Campus Police Log: March 12 to March 25
The latest installment of the Campus Police Log, from March 12 to March 26, can be found here.
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After Decades of Activism, Faculty Approves AAPI Studies Major
The department’s core faculty will remain members of other departments, and their courses will be cross-listed in both AAPI studies and their home departments, which will include English, economics, psychology, and SWAGs.
Scrutinizing the AAPI Studies Major
Following the faculty vote approving the AAPI Studies program, Editor-in-Chief Kei Lim ’25 and Senior Managing Editor Noor Rahman ’25 dissect the critical shortcomings of the discipline and the exclusionary tendencies at Amherst that exacerbate them.
Amherst Community Protests School Budget Cuts, Seeks College Support
Dozens of community members in Amherst’s public school district assembled yesterday to raise awareness about a proposed $1.7 million budget cut in the district’s budget and demand the college support local schools.
Dueling Emails Reignite Dining Hall Debates
Recent calls for students to stop taking dining materials from Val have resurfaced longstanding debates about the removal of to-go containers and overcrowding in the dining hall. Val says it has had to order more than 9,000 forks this year.
French Senator Discusses France’s New Constitutional Right to an Abortion
As a response to the United States Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, France became the first country to enshrine the “guaranteed freedom” to an abortion in its constitution. French Senator Laurence Rossignol came to campus to discuss the process and reverberations of the amendment.
“Where do we go from here?”: Khalidi Concludes Palestine Lecture Series
Khalidi finished his three-part lecture series by discussing potential futures in the Israel-Palestine conflict. He emphasized the need for a ceasefire and analyzed what he calls the “one-state reality” in the region.