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REBECCA JOHNSON

Staff Writer

Applefield '78 is Frank in France

However, the native of Elizabeth, N.J. bears no ill will towards the institution with which he credits the start of his literary activities. “You don’t come to understand the real value of having studied at a place like Amherst until well after you’re gone and you realize

Generalizations reflect some truth about Amherst

I say “they” instead of “we” when referring to the objects of Wilkinson’s wrath-which I suppose must include me-to avoid setting up the kind of adversarial language that inevitably leads to blame and defensiveness. I say it as well because, from way over here in Paris with its huge,

Alum Puts Medieval Into Modern Journalism

What do you do with a major in European studies and a yen for the medieval? If you’re as lucky as Cullen Murphy ’74, the answer is simple: put it into a comic strip story line. Surprisingly, the “Prince Valiant” writer, who also enjoys an active journalistic life as