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Katherine Welsh Closes her Successful Dive Season at the Region 3 Championship Meet

Katherine Welsh ’26 of the Smith Swim and Dive team placed 13th in the 1-meter dive and 14th in the 3-meter dive at the NCAA Division III Northeast Regional Diving Championships hosted by Colby College in Waterville, Maine on Mar. 1-2, 2024. This is the second time Welsh has qualified for Regionals in her career at Smith and her highest placement so far.

After Years of Deconstructing the Genre, Shygirl Breathes New Life Into Club Pop

Just dance. Please don’t stop the music. The whole club was looking at her. Tonight’s going to be a good night. 15 years ago, pop music was concentrated on the elation of dancing, drinking and desire in the club. Now, Shygirl is part of a wave of artists bringing it back with her new EP, “Club Shy,” a delightfully crafted collection of songs that revel in their danceability. 

Smith Rugby remporte sa deuxième victoire consécutive dans le championnat de la conférence

Smith Rugby a remporté le championnat de la New England Wide Collegiate Rugby Conference (NEWCRC) pour la deuxième année consécutive le 4 novembre. Tout au long de la saison d'automne, l’équipe Smith Rugby s'est battue avec acharnement et a tenu tête aux 20 autres équipes de la NEWCRC pour se qualifier pour le championnat de la conférence. Le jour du championnat, vêtue de la tête aux pieds de ses uniformes rouge et noir caractéristiques, l’équipe de Smith a battu Yale 24 à 17 dans un match serré.

Our endowment is our future, but what about our present?

A couple of years ago, media outlets including The Nation and The Washington Post were referring to the latest wisecrack (a clever or sarcastic remark) about Harvard University: the ivy-league institution had turned into a hedge fund with a university attached to it. Students called upon Harvard to ‘unhedge’ its endowment while others praised its financial planning strategies. An open letter in The Atlantic called it a ‘brand problem’ yet also a ‘literal truth.’ This characterization underscores a broader trend among universities and colleges, the apparent intent to accumulate the largest endowment ever seen. Maybe we should start thinking about how, and what we are getting this money for.

An Interview about ‘Gender: Two Novellas in Verse’ with Poet and Author Anne Harding Woodworth

In under 100 pages, Anne Harding Woodworth (’65) dives into a conversation on gender fluidity.  By looking to a mysterious past and future, in “Gender: Two Novellas in Verse,” she explores secondary universal themes of parenting, companionship and survivorship. Harding Woodworth brings genderfluid people to the forefront of her narrative, starting a conversation on representation and whose stories are worth telling. 

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