At this point, most of us have been on Facebook for longer than we can remember. Facebook’s popularity feeds off of curiosity, giving users the ability to learn by observation, but from a distance. What may have started as a curious experiment has become a conflicting realm where the real and virtual worlds bleed into one another. And while social media provides users with a convenient way to keep track of memories and stay in touch with friends, sites like Facebook and Instagram often distort perceptions of reality.
Read moreLocker Room Talk: A Skidmore-Born Business
Locker Room Talk (LRT) is a website where collegiate student-athletes can provide honest feedback on their coaches and their athletic programs under the veil of anonymity. LRT empowers student-athletes to speak out about the pros and cons of their college athletic experiences.
Read moreAutism Awareness Month
Skidmore College will again offer a variety of events to raise awareness and acceptance for Autism Spectrum Disorder during the month of April.
Read morePress Release from City Internships
City Internships: nationwide competition launches, giving university organizations the opportunity to win up to $1,500 in sponsorship.
Read moreReproductive Rights: Past, Present & No Future?
On April 6th at 7pm, Skidmore students gathered in Gannet Auditorium to hear about what activists Bill Baird and Lois Shapiro Carter, J.D., had to say about reproductive rights in the United States, and around the world.
Read moreShow Your Sport Presents: Coming Out in Sports
Show Your Sport has invited Kristin Russo and Kate Fagan to campus for a conversation about LGBTQ inclusivity and how we can foster safe spaces in the classroom, on the field, and within our personal lives. The event will be on Monday, April 11th at 8:00 pm in Filene.
Read moreRemembering David. H. Porter
On Friday, March 25th, Skidmore’s 5th President, David H. Porter passed away. Porter was the president of Skidmore from 1987 to 1999. After his term as president he went to teach at few colleges before returning to Skidmore to be a professor till his retirement in 2013.
Read moreBark for a Break
Sarah Markley and Hannah Weissler discuss the benefits of dog therapy on college campuses.
Read moreMemories of David Porter
“If you can master the Greek verb, you can master anything.” That was President and Professor Emeritus David Porter’s mantra, and by it he not only urged students to pursue Classics and the humanities, but also to raise their game in any intellectual endeavor and to have faith in their abilities.
Read moreGoing Test-Optional was the Right Choice
On Friday, April 1st, Skidmore officially went test-optional, beginning with students applying for the class of 2021. As a student who spent countless hours of my junior year in high school taking the ACT twice and spending Saturday mornings on tutoring, I wish that Skidmore had made this decision several years ago.
Read moreA View on Quidditch
Maria Isabel Nieves, a student and Quidditch player, gives her readers more information about the magical sport.
Read moreSkidmore Theater Presents: The American Premiere Production of HECUBA
Celebrated Irish playwright Marina Carr’s HECUBA will see its American premiere at Skidmore College, having been produced only once before at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. Off-Broadway director and National Endowment for the Arts Fellow Ian Belton returns to his alma mater to direct the adaptation.
Read moreSpring Comes to Saratoga, Turns Out to Be April Fools Joke
In a statement to the Skidmore News, the weather said, "Gotcha, bitches."
Read moreThe Importance of Humanitarian Law
A recent ruling from the International Criminal Court (ICC) on war crimes suggests that institutions are making valuable progress in addressing human rights issues.
Read moreReel Talk: Batman v Superman: Do Critics’ Reviews Matter?
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.
Read moreHECUBA
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.
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