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The Amherst Student

Volume 152 • Issue 1

The Amherst Student

The Newspaper of Amherst College Since 1868

Thursday, March 23, 2023

John Osborn ’14

Opinion Section Editor

Number of Articles: 1

First Article: November 9, 2011

Latest Article: November 9, 2011

October Snowstorms? Calamitous Blackouts? Thanks a lot, Obama!

By John Osborn ’14

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November 9, 2011

Writer’s Note: The following piece is intended as satire. Please don’t take this out of context and write the newspaper angry letters. In the wake of the recent snowstorm and power outages, people around campus are starting to ask questions about the school’s management of the crisis. We were without power for almost a full 24 hours. Classes were cancelled at Amherst, Mount Holyoke and Smith. Hampshire College blew up. Townies took over Val, invoking “Squatter’s Rights.” But students looking

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