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In the west wing After graduating from Amherst, Weiss spent the next five years working at the Atlantic Monthly, where he rose through the ranks, performing various jobs such as fact-checking, desktop publishing, researching and writing and eventually becoming an editor. But his career path changed the day after

Mead has finished second, third and sixth in the North American Scrabble championships in the premier division against 50 other competitors. He is one of two people to win a “major,” an intense Boston-area competition, three times, and the only person to win it two years in a row.

Eight years later, Downes is still making music and playing the bass. In high school, Downes played in two bands: “We just started hanging out and playing for fun and it turned into something that I really enjoyed doing,” he said. At Amherst, Downes has played with Full Service and

The policy they were protesting forbade cohabitation in the dormitories; males were not allowed to take females into North and South. The demonstration was led by the Women in Dorms coalition and involved 23 women marching through North. One female participant described the demonstration as “very solemn,” and said that

“The only other person from my high school who came to Amherst was Thomas Glynn ’96,” said Matsui. “He was also a rope skipper and an important role model for me.” Once Matsui’s jump roping days ended, she devoted herself to repairing cars. It was Glynn’s younger brother,

But it was not just coats that were stolen. Often, bicycles were reported missing. “Someone simply used them to get where he was going,” said Police Chief Francis O’Connell. In addition to a rise in the “borrowing” of bicycles, the library reported an increase in the theft of books