A huge selection of great movies is coming out this fall. Even though February seems so far away, Oscar season starts right about now, so all the so-called “critically acclaimed” movies are going to start popping up in theaters.
Read more"As*holes" Lecture Fails to Provoke
An event that was supposed to broaden student’s minds and facilitate dialogue both during and after the event ended, turned into a disjointed two-person lecture.
Read moreTang Teaching Museum Receives Gift of More than 500 Photographs from the Jack Shear Collection
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College announces a major gift of over 500 photographs from photographer, curator, and collector Jack Shear.
Read moreLady Gaga Premieres Haunting New Song
On September 18th, Lady Gaga officially released her new single, “Til It Happens to You,” to the acclaim of critics and fans everywhere. Unlike the theatrical and flamboyant songs that Lady Gaga is known for, “Til It Happens to You,” which was written for the documentary film “The Hunting Ground,” serves as a blunt and haunting public service announcement on the issue of sexual abuse on college campuses.
Read moreDecorated Journalist, Author to Speak at Skidmore
Skidmore will host American journalist and author Elizabeth Kolbert on Tuesday, November 3rd, in Gannett Auditorium, at 7pm. Her lecture, titled We Are the Astroid, will address the ways in which humanity is the catalyst of the next great extinction.
Read moreDowd Lecture, Stark Interpretation of Capitalism, American Values
Tim Kasser, professor of psychology at Knox University, came to Skidmore last week for the annual Charles N. Dowd Lecture. His talk, titled Capitalism, Values, and Quality of Life: An Empirical, Psychological Approach ambitiously set out to break down what it means to live in a capitalist society.
Read moreA Conversation About a Million Moments
Over the summer, first years read Einstein’s Dreams (1993) by Alan Lightman, and contemplated multiple alternate universes where time followed rules drastically different from ours. On Monday evening, Professor Lightman came to Zankel to talk about himself and his book.
Read moreMusings on the CNN Republican Presidential Debate
It’s the most wonderful time of the year -- for those of us who derive pleasure from the antics of the Republican presidential primaries. This past week, eleven top-polling candidates gathered to vie for both the 2016 nomination and the most convincing embodiment of the retrospectively declared saintly principles of Ronald Reagan, whose presidential library aptly served as the location for the CNN debate.
Read moreSALMAGUNDI Conference: A Must See!
In preparing a feature for the upcoming weekend “Belief & Unbelief,” a Salmagundi Magazine 50th Anniversary CONFERENCE, I asked for a statement from organizer and Skidmore Professor of 50 years, Robert Boyers. Instead of the one or two sentences I asked for, he returned something that left me little more to write. My question… “why should students attend the conference this weekend?”
Read moreThe Responsible Student Policy: An Updated Version of the Amnesty Policy
My fellow 4th floor Jonsson Tower (Joto) residents and I gathered at our mandatory floor meeting the night before the first day of classes. At the meeting, our Resident Assistant (RA), Celia Marhekfa (’18), made an announcement that the policy formerly known as the Amnesty Policy had been changed to the new Responsible Student Policy.
Read moreDocumentary Contemplates Hip-Hop, Home, and Family
The screen fills with three shots of three different oceans, one in Ghana, one in Puerto Rico, and one in Thailand. Each shot begins an artist’s tale of music, home, and tradition. “The stories that make up We Rock Long Distance cross distances, ask questions, and create new ones...
Read moreThe Unknown Facts about Tuesday and Wednesday’s Wi-Fi Outage
On Tuesday, September 22nd, at approximately 4:30pm students who were in the Residence Halls and apartments began noticing issues with the Wi-Fi. All night long, and into the next day, the issue of Wi-Fi on campus was a hot topic of conversation among students.
Read moreOn Hannibal Buress, Sensitivity, and The Big Show
The Big Show’s legacy is one of music, so when Skidmore’s Student Entertainment Committee announced that this year’s act would be comedian, Hannibal Buress, many of us were surprised, some students upset, and others thrilled.
Read moreTop 8 Fall Fashion Tips of 1994 as Told By 'Angry 90's Girl'
Yeah, sure. You want the top eight fashion tips for this year? Whatever.
Read moreA Few Words from a Man Who Speaks with Pictures
On the evening of September 17, students and faculty filled every seat in Gannett to listen to a man talk about comic books. Scott McCloud, the guest speaker for the 27th Fox-Adler Lecture...
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State of the College Address: Institutional Planning Event
State of the College Address
Institutional Planning Event
Friday, September 25, 2015
Murray-Aikins Dining, Hall 2nd Floor
3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
State of the College Addresses by
President Philip A. Glotzbach and SGA President Charles F. Tetelman
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Health Services and Counseling Under Massive Renovation
As of June 8th, Health Services and the Counseling Center have not been in their normal location on the first floor of Jonsson Tower. Instead, they have been located in the medical grade trailers near Wieking and Pennfield in West Lot A, because both of their first floor locations in Jonson Tower are under renovation.
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Virgo
Virgo: The beginning of this school year could be a fresh start for you. Go and try to re-friend everyone from last semester on Facebook. I'm sure no one remembers about how you threw up on Capricorn's gender-neutral significant other at the Sadie Hawkins Lax Formal.
Read moreHannibal Buress
The Skidmore Entertainment Committee (SEC) announced this week that comedian Hannibal Buress will perform at this year’s Big Show. The performance will take place on October 2nd.
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