Exit Letter: Naima Nods Off
Before signing off as editor-in-chief, Naima Mohamed ’27 highlights the importance of community to her time on The Student.
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Letter to the Editor: Amherst’s Commitment to Student Leaders
Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Megan Lennon affirms Amherst’s commitment to community advisors, highlighting program updates and support for a fair unionization election as efforts to balance student leadership, compensation, and residential life.
Letter to the Editor: On the CA Union
Managing Photo Editor Claire Beougher ’26 and the ACCAU Organizing Committee outline their push for unionization, arguing that an NLRB election is crucial to secure fair representation, protect workers’ rights, and strengthen community advisors’ support for students.
Noa Tishby, Israel, and the Erasure of Palestinian Reality
Amherst for Palestine (A4P) critiques Noa Tishby’s campus appearance, arguing her conflation of Jewish identity with the Israeli state reframes Palestinian suffering as a semantic dispute and obscures the realities of occupation.
Letter to the Editor: A Question for Dean McGann
In an effort to determine the fairness of athletic admissions, Willard Long Thorp Professor of Economics Jessica Wolpaw Reyes asks that the Office of Admissions release the percentage of athletes who are admitted to Amherst as a result of the pre-read process.
Why I Voted “No” On The CA Unionization Resolution
Contributing Writer Noah Gilman Morgan ’27 explains his “no” vote on the CA unionization resolution, emphasizing concerns about preparedness and planning rather than opposition to unions.
On “Setting the Facts Straight”
Contributing Writer Alex McIntosh ’26 examines Amherst’s pre-screening of questions posed to Noa Tishby during her Nov. 17 talk, arguing that avoiding unscripted disagreement undermines the college’s educational mission and treats political dissent as a threat.