Anya Ramras '22 - The Amherst Student

Eniola Ajao: The Noise Found in Silence

Ajao has presented her research on Black ASL via Zoom to an audience of over 200 Amherst students, faculty, scholars and artists around the world.

Amherst Softball

Amherst Softball Sweeps Middlebury in Final Games of NESCAC Play

This weekend, the Amherst softball team powered 35 total hits, including five home runs, defeating Middlebury College in all three games to wrap up NESCAC play. GAME ONE: Middlebury 2, Amherst 7 The sides totaled a combined fifteen hits in game one. Amherst opened the scoring in the top

Amherst Golf

Amherst Golf Competes in Tufts and Williams Invitationals

Both the Amherst men’s and women’s golf teams traveled across Massachusetts to compete in tournaments over the weekend. The men’s team competed in the Tufts Invitational on April 17, while both teams headed northwest to Williamstown for the Williams Invitational on April 18. In the Tufts Invitational,

General Sports

March Madness Playing Field Narrows

Men’s Tournament Over the past four days, the playing field in the NCAA’s March Madness tournament narrowed from sixteen teams to the Final Four. On March 27, No. 1 seed Baylor University defeated No. 5 seed Villanova 62-51, before punching their ticket to the Final Four for the

Amherst Sports

NESCAC Spring Sports Announcement Prompts Athlete Responses

On March 9, President Biddy Martin announced that colleges across the NESCAC have agreed to a limited spring sports schedule. Since many spring student-athletes were not expecting to play competitively this semester, this news came as quite a surprise. To gauge general attitudes towards the decision, The Student spoke with

Sports

Duncan Robinson Gives Back to his NESCAC Rival

On Feb. 25, student-athletes were provided the opportunity through Amherst LEADS — the college’s student-athlete leadership program — to hear from one of the best shooters in the NBA, Miami Heat shooting guard Duncan Robinson. Robinson spoke with first-years, sophomore and junior student-athletes about his experiences playing college sports, and he

Sports

Longevity in Sports Today

The longevity of professional athletes has been consistently gaining attention in today’s sports world as a topic of discussion and conjecture. From Tom Brady having just won his seventh Super Bowl at the age of 43, to Lebron James continuing to dominate in the NBA in his 18th season,

Sports

Top Women's Hoops Recruit Azzi Fudd Looking to Four Years of UConn Growth

On Nov. 11, Azzi Fudd, the number one women’s basketball recruit in the class of 2021, signed with the Division I powerhouse University of Connecticut (UConn). A 5’11” guard from Washington D.C., Fudd currently attends St. John’s College High School. Her mother, Kate, played basketball at

Sports

Interview with Amherst Women’s Soccer Coach Jen Hughes

Jen Hughes, the head coach of Amherst women’s soccer, graduated from Colgate University, where she was one of the best women’s soccer players in Colgate history and is one of only two players in Colgate women’s soccer history to have her jersey number retired. Hughes, in her

Sports

Cinderella Stories of the 2020 French Open

Despite the French Open usually occurring in June, the pandemic pushed this year’s French Open to the chilly month of October in Paris. Players from all over the world came together to compete for the winner’s trophy in the final Grand Slam of the year. However, there were

Sports

Amherst Softball Leveraging Performance Technology

New technologies have made their way into athletic practices at the college, especially now, when safety precautions make it much easier to practice with a machine, rather than a socially-distant person. With softball in particular, technology has proven especially crucial. Diamond Kinetics, Blast Motion and Dartfish are technologies that have

Sports

Amherst Athletes Staying in Shape This Semester

With the cancellation of fall sports, and the uncertainty concerning the spring season, Amherst athletes remain unsure of when their next in-person competition will be. Despite the unfortunate circumstances, student-athletes still need to train and stay in shape for overall health and injury prevention, as well as to