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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 ...
The film festival hosted by the Department of World Languages and Literatures and Exploremore in late February was a wonderful chance for Skidmore Students to learn about different cultures and ...
At the time, I forced myself to leave my doubt and fear behind, a single Thought at a time. Trails of Thoughts trace my steps ...
Skidmore often forgets about students with disabilities. We have no official clubs, organizations, or events that allow the community to make noise. Over the past eleven months, a pandemic has ruled ...
The following piece was a K-Pop group dance choreographed by Professor Chia-Ying Kao for students in her K-Pop I course. Students danced to “CHEER UP” by the idol girl-group TWICE. This piece was ...
As someone who is fairly active in the Theatre Department here at Skidmore, I had very little idea of what to expect from our production of The Orphan Sea. The play, written by Caridad Svich, is not a ...
Heidi Owen West, a local business woman in Saratoga Springs, announced her candidacy for mayor in March of 2020. West, a native Saratogian, has been a business owner downtown for three decades and ...
The moment we've all been waiting for has arrived: the Fall 2024 Elections results are in! It’s time to celebrate your newly elected student representatives for the 2024-2025 academic year. This year, ...
Recently, a 'Back the Blue' counter protest occurred in Saratoga Springs, and live footage from the action showed two Skidmore professors, David Peterson and Andrea Peterson--who work in the Art ...
Over the past few months, the Department of Education has experienced many changes, some of which are causing concern for families, educators, and students across the United States. Among other ...
While the political culture we have each played a role in enabling at Skidmore is most harmful to those with dissenting points of view, it is damaging to all of us in the long run—and ...
Earlier today, The Skidmore News reported that Wesley Yang, an outspoken transphobe, was scheduled to speak at “Are We All Fundamentalists?” a conference being held to celebrate the 60th Anniversary ...