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College Prepares for Sale of Founders Home
The former home of Smith College founder Sophia Smith will be sold to a faculty couple, but the 22 Main St. landmark in Hatfield will eventually return to the college's control.

Opera Joins with Jazz at Smith Concert Hall
If you can imagine Luciano Pavarotti jamming with Louis Armstrong, then you get the idea behind Commonwealth Opera's "A Night After the Opera." This musical revue, the brainchild of Smith accompanist Clifton Noble, features opera singers fantasizing about what their lives would have been like if they had pursued jazz-singing careers.

Costs at Smith College go up 5.9 percent
The board of trustees at the all-women's college in Northampton approved a 5.9 percent hike that will bring the cost of tuition, fees, room and board to $43,438 a year, the college announced Monday.

Blacklisted Woman Honored
Former Smith educator Eleanor Hadley, who was blacklisted by the United States government for 17 years, will be among four recipients of the highest honor of the Japan-America Society.

‘Relaxed’ Zoning Upsets Neighbors
With the specter of 85-foot-high buildings looming over the Planning Board meeting on Thursday, residents who live near the Smith College campus took aim at a proposed agreement between the city and the college.

Today in History, March 22
First women's basketball game was played on this day in 1893, at Smith College in Northhampton, Massachusetts. The Smith sophomores defeated the freshmen, 5-to-4.