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Easy Reader: Peggy Pope of Nine to Five Tells Her Irresistible Show-Biz Story

David Finkle | Posted 05.23.2012

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David Finkle

Her show-biz resume began accumulating credits not too long after she'd settled in Manhattan -- and all of it Pope recounts with great humor. She's a naturally funny woman when she's merely recounting the facts. Laughing out loud through these pages is a regular response.

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(WATCH) Glee's Jane Lynch Gets Personal In Smith's Commencement Address

Posted 05.21.2012

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Glee's Jane Lynch discusses the entitlement she felt once she left graduate school and the transformative power that improv comedy and "yes and" had o...

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At Some Colleges, Parental Recommendations Welcome

AP | By JUSTIN POPE | Posted 03.03.2012

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-- The letter recommending Christianne Beasley for admission to Smith College didn't come from the most unbiased of sources. But there was no disputi...

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The Case of the Disappearing Black and Latino Student: Race and the Achievement Gap at Smith College and Stuyvesant High School

Richard Buery | Posted 05.02.2012

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Richard Buery

Where you stand on the declining numbers of African Americans at Stuyvesant depends on your answers to two questions. First, do you think the small number of black students is a problem? Second, what should we do about it?

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Smith College Alum Believes Her School Now Full Of Lesbians

Posted 03.07.2012

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Anne Spurzem doesn't like the women attending her alma matter these days. Spurzem wrote a letter to the editor of the Sophian this week complaining...

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What I Owe Margarita Muñiz

Meg Campbell | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Smith College, Bilingual Education, Dual-Language-School, Boston University, Boston Public Schools, Wellesley College, Ron Edmonds, Effective Schools, Wheelock College, Harvard College, Education News
Meg Campbell

My children's education is just one debt I owe this remarkable educator.

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Smith College Students Revolt Over Rumors The School Will Turn All-Vegetarian

AP | Posted 12.25.2011

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NORTHAMPTON, Mass. — The rumor that Smith College was going entirely vegetarian, and that it would only buy food from local growers, started a r...

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The 10 Colleges With The Best Dorms

Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Smith College, Scripps College, Bennington College, Loyola University, Best Dorms in the Country, Skidmore College, Christopher Newport University, Bowdoin College, Washington University in St. Louis, Bryn Mawr, College News

Dorms are notoriously spartan, cinderblock affairs. However, some colleges definitely have better living quarters than others. According to the Pr...

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Obama Staff Profiles: Stephanie Cutter

The Relentless Conservative | Posted 10.03.2011

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The Relentless Conservative

Besides the above very superficial info which might be found her resume, I could find nothing else out about this operative, Stephanie Cutter. Her Wikipedia entry is amazingly indistinct; as hazy as any I've seen for much less accomplished people.

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Rachel Maddow Becoming Big Time Political Player

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joan E. Dowlin

You know Rachel Maddow is becoming a big time player when the big shots at Fox News (Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck) start mentioning her on their programs.

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Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins

Alison Teal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alison Teal

Molly Ivins was a true wit. It's not surprising that a play about her would be very funny, but the play also reveals a side of her that many will not be familiar with- a lifelong struggle with her father.

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Assuring That Women's Stories are Told

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kate Kelly

The daily news is referred to as the "first draft of history," so it's important that women's news get the coverage it deserves and that our stories be preserved for those who follow us.

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Rich And Famous College REJECTS (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Lindsay Dittman | Posted 05.25.2011

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As envelopes fat and thin fill the mailboxes of hopeful college seniors around the country, it's important to remember that acceptance to a certain sc...

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Rachel Maddow Delivering Smith College Commencement Speech, Students Go Wild For News (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rachel Maddow will deliver the commencement address at Smith College this spring, and the student reaction at the all-women's college couldn't have be...

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Helping Gloria Steinem Celebrate Her 75th Birthday

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kate Kelly

Steinem was humble, displayed a wonderful sense of humor, and showed a strong dedication to continuing her work for social change. "Hope is a form of planning," she said.

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College Students Travel to New Hampshire to Volunteer for Obama

Mary Ann West | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mary Ann West

In the quintessential town of Keene, New Hampshire, volunteers waved as cars honked in support while standing on the picturesque Village Common, hoist...

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Smith College, my Educational Passport; or, Back to School

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Susan Corso

I never know to where or when a book will take me, ergo, I never go anywhere without one.

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