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Thomas Brodey '22

November 3rd’s Unseen Stakeholders

Next week, Americans will decide which presidential candidate best suits their interests and the interests of the country. To make their decision, voters will examine President Donald Trump’s performance on a plethora of issues, from the economy to the pandemic response. However, there are many groups of people who

Counterculture: An Amazon Prime Exclusive

Amazon Prime’s “The Boys” makes the case for counter culturalism in an irony so deep it extends to their ad campaign, as promoted on their website and pictured above. Screenshot courtesy of Thomas Brodey ’22. During quarantine, I’ve begun watching Amazon Prime Video, though I can’t say

Seeing Double: Amherst’s Invisible Financial Aid Crisis (Part Two)

This is the second part of a two-part series about Amherst College’s financial aid program. Check out the first part [https://amherststudent.com/article/seeing-double-amhersts-invisible-financial-aid-crisis-part-one] here. Last week, we showed how Amherst College’s financial aid fails its students. Once we graduate from Amherst, we’ll have hundreds of

Seeing Double: Amherst’s Invisible Financial Aid Crisis (Part One)

As we write, one of us is on track to graduate from Amherst College with $135,000 in student loan debt. The other will graduate with $27,000 of debt in his name and $110,000 in his parents’. And we aren’t alone: 28 percent of graduates in the

Seeing Double: Confessions of an Accepted Student

I made a terrible mistake the other day: I read my old Common App essay. Like most Amherst students, I hadn’t given much thought to my personal essay since the day it had been ritually sacrificed to the gods of comedy at Amherst Voices. I can’t say what

Seeing Double: Should We Mine the Moon?

Seeing Double: Should We Mine the Moon?

As space travel becomes more advanced and efficient, many experts say that extraterrestrial mining operations are increasingly viable. Earlier this year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order [https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-encouraging-international-support-recovery-use-space-resources/] encouraging companies to develop technologies capable of mining the moon. The moon contains numerous valuable and

Seeing Double: Should Facebook Ban Political Ads?

In recent years, political advertisements on social media have become a hotly contested issue. Much of the criticism revolves around Facebook, which runs the vast majority of social media political ads. Some say that these ads help spread misinformation and weaken our democracy. Others say they are an important part