Acknowledging the Amherst Bubble­-and trying to break out

And who can blame us? The Amherst campus is primed and primped to a degree of fairytale-ness on a daily basis. Our bathrooms and common spaces and hallways are cleaned, vacuumed and polished to a regular shine. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are provided every day of the week, and as much as we might complain, Val is so much better than a lot of other dining halls out there. In our daily routine, we take for granted everything that is provided. We create an illusion that this is the whole world (th