Demolition of Merrill, CAP Construction on Schedule
Work on the new student center and the geothermal heating system overtook campus this summer and will continue through the fall. The projects are on-schedule despite weather challenges.
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Mammoth Moments in Miniature: Sept. 12 to 19
Mammoth Moments in Miniature provides quick updates on notable campus news that has occurred since the last issue. In this week’s edition: the Strategic Learning Center opens, the Office of Student Activities changes its name, and a new safety app launches.
Campus Police Log: Sept. 13 to 18
The latest installment of the Police Log, from Sept. 13 to 18, can be found here.
Robert Morgenthau at Amherst: Going Out with an Epoch
Managing News Editor Leo Kamin ’25 explores the fraught and foreboding college life of legendary alum Robert Morgenthau ’41, a Jewish student who went on to serve as Manhattan’s longest-serving district attorney.
Old News: This Week in 1957
This week in Old News, Managing Features Editor Sonia Chajet Wides ’25 takes a look at how national issues like integration and McCarthyism came up on campus in 1957.
South Hall Through the Ages
Contributing Writer Stormie King ’25 recounts the extensive and peculiar history of Amherst College’s South Hall based on her archival research in the Department of Art and the History of Art.
Thoughts on Theses: Caelen McQuilkin
Caelen McQuilkin ’24E is majoring in American Studies and English. In her thesis, she takes a deep dive into her home town of Lee Vining, California. Through over forty interviews with residents of the area, Caelen explores the process of documenting and sharing stories.