Cy Nguyen: Taking Life by the Reins

Nguyen used her thesis to do a rigorous investigation of the transfer student experience at Amherst. Photo courtesy of Cy Nguyen ’21.A movie aficionado, frog figurine collector and demography enthusiast, Cy Nguyen ’21 is not your typical Amherst student. A Vietnamese American transfer from the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), Nguyen only spent two years of her college career at Amherst. But looking at all she has pursued and achieved during her time here, you wouldn’t be able to

Staff Spotlight: Billy McBride

Billy McBride is the assistant athletic director of diversity and inclusion, the director of club sports and a senior coach from Syracuse, New York. McBride has been a coach at the college for 30 years, before which he was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers, played professional football in the Canadian Football League and worked at a school in New York City. During the pandemic, he has been learning how to play guitar. Q: Where are you from? A: I’m from Syracuse, New York. When I think of hom

President Biddy Martin Responds to Department Of Education’s Princeton Investigation

On Sept. 24, Presidents Biddy Martin of Amherst College and Michael Roth of Wesleyan University wrote a letter reproving the Department of Education’s investigation of Princeton [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/us/princeton-racism-federal-investigation.html] involving racism and adherence to federal non-discrimination law. The investigation came after Princeton President Christopher Eisburger wrote an open letter [https://www.princeton.edu/news/2020/09/02/update-and-overview-princeton-univ

Parenting in the Pandemic: How Faculty With Kids Are Juggling Teaching and Childcare

Faced with school and daycare closures, many faculty members have been inundated with childcare duties. Managing these challenges alongside the difficulties of online teaching has been a delicate balancing act — one that has forced many to work late into the night. The shift has been especially hard on those with younger children, who must now manage the responsibilities of being a full-time parent and working a full-time job. “It’s exhausting,” said Kate Follette, assistant professor of astro

Staff Spotlight: Stephanie Capsuto

Stephanie Capsuto is a science librarian. In her role, she helps students with research projects and hopes to get more STEM students into the archives and special collections. Capsuto began working at the college in May. Q: Where are you from? A: I grew up in Westchester, New York — so about an hour north of New York City. I did my undergrad at Smith College, then I spent two years doing grad school at the University of Michigan where I studied library science. I just moved back to Massachuset