On Thursday, Sept. 13, Professor Sigal R. Ben-Porath traveled to Skidmore to deliver a keynote address. During her lecture, Ben-Porath stressed the importance of free speech as a principle for all in a democracy, focusing on the ways in which we consider and respond to challenges to free speech.

Rania Matar, an award-winning photographer, spoke to first-year students about the diverse lived experiences of refugees in Lebanon.

From Sept. 13th until Oct. 14th, the Schick Gallery will be showcasing work of different mediums from faculty members Fabian Lopez, Sarah Sweeney, Andrea Peterson, and Doretta Miller, creating an interesting and impressive new exhibit.

Lively Lucy’s hosted Caroline Rose last Thursday as part of the big music week to start off the semester. The singer left the audience wanting more, as her red vibe and recorder skills wowed those in attendance.

Singer Raveena dazzled students at SEC’s The Tang Show last Friday, providing a heartwarming performance to end a great music week.

The garden works to be a space where students and faculty can sit, talk and enjoy themselves. Open all year long, with approximately fifty student workers, many new and exciting developments to the garden have begun to sprout up.

The start of semesters always brings about changes. For Michael Orr, this meant starting his position as Skidmore’s new Dean of Faculty. Skidmore News sat down with the new dean to learn more about his goals for the college.

Vegetarian pizza, risotto, bolognese and more. Find out what new Italian restaurant Taverna Novo has to offer right here on Beekman Street in Saratoga.

This past month Skidmore College welcomed Elizabeth Kolbert, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning book The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History back to campus. Sponsored by the the Saratoga Springs Public Library, the Gannett auditorium was nearly full with an overwhelming majority of older members of the community, along with a smattering of Skidmore students and faculty.

It is an important time for seniors, as well as other upperclassmen who will soon enter their final year at Skidmore, to begin considering the value of consistently supporting the college after graduation.

Get to know Drobakid, a student band that mixes the lyricism of timeless folk music with new-wave sounds inspired by great psychedelic bands. They talk candidly about nerves, music, and each other. Check out some of the tunes they mention here at Drobakid.bandcamp.com.

On April 8, Hungary held its parliamentary elections, resulting in a victory for the Fidesz-KDNP alliance, with Victor Orbán selected as the country’s Prime Minister. Orbán’s radical platform is not only detrimental to Hungary, but also poses a risk to the stability of the European Union.

Harry Potter is the highest selling novel series in human history, and if technology continues to advance exponentially, the written word may obsolesce before a rival author can snatch the crown. For a generation of youth, Harry Potter served as an introduction to existential philosophy; we were compelled to contemplate mortality and acknowledge death as a natural process.

Lively Lucy’s hosted Caroline Rose last Thursday as part of the big music week to start off the semester. The singer left the audience wanting more, as her red vibe and recorder skills wowed those in attendance.

The garden works to be a space where students and faculty can sit, talk and enjoy themselves. Open all year long, with approximately fifty student workers, many new and exciting developments to the garden have begun to sprout up.

In what seems like a whirlwind, Beatlemore Skidmania has come and gone as the weekend of Nov. 17 comes to an end. Every year, Skidmore students and the Saratoga community come together to celebrate a certain era of The Beatles. The 17th annual show celebrated Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, as well as the transcendent single “Strawberry Fields Forever.

As the kneeling controversy roars on, punctuated by high profile dissent from the Trump Administration, it’s easy to lose sight of what sparked the protest in the first place-- police brutality.

The rock legend died last week at the age of 66. 

Featured in the 2017 New York Times Magazine article "Who's Afraid of Claire Messud?" and with numerous bestsellers under her belt, it is no surprise that Claire Messud was the featured speaker of this year's Frances Steloff Lecture series at Skidmore College.

Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and voter apathy keep politically opinionated citizens away from the ballot box-- particularly in local elections. Any Skidmore student can easily register to vote in Saratoga Springs. Given the salience of local political action, there's no excuse not to.