Men’s Tennis Players Stall Out in Semifinals of MIT Invitational Event

This weekend the men’s tennis team traveled to Medford, Massachusetts for the final tournament of the fall season, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Invitational. The tournament, divided into two Flights, A and B in both singles and doubles. Each team sent the bottom of their ladders into the B division. In the singles on Friday, Flight A saw Sean Wei ’21, Zach Bessette ’19 and Jayson Fung ’20 advance through their first several games but Kevin Ma ’21 fell to Brandeis’s Adam Tzeng.

Men’s Tennis Sweeps Weekend With Two Important Wins

This Saturday, the Amherst men’s tennis team traveled to Saratoga Springs, New York, for its first two matches of the season, playing both Skidmore College and Hobart College. The team, led by its five senior captains, emerged victorious with wins on 16 of the 18 possible courts, resulting in matching 8-1 score lines against both non-conference foes. Amherst first faced off against Skidmore, with Harris Foulkes ’22 and Zach Bessette ’19 grinding out an 8-5 win against Skidmore’s Travis Leaf and

Your “Moral Tourism” Volunteering Essay Shouldn’t Have Gotten You Into College

As I complete my first month as an Amherst College first year, I’ve noticed that the topic of the college application process still hasn’t quite left my mind. Whether through the tours of high school students or Voices of the Class show from Orientation weekend, I’ve had frequent reminders of the Common Application essay that I worried over for three months. According to the Common Application website, the most commonly used prompt is the fifth: “Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization