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Max Feigelson ’27

Contributing Writer

Better Unemployed Than Working in Private Equity

Staff Writer Max Feigelson ’27 interrogates Amherst's relationship with private equity, arguing that firms built on debt, asset stripping, and financial extraction have no place at a liberal arts college.

Break Glass in Case of a Zü Shutdown

Staff Writer Max Feigelson ’27 interrogates Amherst’s suspension of the Zü food co-op last year, arguing that the administration’s punitive response to minor, uninformed policy violations exposes a deeper institutional hostility toward authentic communal life.

Before You Preach About Democracy, Do It

Staff Writer Max Feigelson ’27 interrogates Amherst College’s performative politics, arguing that symbolic resolutions and faculty-led statements fail to empower students, revealing a deeper crisis of political imagination that undermines the practice of democracy on campus.

There’s No Such Thing as Optional AI

Staff Writer Max Feigelson ’27 confronts Amherst’s adoption of AI tools in the classroom, arguing that the administration’s insistence on “optional” usage masks a deeper moral abdication, revealing how convenience and corporate pressures are reshaping the liberal arts.

“It All Began With a Melody”: A Musical Review

“It All Began With a Melody”: A Musical Review

Following the recent premiere of “It All Began With a Melody,” a film made in collaboration by Caden Stockwell ’25 and Phoebe Neilsen ’25, Staff Writer Max Feigelson ’27 discusses his takeaways from the post-screening Q&A.

Nostalgia for Nostalgia, Reviewing the Movie “Eephus”

While trying to write about baseball movies, Staff Writer Max Feigelson ’27 invokes Greek etymology, Samuel Beckett, American cultural imperialism, and Lao-Tzu to say something about the slipperiness of nostalgia.

Dr. Anthony Fauci: A STEM Figure at LitFest

Dr. Anthony Fauci: A STEM Figure at LitFest

Staff Writer Max Feigelson ’27 reflects on how Dr. Anthony Fauci, a steady voice during the chaos of Covid, commanded the room with the weight of lived history at this year’s LitFest.