Fresh Faculty: Xuanlin Ye
In this installment of Fresh Faculty, Staff Writer Savita Jani ’28 interviewed Visiting Assistant Professor Xuanlin Ye about his adjustment to Amherst, evolving art-making process, and educators who inspire him.
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Inside the Red Room: Financial Aid, Board of Trustees, and Student Center Concerns!
Association of Amherst Students President Charles Tufenkji ’28 and Vice President Joey Supik ’27 discuss recent financial aid developments, plans to revitalize the college website, and ways for students to share feedback on the Ford Student Center in the recent installment of their column.
Hearts of the Herd: Fall-ing in Love
Got into a Kirkiversary argument with your current fling? Curious if the hottie you’ve been playing eye-tag with in your lecture is actually into you? In love with your roommate? Romance can feel tricky at the start of a new school year, but have no fear, for Daisy Valentine is your seer!
Letter to the Editor: How Amherst Nuked WAMH
The WAMH Executive Board investigates the troubled rollout of the Ford Student Center, arguing that the loss of promised studio space, communication failures, and last-minute operational disruptions reveal a deeper institutional pattern in which student input is solicited but ultimately disregarded.
From White House Press Briefings to Johnson Chapel, Pack the Room
Managing Opinion Editor Odessa Ikels ’28 dissects the politics of who gets to be "in the room," arguing that the same democratic principles endangered by government restrictions on the press are undermined when students voluntarily disengage from contentious discourse on campus.
There Is No Funeral for the Person You Might Have Been
Managing Opinion Editor Caroline Flinn ’28 examines the hidden forms of mourning that accompany ordinary life, arguing that growth requires grieving not only the dead but also the unrealized futures that shape who we become.
What Hath LinkedIn Wrought?
Staff Writer Rizwan Ayub ’27 interrogates the rise of LinkedIn as Amherst’s defining professional platform, arguing that the site transforms career development into a form of social media comparison that reduces complex journeys of success and failure into curated performances of achievement.