News College Ends Legacy Admissions, Expands Financial Aid; Community Reacts In an email sent to the college community on Oct. 20, President Biddy Martin announced that the college will end its legacy admission preference starting in the 2022-2023 academic year. The college will also implement an expanded and simplified financial aid program.
News Resurgence of Party Culture Unleashes Rampant Vandalism With the return to a fully populated college campus, students, administrators and campus safety officers have observed a dramatic shift in weekend culture. The resurgence of parties has coincided with an increase in reports of vandalism and alcohol overdose calls.
News College Hosts First Family Day Since Pandemic Began The college held its first in-person Family Day event in two years on Oct. 23. The outdoor celebration included various student performances, fall-themed New England food, pumpkin painting and a cozy evening around the campfire.
Sports Women's Soccer Wins Again, Clinches NESCAC Regular Season Title What’s the best way to honor women’s soccer’s six seniors and four super seniors? The Amherst College Bicentennial. Parents’ Weekend. A 5-0 shutout. And a NESCAC regular-season championship.
Arts and Living WAMH × The Student: Covering the Popular Collective Drain Gang Sweden is hardly the first place that comes to mind when anyone thinks about hip-hop music, but the Stockholm-based artist collective Drain Gang have developed significant influence in the scene. WAMH host Nii Aryeetey '23 covers the group’s rise.
Arts and Living Jammin' With the Jazz Ensemble: Family Day Concert Staff writer Davis Renella '25 covers the Family Day performance of The Storm Clouds, Amherst College's own student jazz ensemble, a skillful demonstration which moved effortlessly between high-energy pieces and slower ballads.
Sports Sky Soar Past Mercury, Chicago Wins WNBA Title For the first time in franchise history, the Chicago Sky are WNBA Champions, beating the Phoenix Mercury 80-74 in Game 4 of the WNBA finals. Lead by stars Candace Parker and Stefanie Dolson, the team overcame adversity to achieve their title-winning goal.
Arts and Living "Bad Jews," Good Play: Senior Theatre Thesis Thrills Emma Ratshin '22E's senior thesis "Bad Jews" was performed last weekend, providing a provocative and dark examination of family, religious identity, and community. Assistant opinion editor Tapti Sen '25 breaks down the play and its brilliantly difficult characters.
Arts and Living Amherst in an Abbey: Alum Unveils New Novel Staff Writer Madeline Lawson '25 reviews "Matrix," the newest novel by Amherst alum Lauren Groff '01, which explores ideas of isolation and queerness through a reimagined life in the middle ages but occasionally suffers from a muddled plot.
Sports Dominant Defense Leads Football Past Hamilton, 21-0 Behind an impressive defensive performance, football earned a 21-0 victory against Hamilton College on Oct. 23. The Mammoths held the Continentals to just 305 yards of offense, while also intercepting four passes.
Sports Volleyball Returns to Winning Ways After Dropping Two Straight The volleyball team won two games in convincing fashion this past weekend, bouncing back only one week after dropping two straight conference games. The Mammoths did so in impressive fashion, notching strong individual and team performances on the way to two 3-0 sweeps.
Arts and Living And the Show Goes On! Broadway is Back After a hiatus of more than a year and a half, how has Broadway changed? This week, staff writer Sarah Weiner '24 talked with Broadway stage manager Lisa Buxbaum about Covid precautions, calls for equity in the industry, and the future of Broadway.
Sports Three Matches, Three Wins: Men's Soccer Cruises Past WPI, Colby and Trinity Over the past week, men's soccer topped Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Colby College and Trinity College to finish its regular season in dominant fashion. The Mammoths earned a number-two NESCAC playoff seeding in the process.
Opinion Red Herring: Boba King Red Herring cartoonist Isaac Streiff ’24 ponders how many free boba teas they could have gotten had they attended all of the events advertised in the Daily Mammoth thus far.
Opinion Satire: Amherst Eliminates Legacy Admission Preference to Make Room for Athletic Admission Preference Satire columnist Andrew Rosin ’25 celebrates Amherst’s recent departure from legacy-preferential admissions as a brilliant step toward getting more athletic recruits on campus.
Opinion Letter to the Editor: "Legacy-Blind" Admissions In a letter to the editor, former Amherst College Associate Dean of Admissions Willard M. Dix ’77 supports the recently announced end of legacy preference at the college, but questions how the college intends to act in a “legacy-blind” way.
Opinion Seeing Double: Seeking Student Spaces in the Student Center Seeing Double columnist Cole Graber-Mitchell ’22 thinks back on his experiences working with Green Room and argues that the planning of a new student center provides the perfect opportunity for a new student-run space.
Opinion Letter to the Editor: Preserving Alumni Relations In a letter to the editor, former DePauw University Director of Giving Matt Mascioli ’07 applauds the end of legacy admissions at Amherst, but encourages the college to continue to foster a strong alumni-college relationship.
Opinion In the Mind of Your ‘Model Minority’ Contributing writer Tara Alahakoon ’25 looks at the recent campus discussion on mental health from the vantage point of her Asian American heritage. She argues that the counseling center should train staff to be aware of all cultural traditions.
Opinion Education Backfires Cartoonist Emi Eliason’22 speaks on student activism at Amherst, shedding light upon administrative responses to student demands.
Opinion A Lasting Legacy The Editorial Board congratulates the college on last week’s decision to end legacy preference in admissions and increase financial aid, recognizing that, while it is not a solution to admissions inequity, it is evidence of an institutional commitment to a more diverse future.
News As Infections Remain Low, College Repeals Covid Restrictions On Oct. 19, the college announced its return to Level 1: Baseline Covid-19 Operations. Generally students anticipate enjoying newly permitted activities, but some still wish for a more complete return to normalcy.
News From the Red Room: Oct. 25 AAS Meeting Updates The AAS discussed Committee on Priorities and Resources (CPR) allocations, nominated representatives for the upcoming Judiciary Council (JC) hearing, and went over on-campus issues and projects.
News Thoughts on Theses: Max Hoffman Max Hoffman is a chemistry major. His thesis looks at the computational modeling of excited nanocrystals. His thesis advisor is Professor of Chemistry Jacob Olshansky.
