Red Herring: Matter of Time

Marking 50 years of coeducation, the Editorial Board reflects on the long and contested road the college took on admitting women. The Board argues coeducation’s ordinariness is Amherst’s triumph, but that mistaking what is normal for what is permanent grants us permission to stop progressing.

Contributing Writer Selyse Lawrence ’30 examines why majors in the humanities and social sciences carry the label “useless.” Drawing on her intended majors in Psychology and Black Studies, Lawrence argues that a degree should be judged by the people it can serve as well as by what it pays.

Mammoth Resolve, an organization of Amherst alumni dedicated to fighting against the Trump administration’s infringements on higher education, warns about the recent changes to the college accreditation process and how it can impact Amherst.