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Shawna Chen '20

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A Flawed System: Professors of Color Face Hurdles in Obtaining Tenure

A Flawed System: Professors of Color Face Hurdles in Obtaining Tenure

The process of obtaining tenure in academia is somewhat shrouded in secrecy. Though tenure does not grant a professor immunity from being fired, it does prevent a college from firing a professor without due reason. Tenure has been, and remains difficult, to attain. In 1997, the National Education Association reported

Campus Undergoes Nearly Week-Long Server Outage Due to Network Disruptions

Campus Undergoes Nearly Week-Long Server Outage Due to Network Disruptions

The campus experienced nearly a week of network outages beginning on Monday, Feb. 11, as the Information Technology (IT) department worked around the clock to test the campus-wide server and address varying disruptions that had caused outages since the beginning of the semester. IT is close to identifying and resolving

A Flawed System: Navigating Racist Encounters

Last week, The Student embarked on the first of its four-part series [https://amherststudent.com/article/a-flawed-system-the-burden-of-service-among-faculty-of-color] examining the experiences of faculty of color at a predominantly white institution. Professors of color discussed extra burdens of service and emotional labor as work not acknowledged by the college, while internal reports

A Flawed System: The Burden of Service Among Faculty of Color

A Flawed System: The Burden of Service Among Faculty of Color

Toward the earlier part of her career at Amherst, Professor of Black studies, Latinx and Latin American studies and English Rhonda Cobham-Sander typically wrote letters of recommendation for her students in the English department office. One day, as she typed, a white senior colleague came up behind her and peered

Student Stories Call For Climate Action

Student Stories Call For Climate Action

Nearly 200 people filtered in and out of Frost Library on Wednesday, Nov. 28 for “Student Voices from the Frontlines of Climate Change,” an event hosted by Students for Climate Action (SCA) and sponsored by the Association of Amherst Students (AAS). The event, which comprised of student speakers sharing how

College Conducts External Review of Accessibility

College Conducts External Review of Accessibility

Two nationally-recognized experts arrived at the college this week to begin a series of assessments on accessibility services and support. The two consultants, Jeanne Kincaid and Bill Welsh, will look broadly at accessibility before another set of consultants arrive next week to examine accessibility of the physical campus. The assessments,

Journalist Serves the World With His Words

Journalist Serves the World With His Words

After speaking with Scott Wilson ’88, I sat at my desk, staring at my laptop, at a complete loss for words — how was I going to capture the essence of this extraordinary journalist in 2,000 words? Wilson has been detained by members of the guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces