Men's rugby manhandles Williams, 41-3

The Jeffs got off to a strong start with tries from Colgan Johnson ’03 and Molibi Maphanyane ’06 in the early minutes and a kick for points from Reed Knox ’04 to take a 17-0 lead. “The first 20 minutes were almost perfect rugby. They basically never got in our half of the field in the beginning of the first half,” Dave Babbot ’05 said. With Amherst well ahead, Williams drove down the field but was forced to settle for a kick for points by the tough Amherst defense, bringing the score to 17-3.

Vietnam veteran Merson '66 speaks on own combat experiences, war with Iraq

Merson, who enlisted in the Marine Corps at the beginning of his senior year and served in Vietnam as an infantry scout, radio operator and platoon team leader, began by describing his experiences during the war. He started with his own decision to enlist. Although Merson, along with most of his classmates at Amherst, had concluded that the war was “misguided and immoral,” he nevertheless felt it important that he take part in it. “I felt that I had to be a part of it. For me, going to war was

Women's rugby nabs first win, men fall to Harvard

Rebecca Muse-Orlinoff ’03, the club president, scored the team’s first points early in the second half to bring the score to 5-0. Emily Stark ’04 and Holly Myers ’05 also scored. Elizabeth Hawkins ’03 went 1-3 on extra kicks, with both her misses coming off difficult angle kicks. “This is the first game that we really came together,” said Regina Scribner ’04. “The scrum and the backs really worked together.” “This is how our team should be playing, how we expected to be playing” said Muse-Orli