A Letter to the Amherst College Student Body

We ask our fellow members of the Amherst community to stand with us in opposition to yesterday’s resolution regarding fraternities. We are not against the fundamental spirit of the Board of Trustees’ decision. We respect their attempt to improve social life on campus, but this arbitrary and undemocratic manner of change carries with it troubling implications. Despite broad repercussions, the Board made its decision without substantive student input. As with the appointment of Suzanne Coffey sev