In Response to the Call to Divest

I write in response to the opinion piece, “A Letter to the Administration: When Will We Divest? [https://amherststudent.com/article/a-letter-to-the-administration-when-will-we-divest] ”  about the college’s endowment. I’d like to provide The Student’s readers and the college community as a whole with some important facts that give a more accurate and complete explanation of Amherst’s investments. Before I do, I want to assure the authors of the opinion piece and subsequent petition that the coll

A Few of Biddy's Favorite Things

1. Intellectual quality 2. The curiously long lines for fried dough at festivals 3. Financial aid 4. Trick or treating and hayrides 5. The view from Memorial Hill 6. Book and Plow Farm 7. The physics jacket 8. Student publications 9. The devotion of our alumni 10. Faculty engagement with students 11. Students who come to my office hours 12. The feats of our student athletes 13. Student clubs and performers (Gad’s) 14. Orchestra, jazz, a capella, choral, dance and thesis performances