Smith College

October 3, 2008
Smith College Rec Council and Verizon Wireless present Lights!

Lights looks up bashfully at the end of her first pieces, then relaxes a bit and invites us to clap a long with her. “You guys are awesome,” she says breathlessly. “Ice,” one of her singles and first on the EP, carries itself with a superb beat and starts out impeccably clean, bouncy, and complexly quick, not unlike the artist herself. Though we’re all sitting, some get up to dance in the aisles—Lights’ music is infectious, delightful, and demands movement.

Smith College Rec Council and Verizon Wireless were very nice and let us film boyslikegirls playing at JMG on Smith College campus last Friday. Enjoy and rock on!

On the day before Smith College commencement, alumnae escort the seniors in a parade around campus. Then the seniors plant ivy to symbolize the connection between the college and its graduates.

Smith Professor of Government Howard Gold, a frequent commentator in the media on U.S. elections and voting behavior, offers insight into election 2008. Gold comments on the polls, independents and what has become an "endless campaign."

Award-winning playwright Margaret Edson, a Smith College alumna who teaches kindergarten in the Atlanta public school system, was the speaker at Smith's 130th commencement ceremony Sunday, May 18. The speech was delivered without a written text.