By Julie Taliesin Staff Writer The thousands of books collected by the late Professor Len Mailloux’s Globalization on a Shoestring class will all be sent off by the end of this semester. After his passing in November, Mailloux’s students rallied to finish this project. The Simmons radio station, The Shark, hosted a successful pledge-a-thon in…
By Ellen Garnett Staff Writer Simmons came together this past weekend to honor its student leaders at its annual Leadership Recognition Ceremony (LRC). Members of the College’s community took time to dine and award the achievements of 19 students, organizations, programming, and an advisor. Sarah Neill, Vice President of Student Affairs and Associate Provost, welcomed…
By Jessica Pupo Staff Writer Last week was the annual COF-wide “Take Back the Night” Week of Action. Many might not know much about Take Back the Night outside of it being an annual event at Simmons, but its history began over half a century ago. Starting with women coming together to protest and raise…
By Jennifer Ives Staff Writer On Monday, April 11, at precisely noon, over 150 Simmons undergraduate and graduate students staged a walk-out and rally in protest to trans-exclusionary language used by President Helen Drinan in recent letters, as well as to the current non-inclusive environment at Simmons. It was planned and executed by students concerned…
By Mackenzie Farkus Staff Writer Simmons College’s first annual Multicultural Week kicked off on Monday, March 27 with help from the Multiculturalism and Inclusion Council and other student organizations on campus. “Planning [this week] was really exciting,” Danna Leal, a first-year, said. “Since it’s the first annual week, we had a lot of freedom in…
