Facing the Facts of Liberal Arts: Are our Degrees Still Relevant?

With economic strife rising, it is no surprise that the value of college degrees has been widely debated. Most noticeably, while many economists argue that a vocational degree or bachelor’s from a state university is certainly better than no degree at all, in terms of preparing a student for employment post-graduate, the question of liberal arts degrees often hangs in the air. The question has risen up more recently as Britain makes a great shift towards a path it has long avoided for its unde

Government Re-Start: Understanding the Aftermath of the Shutdown

Do you remember the increasing and paralyzing fear two weeks ago when we thought the government would remain shut down and we would run out of money? Well, the crisis has been averted, for now. To recap, many strange things had occurred in Washington that eventually led to the House of Representatives’ missing the fiscal budget deadline (Oct. 1) and resulted in a shutdown of the government. What were these “strange things”? President Barack Obama wanted to start a healthcare reform, the Afforda

Breakfast With "The Breakfast Club"

Friday night, the Friedmann room of Keefe Campus Center took a trip to the eighties. The room’s furniture, although still modern, consisted of comfy arm chairs, high-backed stools, patterned blue-and-white pillows dotting the dance floor and small round tables with chairs surrounding the main wooden floor, was decorated to aid in the viewing of one of the most iconic movies of all time — “The Breakfast Club.” The movie viewing, dually-sponsored by Amherst Women’s Network and AC After Dark, serv