Ever since the massive success of last weekend’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, I have seen countless articles online of critics who are baffled at the movie’s box office haul.
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HECUBA, the Skidmore Theater Company’s mainstage production, opens this Friday April 8th.
Read moreWorld Languages and Literatures: The New Department Name
“Now that the Registrar’s sent the e-mail to all the students, the change finally feels real,” said Maria Lander, Chair and Professor of the World Languages and Literatures department. Lander is referring to an email to all students from, Registrar, David DeConno that said, “The Department of “Foreign Languages and Literature” has changed its name to ‘World Languages and Literatures.’”
Read moreSkidmore's Next Top Club
This year’s clubs certainly all have their potential in the race for Skidmore’s Next Top Club, and the excitement is in the air as they take their starting positions at the gate. This race is going to be a tight one, with many talented racers.
Read moreSkidmore Removes Majors, Effective Next Year
Around this time last year Skidmore announced that they would begin offering a new major in the Fall of 2015. When this was announced, it was far from known that this major would only last a year, as Skidmore recently announced that effective next year, they would be removing all majors and minors. S
Read moreSkidmore College Athletics Sees Record Attendance Numbers for 2015-16
A recent phenomenon has come to my attention. While talking to some of the athletes around campus, they have repeatedly told me that they have seen larger crowds than expected at all of their games. So, I decided to investigate this strange development.
Read moreStudent Art Exhibit Just a Bunch of Blank Canvases
An exhibit at the Schick Art Gallery that opened last week is already turning heads. The exhibit—which shows off senior art students’ midterm projects—consists of eight blank canvases from four different students across campus.
Read moreReel Talk: Student Actually Listens to Movie Reviewer, Sees Movie
A Skidmore student, who wished to remain anonymous, actually listened to a movie review he saw in the paper, culminating in him physically going to see the movie in the theater last weekend.
Read moreSkidmore College Purchased By Foreign Investors
In a recent, shocking move, The Atlantic Power Reach Investment League purchased a majority share of Skidmore College...
Read moreAre Students Actually Politically Aware?
With the primary election season in full swing, college campuses have not been immune to the heightened popularity—and polarization—of political discourse. Many Skidmore students began perking up to politics last semester, and have continued to follow the candidates. Although it should be appreciated that students are discussing politics at all, there are ways in which these discussions are unhealthy.
Read moreStudents Protesting Avocado Toast
Over the last eight months, Avocado Toast has become one of the most controversial rappers in the game today.
Read morePolitical Activists Build Bernie Sanders Statue in Atrium
The face, a hyper realistic likeness of the senator, was made out of peanut butter packets that had been emptied and molded.
Read moreMental Health Petition at Skidmore
Mental illness and emotional trauma are just as valid as their physical counterparts, and many students of the community believe Skidmore College is currently incapable of providing adequate mental health care.
Read moreBaseball en La Habana
On Tuesday, the Tampa Bay Rays made a historic trip to Havana to play an exhibition game against the Cuban National Baseball Team. The game was the grand finale of a short trip during which President Obama met with Raúl Castro and talked about re-involving the United States in Cuban affairs. The Tampa Bay Rays were just the 2nd team in 60 years to play a game in Cuba, and the first to do so since the Baltimore Orioles played in Havana in March of 1999.
Read moreSkidmore Very Likely to go Test Optional
In the last 25 years, this is around the fourth time that Skidmore has evaluated their admissions requirement that applicants must submit standardized testing, but this year’s result is different than befor
Read moreA New Name for the Government Department
50 years ago, Henry Gallant created the Skidmore Government Department. Gallant had a Ph. D. in Government from Harvard University.
Read moreAn Unprecedented Level of Obstructionism
The disrespect that the Republicans are demonstrating both to Garland and to our country’s constitutional process reveals that the Grand Old Party has reached a grand new low.
Read moreThe Ominous Implications of Trump's Border Plan
Aside from being politically infeasible, building a wall would neither stem immigration nor address the root of the immigrant flow from Mexico. Instead, such a move would amplify years of failed, expensive immigration policies between the US and Mexico, perpetuating a harmful framework for understanding immigration.
Read moreIndian Nationalism Spurs Crackdown on Student Protesters
Imagine for a moment that Skidmore students have gathered in peaceful protest, only to be arrested by government police moments later. Despite how difficult it may be to visualize this scenario unfolding in Saratoga Springs, the same situation occurred just over a month ago at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi, India, sparking waves of protest and debate over national identity.
Read moreCelebrating Willem Golden
On Tuesday March 22, 2016, the Skidmore Community gathered to remember and celebrate the life of Willem Golden ’19.
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