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The Amherst Student

Volume 152 • Issue 1

The Amherst Student

The Newspaper of Amherst College Since 1868

Thursday, March 16, 2023

Jen Manion

Professor of History

Number of Articles: 2

First Article: April 17, 2019

Latest Article: April 14, 2021

Letter to the Editor: Divest & Disarm

By Jen Manion

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April 14, 2021

Students have led the campaign for a more inclusive, safe and integrated campus community — one that by definition can no longer include the presence of police with guns. At the faculty meeting on Tuesday, April 6, Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety John Carter presented proposed changes that were concerning to many. The changes seemed to expand the resources spent on policing through retraining, consultants, body cameras, dogs and new uniforms — clearly an attempt at rebranding to di

Keywords in the Classroom

By Jen Manion

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April 17, 2019

I loved college. For most of my life before college, I stood out as a person who was overly prepared for class, too engaged and persistently asking the teachers “why?” “why?” “why?” I went to Catholic school my whole life. I say this because half of the time the answer to my question “why” was “Because that’s what we believe” or “Because that’s the way things are supposed to be.” Neither of these answers satisfied me. I became a fiercely independent thinker. It is why I loved college so much. In

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