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KAREN WANG

Managing Features Editor

All-stars in Action

Jenkins, who was born with glaucoma that has left her without most of her sight, got Trina, her first seeing-eye dog, in July. “I’ve grown up with dogs all my life, which really helps,” she explained. “You really have to love animals and be ready to take responsibility. I

Campus Speak

MATT BEVERS ’01 “Because they all have an inferiority complex.” SEAN STAFFORD ’04 “They suck because they have too many hills and no towns.” JOHN PETTEY ’01 “They’ve got a football coach who’s a Dick.” GEORGE TSAI ’02 “Professor Nicholson went there.” PHOEBE STONE ’04 “Because it’s

Campus Speak

NICOLE SANDOZ ’03 “The Holyoke Mall because that’s where I’m happiest.” ALAN VAZQUEZ ’03 “I’d want them put on the tallest building so the wind would just take them wherever they would go.” TALIA DUBOVI ’01 “In the lake by where I live.” IRVIN RAKHLIN ’04 “I

Above and Beyond

As head of the Amherst chapter of Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) and as the contact for the approximately 100 SFT chapters in the New England area, David has concentrated on exposing people to the human rights situation in Tibet. “We do education about the cause of Tibet, but

Campus Conversation

We all know that classes can get a little boring sometimes. No Amherst student is immune to naptime in the Red Room or the sporadic yawn during lectures. Some residents of the College have even taken to wallowing in the occasional fantasy to pass the time. Unfortunately, professors’ insistence on

Website Of The Week

Meet Eric. In time, he will become one of your best friends. To get to know him, log on to Eric Conveys an Emotion, where he posts photos of himself acting out various feelings and situations. The site starts off with the basics: happiness, sadness, anger, fear. Then it quickly