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Read moreHow Important is the NFL Combine?
The National Football League’s scouting combine, an event that has exploded in coverage in the last decade, wrapped up last week. Even if you are an avid football fan like myself, you really did not miss much. However, if you watch Sportscenter or read articles on many sports websites, you will find that the combine always receives a lot of attention.
Read morePulp: Interdepartmental Courses Being Offered Next Fall
The second half of the semester will be spent in one of the dance studios, choreographing a tap-dance piece in response to contemporary social injustice in America.
Read moreThe Palace Theater Announce: Chris Cornell
Chris Cornell is a modern icon who transcends genre, he was a chief architect of the 90s grunge movement and remains one of the most iconic rock voices of all time
Read moreDrunk Girl Drops Doughboy; Foul Play Suspected
The Skidmore News will be continuing coverage of the investigation.
Read moreDoes Creative Thought Matter at Skidmore?
Creative Thought Matters (CTM) is confusing, ambiguous, and overused. Skidmore’s motto does successfully reach across campus, but it does so not by a strong understanding and integration in academic settings but through appearances on posters for photo and video contests, stickers, and T-shirts.
Read moreProductive Progressive Change You Can Make
Given the unlikely odds of Sanders’s triumph in the Democratic nomination process, the students whose hearts have been captured by the Vermont senator can channel their progressive values in a more impactful way—at the state level.
Read moreReel Talk: Spring Film Preview
This spring, aside from the general blockbusters, there seem to be some promising films coming, and I’ve ranked a few of them below. Take a look and see if anything looks interesting.
Read moreAlicia Garza Keeps it Real at Skidmore College
On February 27 at 5:00pm, hundreds of Skidmore students filled the seats of Gannet Auditorium to hear what the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter, Alicia Garza, had to say.
Read moreSGA ExComm Statement on SGBM
The Student Government Association Executive Committee is deeply distressed to hear of another case of sexual and gender-based misconduct at Skidmore.
Read moreThe Return of College Republicans
After a few years of dormancy, the Skidmore College Republican Club is back and active on campus.
Read moreMarch Madness is Near: What You Need to Know
Some argue that March is the most exciting month in sports. I suppose it may be because aside from Super Bowl Sunday, February is such an unbearably slow month in sports. But obviously, the main reason people love March is because of the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament, which tips-off in less than two weeks.
Read moreBold Predictions for the 2016 MLB Season
After a wild offseason for Major League Baseball, which saw many teams land big name players, spring training has officially begun. Opening day is only a month away, and teams are gearing up to establish themselves as championship contenders. With that in mind, here are my bold predictions for the 2016 MLB season.
Read moreTwo Departments will find a New Home in Filene
The Skidmore Classics and Economics departments will be moving this August to Filene. They will be joining Art History, some of the Theater department, Moore Documentary Studies Collaborative (MDOCS) and Arts Administration. Currently the Classics department is located on the second floor of Ladd Hall and the Economics department is spread out between two floors of Harder and Filene.
Read moreWhy the 9 in 9 Miles East?
Noa Maltzman gives her review of the well known 9 Miles East.
Read moreSkidmore Men’s Basketball Repeats as Liberty League Champions
For the fourth time in six years, and for a second straight year, the Skidmore Men’s Basketball team has won the Liberty League Championship. The team is slated to play Franklin & Marshall College (F&M) on March 4th at Tufts for the NCAA DIII Men’s Basketball Tournament.
Read moreThe Soldier and Our Trumpian State
If there is a thread that connects Trump voters, it is their perception that they have, through no fault of their own, been pushed form the center to the periphery of American life during the last several decades.
Read moreWhy Play Division III Sports?
Most of us believe that a stout academic background is as important, if not more so, than an athletic career. With Division III sports comes a certain expectation that, as freshman basketball player Jack Byrne states, education will be “the top priority” and that athletic triumph should not be placed on a higher pedestal than academic success.
Read moreNeaux Tigers: Why LSU Could Possibly Not Have Football Next Season
When I think of Louisiana, I think of New Orleans, Cajun food, and LSU football. Well, what if I told you that one of those things could possibly not be part of the Louisiana culture next year?
Read moreLeBron vs. Kobe: Who’s Greater?
A few weeks ago, ESPN released a ranking of the 150 greatest players in NBA history. Though there is a lot to discuss regarding those rankings, I want to use ESPN’s list merely as a launching point for one of the more popular NBA debates of the 21st century.
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