Since we are less than a week away from the draft (which will be televised on ESPN Thursday April 28th), I want my predictions for each selection in the top ten on record. To clarify, I am basing these predictions based on what I think other teams will do rather than what I personally would do. Moreover, I think it would be boring for there to only be predictions for the top selections. So, I am also going to project whether each player will be a “stud” or a “dud” over the course of his career. Hopefully no one will look back at this when one of my duds becomes a Hall of Famer.
Read moreConstitution Pipeline: Laying Down a Dismal Future
The DEC rightfully denied the permit request to build the Constitution Pipeline on Earth Day 2016. This effort is about more than defeating one pipeline—it is also about shifting the way we think about sustainability, energy, and our future.
Read moreThe Evolution of Skidmore Party Culture, What We Should Do About It
A lot has changed for Skidmore seniors since they became students in 2012, including the landscape of party culture. For a number of reasons, students are choosing to stay on campus to party, and are not entirely satisfied with the options available, creating a heightened demand for on campus events.
Read moreEscaped Earth Day Turkey Still at Large
For years, the petting zoo has been a staple of Skidmore's Earth Day celebrations, allowing students the opportunity to connect with animals and giving vegan students the chance to make their meat-eating peers feel guilty.
Read moreWill Sophomores be Housed in Triples?
April is a busy month for Skidmore students. We select courses for next year, celebrate Earth day, make final summer plans and enjoy our long awaited event, fun day. In addition to this, everybody, aside from seniors, select housing for next year. As housing selection is under way, we have seen some changes from past years.
Read moreHEAD SPACE: An Exhibition on Mental Health
“Head Space” is the senior project of Hannah Kolb ’16, who is studying English and sociology. She has spent the past semester seeking and collecting submissions from Skidmore alumni and current students to bring together a range of artworks on mental illness, specifically anxiety and depression.
Read moreA Problematic Trivialization of the Kashmiri Conflict on Film
Why choose to adapt a play that has been reproduced for centuries when an abundance of real stories of hardship and tragedy exist in the region you are trying to reveal to the world?
Read moreSkidmore RideShare
Jack Spiegelman ’18 and Mark Gao ’19 announce their development of an online RideShare program available exclusively to Skidmore students looking to save money on travel expenses.
Read more2016 NHL Playoff Preview and Predictions
Even if you haven’t followed the NHL regular season, this preview will inform you of the three most compelling first-round matchups, the three most intriguing players, and my three main predictions for the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Read moreNew Admissions and Financial Aid Building to Come
If you ask many of Skidmore’s top administrators, they will tell you that the Center for Integrated Science (CIS) remains a top priority, in terms of construction projects. Vice President and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, Mary Lou Bates, confirmed this, saying “the top priority is CIS.”
Read moreRanking the Greatest Finishes In Sports
The final moments of this game easily rank as some of the most thrilling I have ever seen. But was Villanova/UNC the greatest finish in sports history? Without further ado, here is my take on the greatest sports endings; and for the fun of it, they will be joined by comparisons to famous movie climaxes that aroused similar feelings of emotion. Fair warning, spoiler alert!
Read moreWin Totals Aside: Are the 2016 Warriors Better than the ‘96 Bulls?
Since regular season win totals should not be the main measure to determine who the greatest NBA team of all time is, which team is truly better: the 2016 Warriors or the 1996 Bulls?
Read moreNo End in Sight for Facebook and Social Media
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.
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