Christine Ondreicka - The Amherst Student

Music industry attacks new MIT sharing system

Winstein, a graduate student of electrical engineering and computer science, and Mandel, a junior studying computer science, developed a system for sharing music files that they thought would avoid the recent legal issues over copyright laws, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. Their program combines the resources of the

Opinion

An American in Bordeaux

Generalizing people is a dangerous thing; I try to judge people on a case by case basis, not by where they were born. For me, this attitude was essential during my stay in France because I was in a foreign country where I met not only French people, but also

Opinion

Affirmative action-the debate that never ends

As a minority student, I have recently found myself torn on the affirmative action issue. I sometimes wonder how much my Hispanic background contributed to my acceptance into Amherst College. Hacker himself admits that he was accepted to Amherst College partly because his father was a professor. Although this was

News

Anti-muslim sentiment hits Amherst

One student, who asked to remain anonymous, said that she experienced bigotry at the Spirit Haus liquor store. “I was at the Spirit Haus getting some beer and when I handed the guy my ID, he looked at it, looked up at me and asked, ‘Where are you