Senior dance research majors have been working particularly hard this semester, as this is the first time in the past two years that they will be able to present their capstones live and in person. Five research tract dance majors will present their works on Saturday, April 9th, at the Tang Teaching Museum. Their presentations will include a variety of film and live performances using different forms of media across the entire museum.
Read moreAn Upcoming Production at Skidmore, “A Nice Indian Boy”
Arham Hashmi ‘23 is currently directing the first South Asian play to ever be performed at Skidmore: "A Nice Indian Boy" by award-winning playwright and screenwriter, Madhuri Shekar. It is a comedic play about an Indian man named Naveen, who expresses to his family his wants to marry another man through a traditional Hindu wedding. The play utilizes comedy to address deeper themes of queerness, heritage, and marriage within the context of the traditional Hindu culture.
Read moreSkidmore's SGBM Conversation: Alexandra Brodsky Visits The Center
On Monday, February 28th, a civil rights attorney at Public Justice Alexandra Brodsky spoke at Skidmore’s The Center. Her talk was focused on Title IX, sexual justice, and student activism - all prominent topics on campus following last semester’s walkout against the College’s Sexual and Gender-Based Misconduct (SGBM) and Title IX processes.
Read moreThe Read Scare of 2022: Who benefits from new books being censored and why does it matter?
Photo by Bella Hynes
Conservative-driven book banning has seen a resurgence these past three months with new censorship debates popping up in schools, courts, and homes across the country. Book banning is not a new phenomenon nor is it a practice isolated to a single political party or ideology. This wave of censorship, however, has been particularly far-reaching in terms of its geographically expansive nature, the quantity of books banned, and the broader implications it has when it comes to banning books in 2022.
Don't Say Gay
On Tuesday, March 8, a bill titled Parental Rights in Education passed the Florida Senate. Then, on March 28, Governor DeSantis signed it into law. While the name sounds fairly innocuous, this bill became known in public discourse as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, for its true agenda.
Read moreHide and Seek
I looked for you.
You were not in the kitchen,
The ugly orange tiles lay there, lonely.
You weren’t in the dining room.
Read moreClub Spotlight: Lively Lucy’s
Lively Lucy’s is the hub of all things music and performances here at Skidmore College.
Read more#FreeBritney: Britney Spears Goes to Court
Britney Spears is immersed in an ongoing trial over her 13-year conservatorship that officially ended on November 12, 2021. According to a Deadline article, there is a mini-trial set for July 27th, 2022 to further examine illegal activity, such as surveillance and total control over Britney’s personal finances, that occurred during the conservatorship.
Read moreWelcome to LunchBox Mag
Welcome to LunchBox Mag, the new female-founded Magazine on Skidmore’s campus.
Read moreAlien, Robots, and Theses, Oh My
This Is Bigger Than Sports: Trans Rights and Athletics
Over the last few decades, the LGBTQ+ community has made tremendous progress in the United States and some other countries. However, there is still a long way to go in most of the world towards liberation, and unfortunately we are in the midst of a backlash which focuses on a particularly vulnerable subset: transgender people. How did we get here, and what does this mean for the future?
Read moreHank the Tank: A Loveable Thief?
He’s on the run from a criminal past. Police are scrambling to find and catch him before any more damage is done. But who is this dangerous perpetrator? Why, he’s a five-hundred pound black bear named Hank the Tank! And it turns out, he might not be that dangerous after all.
Read moreWhat's the Word on Wordle?
Wordle is the word puzzle web game that has been blowing up the internet ever since 2021 blended into 2022. But, where exactly did Wordle come from? Well, Brooklyn-based Josh Wardle invented the game (naturally), where every day, a new mystery five-letter word is chosen by the algorithm, and players have six tries to successfully guess the correct answer. Every time a player guesses a letter in the correct place, the letters become green; when they have guessed a letter in the word, but not in the correct place, the letters become yellow. Letters not in the word remain black. Using these clues, players have been guessing and spelling away to crack the code each day.
Read moreThose Who Fail to Learn from History: COVID Restrictions
For the last 2 years, restrictions have been instrumental in containing the spread of COVID-19 and continue to be the first line of defense in protecting us from the virus which has claimed millions of lives worldwide. However, individuals and governments alike have spent the last few years caught in a cycle of loosening and subsequently tightening restrictions, never learning from failures or breaking the cycle of mistakes.
Read moreFirst Semester in London Versus Saratoga: Is There a Winner?
With the fall semester in the books, I, alongside many other first-years, entered the spring semester feeling much more established than in August.
Read moreTexas Freeze of 2021: One Year Later
During February of 2021, Texas was hit with a wave of unusual and powerful winter storms. Many people were left without food, drinkable water, and power. There are many stories of how people made it through this week, but I’m here to give you mine from Houston, Texas.
Read moreEvent Preview: Khameleon Productions to Present at Skidmore College on March 8th
Khameleon Productions, a U.K.-based BIPOC theater company, will be performing their “uprooted” version of Euripides’ ancient Greek tragedy, Medea at Skidmore College in the Janet Kinghorn Bernhard Theater on March 8th. This is but one stop on Khameleon Productions’s four-month “Uprooting Medea” U.S. tour to promote their company and production at over thirty colleges in the nation—including Boston College, Smith College Brown University, University of Miami, and Yale University—crossing twelve states.
Read moreA Dive into the Black History of Country Music: Giving Credit Where it’s Due
If you picture a stereotypical country music band, you might call to mind a crew of musicians playing the banjo, a mandolin, the fiddle—maybe the harmonica, perhaps a pedal steel guitar—and someone on mic with a twangy Southern accent. While the specifics of your band may vary here or there, whether you realized it or not, your imaginary country band is most likely white.
Read moreThe Garwood Line
Summit is on the Garwood line; I don’t know why I need to double check every time. Summit is always on the Garwood line. Summit will always be on the Garwood line.
Read moreTensions Rise in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
I asked my brother, Nathaniel, how he was getting acclimated to his new school. “It’s a ghost-town, Stephanie,” he replied, “everybody left.” My brother was referring to the American embassy kids who had left.
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