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Winter 1997 | Volume 11, Number 2 | Northampton, Massachusetts

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Beyond the Social Safety Net: Smith interns work with society's least advantaged Of Mayans and Mexico: Smith's Neilson Professor Is a Noted Latin American Anthropologist Smithellanea: Not Just Another "ER" Fan ............................ NewsSmith is published by the Smith College Office of College Relations for alumnae, staff, students and friends. We welcome your comments and suggestions; please click here to send e-mail. ........................... Editor: Jan McCoy Ebbets Art Director: John Gerard Eue M.A. '94 Contributing staff: Cathy Brooks, Sally Rubenstone '73, Ann E. Shanahan '59, Winston Smith ........................... Smith College Notice of Nondiscrimination

It was evening in January 1996 when Smith College junior Alexandra Van Dyck stepped off the bus in the middle of Garissa, a small town near the border of Somalia in the northeast province of Kenya. She was immediately struck by new sights and sensations--livestock roamed freely along the town's only two intersecting streets, locals stared with interest at this new mzungu (white person) in their midst, and the heat, even at this time of day, was stifling. Smith College home page | NewsSmith home page Copyright © 1997, Smith College. Portions of this publication may be reproduced with the permission of the Office of College Relations, Garrison Hall, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts 01063; (413) 585-2170. Last update: 1/12/96.

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