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The Amherst Student

Volume 152 • Issue 1

The Amherst Student

The Newspaper of Amherst College Since 1868

Friday, March 24, 2023

Kola Hayward-Rotimi '20

Contributing Writer

Number of Articles: 1

First Article: September 14, 2016

Latest Article: September 14, 2016

Assumptions Can Lead You Astray

By Kola Hayward-Rotimi '20

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September 14, 2016

Coming to Amherst as a first-year, I expected the awkwardness. I remembered those initial glances and weird handshakes well from my experience at a residential boarding school. The first few hellos and name exchanges are destined to be encounters that make both parties cringe, at least a little. Even with this level of discomfort in mind, I noticed a subtle difference between those beginning moments at my high school and the ones at Amherst. In college, categorizations seem to threaten to warp t

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