Free speech on campus should be maintained

The College has always been a place for the free exchange of ideas. However, as I have discussed in the past, in order to maintain this free exchange of ideas on the College campus, it is necessary to have certain boundaries within which we must operate. For example, if we allow one group to shout down another, that does not create an intelligent debate. Rather, it silences one group. Likewise, I believe that personal attacks-not criticisms, but attacks, violate the principles of informed debate

Amherst College must confront its political apathy

Some of us look back nostalgically on the time when our parents were in college. Back then, politics were not the exclusive domain of the wealthy or the middle-aged. It did not take “Rock the Vote” with questions like “Macs or PCs?” for young people to watch as presidential candidates debated their future. During the 1970s, students on college campuses became a major impetus for social change in this country. Students lowered the voting age, ended a war and made progress against racial and econ