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Cole Graber-Mitchell '22

Cole is a second-year from Minneapolis, Minnesota --- the land of high voter turnout, cold winters, and nice people. When not writing depressing articles about everything we do wrong, he likes to sin

Seeing Double: You Need a Union

A car exits the highway and stops at a red light outside of a warehouse. Two union organizers, standing on the sidewalk, wave hello and strike up a short conversation. The car’s driver is one of the 5,800 Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, where the first union election

Seeing Double: We Aren't Special

You, the beautiful and kind person reading this column, are one of a kind. Nobody in the world is quite like you. Even the person most similar to you, wherever they may be, has had different experiences, holds different opinions, and is, quite simply, different. But while you are certainly

Seeing Double: What a Bummer is Summer

At a certain point in each semester, my days become brighter and lighter. I find that I suddenly have an extraordinary amount of time on my hands — time to watch Netflix, do my long-neglected hobbies, and maybe even get around to taking care of myself. Yes, I’m talking about

Breaking the Ice with Breaking Bad

Breaking the Ice with Breaking Bad

For the past three months, we have studied remotely from the hamlet of Gill, Mass., population 1,500. You’d think that since we can’t go anywhere, we would see a lot of each other, perhaps hanging out in common areas and bumping into each other in the kitchen.

It's Time to Abolish the Senate

On Nov. 3, voters across the nation will become pawns in a travesty of democracy. In 34 states — including Massachusetts and my home state of Minnesota — 35 Senate seats are up for grabs. As voters go to the polls, turn in the last mail-in ballots and wait anxiously for results,

What To Do If There's a Coup

Donald Trump is planning a coup, and it’s our job to stop him. For the past four years, Trump has poisoned our democratic institutions in anticipation of this very moment. He’s installed [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/05/william-barr-donald-trump-attack-dog-attorney-general?ref=hvper.com] a loyalist in the

Seeing Double: Amherst’s Invisible Financial Aid Crisis (Part Two)

This is the second part of a two-part series about Amherst College’s financial aid program. Check out the first part [https://amherststudent.com/article/seeing-double-amhersts-invisible-financial-aid-crisis-part-one] here. Last week, we showed how Amherst College’s financial aid fails its students. Once we graduate from Amherst, we’ll have hundreds of