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There is also a comprehensive biography from which one can learn not only his real name and humble backgrounds, but also that his trademark spike haircut originated from an article on the Mandinkas in an issue of National Geographic. The biography is also replete with witty quotes from the intimidating, yet strikingly warm-hearted wrestling champ such as, “Any man who don’t love his momma can’t be no friend of mine.” Through the Mr. T website ring, fanatics can uncover rare battles such as “Mr.

This Week in Amherst History

Sixty-nine years ago this week, Amherst’s Delta Tau Delta house was nearing the final stage of construction on the hill, and The Amherst Student reported that the house would be open for occupancy sometime in February. The house was built “on the old Tyler property” and today bears that name. The house was designed to feature rooms with individual fireplaces and a large common room with a single “massive fireplace.” Myer E. Baker, the contractor and coincidentally an Amherst alum ’17 was very

This Week in Amherst History

This week 122 years ago, The Amherst Student reported that an unnamed junior was packing his bags and fearing the worst after an errantly tossed apple struck a passing professor in the head. The anonymous junior was sitting in his room, “softly eating an apple and so deeply was he engaged in the pleasing task that he did not hear two professors coming beneath his window.” Upon finishing the apple, the student tossed it out the window, under which a professor of chemistry happened to be walking

Examining The Place of Race In Rankings: Black Enterprise and aMagazine give Amherst lukewarm rating

This year marked the second annual publication of aMagazine’s rankings for Asian-American college-bound students. Amherst was ranked just below Colorado College and well behind several of Amherst’s closest competitors in the U.S. News rankings. Swarthmore College was ranked eighth, and Pomona College first. Similarly, Black Enterprise has a list of the top 50 establishments for black collegians. In their most recent rankings, Amherst placed fairly high in a list dominated by traditionally black