ChatGPT’s Apocalypse Already Happened
Amidst the national frenzy around the generative AI ChatGPT, Editor-in-Chief Sam Spratford ’24 argues that the panic in popular media is misdirected.
Sam Spratford ’24
AAS Shakes Up Budget Process Amid Fiscal Uncertainty
Amid an ongoing budget deficit and lack of clarity over fiscal figures, the Association of Amherst Students Budgetary Committee has not yet allocated club budgets for this semester, and has adopted a new standard of “urgency” for evaluating budget requests.
Terras Irradient: The Long Road to Unionization
Despite a long tradition of labor organizing, Amherst is not unionized in any capacity. Juli Keiper ’26 Sam Spratford ’24 talk to key organizers to tease out the past challenges and future plans of the college's labor movements.
Anchored in Education and Community — Alumni Profile, Jillian Stockmo Chapman ’13
Confronting systemic racism in Minnesota public schools, Jillian Stockmo Chapman ’13 is guided by the twin values of nuance and authenticity.
The Indicator x The Student: “the breakfast date (break, fast!)”
Sam Spratford ’24 reflects on love, adolescence, and lost hopes in “the breakfast date (break, fast!),” a poem originally published in the Spring 2022 issue of The Indicator.
Jukebox: “Bolt” (2008)
On this pilot episode of our newest podcast, Miles Garcia ’25 and Tim Carroll ’25 discuss Disney’s 2008 animated film “Bolt” while spoofing the YouTuber-podcaster genre.
Schrett’s Takes x The Student: Women’s Volleyball Lizzie Papalia ’25
Mike Schretter ’23 sits down with Lizzie Papalia ’25 of the women’s volleyball team to reflect on the value of leadership and the lessons learned from their recent NYU tournament.