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Samantha O'Brien '18

Contributing Writer

AC Beat is Amherst’s First Magazine Dedicated to Music Journalism

AC Beat is Amherst’s First Magazine Dedicated to Music Journalism

The Student had the opportunity to talk to Naima Moore ’18, the editor in chief of the new campus music publication, AC Beat. Q: Where did you get the inspiration for AC Beat? A: The inspiration to create AC Beat came from a desire to acknowledge Amherst College students’ (and

“Brooklyn” Offers a Resonant Take on a Classic Immigrant Story

“Brooklyn” Offers a Resonant Take on a Classic Immigrant Story

It is 1952 and young Eilis Lacey (Saiorse Ronan) is tired of her small Irish hometown. Her sole income comes from her part-time job as a shop worker under the insufferable Mrs. Kelly, and dating prospects are limited. Life, as she imagines it, exists elsewhere for her, so with a

Becca Stevens Band Stirs Crowd at Northampton’s Iron Horse

Becca Stevens Band Stirs Crowd at Northampton’s Iron Horse

By sheer chance, my sister, my mother and I stumbled into the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton last Sunday night for a concert by the Becca Stevens Band. A quick Google search informed me that the “Becca Stevens band expands and blurs the boundaries of folk, jazz and pop

Kid Stuff: Children’s Book Illustrators Showcased in Northampton

Kid Stuff: Children’s Book Illustrators Showcased in Northampton

For many of us, childhood is a time of innocent detachment from the woes of adult life. For children, anything is possible; the world feels like a magical place even on the dullest days. But that doesn’t mean that childhood is free from darkness. As Stephen King puts it