Melanie Duronio

Marriage Pact returns, tests its matchmaking skills on Mount Holyoke’s campus

Marriage Pact returns, tests its matchmaking skills on Mount Holyoke’s campus

On an unsuspecting fall afternoon, word spread amongst students that an Instagram account had posted for the first time in over a year with the caption, “Lovebirds. We’ve missed you.” Mount Holyoke College Marriage Pact was back, once again promising companionship for its followers.

'Madame Architect’ highlights women’s voices in architecture, emphasizes community

'Madame Architect’ highlights women’s voices in architecture, emphasizes community

An innovator in the architectural world, Julia Gamolina is a New York City-based architect, writer and educator best known for her digital magazine Madame Architect, which both highlights the stories of and builds community for women architects. 

Gamolina was invited to speak in Gamble Auditorium on Wednesday, Sept. 27, for the event “Towards Madame Architect: Dialogues for a Different Future,” where she talked about her startup and offered career advice to students.

FMT performs ‘Short Eyes,’ invites conversation regarding incarceration system

FMT performs ‘Short Eyes,’ invites conversation regarding incarceration system

During the weekend of Nov. 18, the Department of Film Media Theater acted out selected scenes from the play “Short Eyes.” Performing two shows, they hosted talkbacks after each as well as a symposium on Friday, Nov. 18. 

“Short Eyes” by Miguel Piñero, which premiered in 1974, follows a group of inmates who meet in a house of detention and turn against a prisoner accused of child molestation. Based on Piñero’s own experiences, the play unabashedly depicts the lives of those living in the American incarceration system. It explores themes of morality and justice, as well as what it means to find humanity within a dehumanizing institution.