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Mammoth Moments in Miniature: Oct. 22 to Oct. 28

Mammoth Moments in Miniature: Oct. 22 to Oct. 28

Mammoth Moments in Miniature provides quick updates on campus happenings. This week’s edition includes the annual Halloween Spooktacular in downtown Amherst, the 60th anniversary of Frost Library, and a faculty lecture on disability and nationalism.

Campus Police Log: Oct. 15 to Oct. 19

The latest installment of the Campus Police Log, from Oct. 15 to Oct. 19, can be found here.

From Home to the Hill: Amherst Siblings’ Perspectives

From Home to the Hill: Amherst Siblings’ Perspectives

In honor of Family Weekend, Managing Features Editor Mira Wilde ’28 and Staff Writer Savita Jani ’28 spoke with four pairs of Amherst siblings about applying to college together, carving out independence, and finding familiarity and support in each other on campus.

Old News: October in 1880

Old News: October in 1880

In this edition of Old News, Managing Features Editor Mira Wilde ’28 and Staff Writer Sofia Angarita ’26 examined an October 1880 issue of The Amherst Student, revealing debates of campus culture, comments on national politics, and traditions that defined Amherst nearly 150 years ago.

Northampton Joins Nationwide No Kings Protest

Northampton Joins Nationwide No Kings Protest

As cities around the country hosted No Kings Protests, Amherst students participated in demonstrations in Amherst and Northampton. Assistant Opinion Editor Caroline Flinn ’28 documented the Pulaski Park action.

Editorial: Fall Festival and Amherst Tradition

The Editorial Board reflects on Amherst’s uneasy relationship with tradition and asks what it would take for Amherst students to reclaim connection on their own terms: to build new traditions that are inclusive, joyful, and genuinely ours.

Race Science, Taught at Amherst

Columnist Willow Delp ’26 uncovers a disturbing chapter of Amherst’s past, confronting how deeply racism was embedded in the college’s academic history and arguing that reckoning with these truths is essential to any genuine commitment to anti-racism today.