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Natalie De Rosa '21

Staff Writer

Councilors Boost Local Politics Amid Housing Fallout

Councilors Boost Local Politics Amid Housing Fallout

Three town councilors, two of them representing District 4 — a district which includes the college — addressed students during an Association of Amherst Students (AAS) meeting on Feb. 17 to discuss the town’s involvement in constructing an affordable housing site at 132 Northampton Road, upcoming proposals in the town of

Anthony Jack, Tara Westover Address Role of Inequality in Higher Education

Authors Anthony Jack ’07 and Tara Westover discussed their routes to higher education, the costs of leaving home for college and the challenges low-income students face on campuses in a conversation on Feb. 6. The event, which was titled “What Would Equality in Education Look Like?,” took place in Johnson

A New Time for Media Literacy

Thirty-two years ago this month, students at Hazelwood East High School outside of St. Louis would go from average teenagers to national celebrities as their school became the subject of a Supreme Court case. The case, formally known as Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, questioned conceptions of censorship and free

Visiting Scholar Goes Missing, Discovered Day Later in NH Woods

One day after the family of Mianmian Wang, a scholar visiting the college for the year, reported her missing on Nov. 29, she was located and contacted. According to a flyer posted in each of the class Facebook groups, which was initially sourced from another page, Wang is from China

Nearby Affordable Housing Unit Planned Despite Pushback from Professors

Nearby Affordable Housing Unit Planned Despite Pushback from Professors

Plans are underway for the development of a new affordable housing unit at 132 Northampton Road, a building adjacent to Pratt Field. The project, which will house 28 low-income and homeless individuals from the town of Amherst, has garnered mixed opinions from the neighborhood’s residents, some of whom are

A Look from the Other Side of Admissions

A Look from the Other Side of Admissions

While the undergraduate experience is frequently lauded as being “the best four years of your life” — a patchwork of eccentrically-named classes, unforgettable dorm parties and lifelong friendships all neatly wrapped up into a bachelor’s degree — recent graduates still harbor a sense of excitement for the life that exists outside

"I Would Be a Great Diva," RBG Says at College Event

"I Would Be a Great Diva," RBG Says at College Event

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg addressed the role of the Court, workplace discrimination and the current political period — “an aberration,” she said — in a conversation with President Biddy Martin on Thursday, Oct. 3. The event, which was highly promoted and took place in Coolidge Cage, drew nearly 1,600