This Week in Amherst History- February 13, 1969

When confronted, Lucia refused to shave his facial hair and a unanimous decision to dismiss him from his duties shortly followed. The school board cited “insubordination” and “failure to set a good example” as reasons for the dismissal, reported The Student. In a surprise turn of events, the five-member school board disbanded after making the decision to fire Lucia, claiming that parents opposed to the decision were harassing the board’s members. A permanent replacement board was to be formed

Natalie Brumblay '02E

Brumblay, whose mother is from Peru, traveled to the country a half-dozen times growing up. When she arrived at Amherst, she felt a desire to return to the place of her heritage. “When I decided to be an anthro major, I wanted to do a project that mattered to me,” she said. “So in the summer after my sophomore year, I participated in a program there through the University of Virginia.” In the fall of 2000, Brumblay took a semester off so she could return to Peru to work on a project which would

Monster match: Meet the Warrens

A blessed union “I’ve been investigating haunted houses and cults since 1980,” said Tony Spera, who identified himself as a psychic investigator at the beginning of the show. “But 20 years is not a long time when you consider the amount of time that Ed and Lorraine Warren have spent investigating the supernatural world.” Married for 54 years and investigating for nearly as long, the Warrens seemed destined to follow their spirited vocation from early in their childhoods. Lorraine, who describes

Embracing a sense of community

Molina was responsible for bringing OIH to Amherst, under the guidance of Professor of Fine Arts DeWitt Godfrey, who teaches Molina’s first-year seminar, Social Sculpture. The class has been planning to design and construct a memorial for the Sept. 11 tragedy on and around the two solitary pedestals in front of Mead. “During the process of thinking about the memorial, I brought up OIH, which had been a concept that I had been fooling around with since the proposition of an ‘operation infinite ju

Students called to action in D.C.

A separate peace The trip developed when Students for a Peaceful Response, a Five-College organization, contacted Outreach coordinator Jen Cannon and asked her if there was any interest in attending among Amherst students. Cannon passed the information on to Moran-Nieves, who undertook the responsibility of coordinating the trip. After advertising on campus, the group of five students came together, ready to travel to Washington in order to take part in the 10,000-person protest. The group, wh

This Week in Amherst History

Forty-five years ago, the yearly tradition of a heated sophomore-freshman rivalry of “riots” during orientation week undertook high levels of mischief, due mostly to the week’s spell of bad weather. President Charles W. Cole ’27 welcomed the new class of 1960 with a president’s tea at his house; other scheduled events, like the Outing Club’s annual freshman-faculty picnic on Mount Toby, were canceled because of the rain. The sophomore Class of ’59 began the week’s hijinx on the first Sunday of

Nathan '76 pioneers co-education

Nathan spent her childhood in Baltimore, where she developed an interest in political science, which she would later pursue in college. In 1972, after graduating from a co-ed private high school, she enrolled at Connecticut College. During her junior year, she came to Amherst as part of the 12-College Exchange program, motivated by the variety of academic opportunities the College would provide. “I was looking for a place that was challenging and stimulating, and that would give me the chance to

Campus Conversation

Few thrills compare to the rush of amazement that a student feels when, upon entering a new dorm room for the first time, he or she is greeted by a free gift sitting on top of the desk. And few free gifts bring more pleasure than one item without which most college students would never be able to survive: a plastic cup. For this reason, every student arriving on campus for the 2001-2002 school year can thank Mike Proman ’03 and the Change for Change Program (see article, page 6) for the white cu

This Week in Amherst History

Leading a recent “rash of predictions” was Edward Bellamy (whom the article entitles “the missing link”) who, in a “mesmeric trance,” foresaw a phenomenon of radio knobs and dials, as well as programs that would “consist largely of good music.” Along similar cultural lines, writer Vincent Sheehan predicted a “triple-tier, 200-m.p.h. highway” and an international language. Harvard anthropologist Earnest Hooton theorized anatomical changes among humans, including deformed dental arches, horse fac

Amherst students fire things up

Before receiving certification, Tornabene and Rodriguez had to undergo a strict training session before the beginning of the semester, which was followed by additional classes once the academic year had commenced. “The training consists of a very intense, 12-hour-a-day training week before school starts,” Tornabene said, adding that the training includes a run-through at a “burn house” at the Springfield Fire Academy. After this initial training, the volunteers must attend medical courses on Mon

Professor Speak

“Innocence and Worldliness. The first reading would be ‘The Little Prince,’ the last Machiavelli’s ‘Prince.’ We would examine the ways ideas of innocence and worldliness play a role in orienting political, cultural and legal ideas.” REBECCA SINOS “Greek History … with archaeological and literary evidence from this finite period.” NATASHA STALLER “A class on the beautiful dance between art and music in the modern period.” PETER LOBDELL “What? I teach it. Why? I love it.” BILL ZIMMERMAN “

Asher '57: From the air to the presses

Asher was born in Washington, D.C., and he said that from the beginning, he recognized the value of being raised in our nation’s capital. “Washington is a great town for journalism,” he said. “Everything in the news happens there.” During the course of his childhood, he also spent four years living in Europe with his family, and at the age of 18 in 1953, he enrolled as a freshman at Amherst. Radio days After graduating in 1957, Asher worked at the radio station WDOV in Dover, Delaware, where h

Campus speak: QUESTION: if you could write a message on those valentine's day candy hearts, what wou

“Respect me.” ALEX KERR ’03 “Don’t kick me in the groin.” ELIOT HELLMAN ’04 “I’d make it say, ‘Your place or mine?’ That’s one of the best lines you can use.” NOEL GISH ’02 “If you like Bob, you’ll do his laundry.” JAMIE O’BRIEN ’02 “Diva, because I know a lot of people that I could give one of those hearts to.” EMILY KEITER ’03 “Eat me.” A.J. KORYTOSKI ’04 “‘Get serious, get naked, or get out’…because that’s what they’re trying to say anyway.” NICOLE HARRISON ’02 “I hate Valentine

Above and Beyond

DeWire says that he is pleased with the progress the program has made in providing them with new opportunities. “The faces of the children when they understand and complete their work,” Dewire said, “or when they create an art project that ‘I gave to my mother,’ makes it all worth it.” Youth Rap was originally set up as a recreational outlet for kids in the Holyoke area, but was a loosely-organized after-school program in 1999. Together with Gustav Acosto, director of Youth Rap, DeWire and Jen

This Week in Amherst History

Amherst boasted its strongest freshman class ever 88 years ago, with various strength tests proving the extreme athletic abilities of the young men of the class of 1916. These “exceptionally interesting” results included outstanding numbers in height, weight, lung capacity and total strength. The central attraction of the class of ’16 was Harold Lusk “Skyscraper” Gillies, “the third tallest man that ever came to Amherst,” measuring up at six feet, 4.7 inches. When compared to the sophomores i

This Week in Amherst History

Eighty years ago this week, the Honor System committee and a Senior delegation convened to discuss a renovation of the honor system at the college. The meeting led to a “definite policy” which included a five-point plan of action for the code, with hopes of creating a “more effective functioning of the system.” The points of the new scheme included: “1. To uphold and strictly enforce the Honor System Consituation; 2. To extend the system so that it applies definitely to the taking of books from

This Week in Amherst History

One-hundred seven years ago, the College participated in Chicago’s World’s Fair, occupying a position in the south gallery of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building. According to The Amherst Student, Amherst’s display was “especially noticeable” in relation to similar displays of other colleges. Representatives of the school included members of the Board of Trustees and the faculty, the Student Board, the Glee and banjo clubs and the baseball and football teams. The presentation featured p