Sherilyn Smith, Author at The Highland Echo

MC’s history defines the college and resides in the archives

An ancient practice spanning across cultures, the act of archiving goes back to the third and second millennia B.C. in…

Sherilyn Smith • Apr 26, 2017 • 5 min read

My life can be measured in the empty bowls of queso left behind in Mexican restaurants, but I realized recently…

Sherilyn Smith • Apr 12, 2017 • 3 min read

In Persian, it’s called narghile; in Sanskrit, narikera, Indian, nargile, Arabic, hashish and in English, shisha. Most Americans, however, are…

Sherilyn Smith • Mar 29, 2017 • 3 min read

After an 18 hour flight, Timela Crutcher’s J-Term class arrived in the South Asian country of India, the seventh largest…

Sherilyn Smith • Mar 8, 2017 • 3 min read

Led by an executive board of members consisting of President Will Winters, Vice President Nick Peterson, Program and Activities Director…

Sherilyn Smith • Feb 22, 2017 • 5 min read

Tucked away in a corner of Maryville, Tennessee on 1505 and 1507 Broadway Ave., next to the hookah shop, The…

Sherilyn Smith • Jan 25, 2017 • 5 min read

The students of Smoky Mountain Self-Defense shuffled nervously as Roy “Hoot” Shields entered the training room, slapping a baseball bat…

Sherilyn Smith • Dec 7, 2016 • 4 min read

The meido kissa, also referred to as meido kafe or the westernized “maid cafe”, is a subcategory of cosplay restaurants…

Sherilyn Smith • Dec 7, 2016 • 3 min read

Ana Gonzalez-Tablas is a translation/interpreting major from the University of Murcia in Spain. Speaking of home, Gonzalez-Tablas said, “There are…

Sherilyn Smith • Oct 26, 2016 • 3 min read