Already disadvantaged at Skidmore, OSDP clubs have worked and worried on being supportive and entertaining. Now, they worry about their clubs’ survival. OSDP clubs’ role as an asylum for diverse populations necessitates that they pass something down to future students and that it still exists. Because they lose the opportunity to meet with underclassmen, COVID threatens the future as much as the present. The prospect of failure is scary. None of them want to fail because of the enormous duty that their club has. Many of them wonder if the best they can do is good enough. Nevertheless, it’s astounding how they persevere. Without fail, each club expressed existing plans for next year. How do they still add color? In any way that they can.
Read moreA Tale of Two Campuses: Pandemic, Privilege, and Platform
We are always going to be around people with more resources, who will be held to lower standards with less accountability. Student-athletes have to recognize their unofficial positions of power on campus and the level of influence these positions have. As we move forward, it is important that we as a community work towards holding our own peers accountable instead of relying on an absent administration to do the work for us. Only then will we be able to move past social hierarchies and reconcile relations between student-athletes and non-student-athletes.
Read moreBreak Day: A Reminder to Prioritize Self-Care
I realized that break days shouldn’t just be a school-scheduled once-a-semester occurrence. A break day can be your own creation. Think of something you’ve been putting off because you “haven’t had time” or something you love to do that school has eclipsed in importance. Take out the box of paints in the back of your closet, the journal on your nightstand with the wrapping still on it, the book you are “going to find time to read” but never did. Turn off your phone, shut down your computer, and do it! Take a day off, an hour off, or even just twenty minutes off, and do yourself a favor.
Read moreNext Year in Person: Reflections on This Year’s Passover
This Passover, I feel more in-tune with my Jewish identity than ever: I’ve never thought about my philosophical Jewish beliefs as much as I have lately, in this season of Pesach and the retelling of the Exodus. It’s special to celebrate joy and freedom, whether it’s yours or that of your ancestors. It makes us have hope and believe that we, too, will experience that in our lifetimes. We just have to work for it, and we do that by being a good person, and filling the world with love, respect, and kindness.
Read moreA Twelve Month-Long Decade
This year brought a decade’s worth of lessons; for that, I am wiser. I was forced to detach from the conscience I created from pieces of other people; for that, I am self-aware. I learned it was possible for my whole world to change in one day; for that, I am grateful for today.
Read moreCOVID-19 on Campus: Pass The Mic Student Responses
In early September, as students were adjusting to the new reality of life on campus during this pandemic, Pass The Mic (PTM) paired up with Skidmore News to collect student responses regarding how COVID was being handled on campus.
Read moreHow to Have "Safe" Fun at Skidmore This Semester
With our seniors feeling nostalgic of fun memories of the past and our new freshman possibly feeling uneasy with this new college culture, Skidmore must provide new ways for students to make the most of their time on campus! Here are ten ways to have "safe" fun on or off campus:
Read moreSkidmore Students Speak Out About the Coronavirus Pandemic
On March 9, students were notified through an email that classes were suspended until March 23. Three days later, students found out that the college would be moving to remote learning for the remainder of the semester. The same email announced that all students needed to move off campus by the end of that week.
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