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After End of Affirmative Action, College Reckons With Diversity
This summer, the Supreme Court ruled that colleges can no longer practice race-conscious admissions. Amherst is grappling with the decision’s implications, which could result in lower racial diversity among future classes.
Faculty Vote To Release, Discuss Data on Athletic Recruitment Policies
In response to the Supreme Court’s overruling of affirmative action, faculty urges for more transparency around athletic admissions.
Lyceum Offers New Classrooms, Offices, Common Spaces
The new building, which blends modern construction materials with classic New England architecture, will house the history department and the Center for Humanistic Inquiry.
Fresh Faculty: Nozomi Nakaganeku Saito
Nozomi Nakaganeku Saito is a postdoctoral fellow and assistant professor of English. She spoke to The Student about storytelling, Asian American studies, and the “ecologies of death” produced under militarism.
Animals on the Rail Trail
Nina Aagaard ’26 chronicles the various creatures she discovered on the rail trail over this past summer. Meet the four-legged (or non-legged) friends who call Amherst’s rail trail home.
Fulton County Jail is Nothing To Celebrate
While the internet sensationalizes Donald Trump’s arrest, Assistant Opinion Editor Willow Delp ’26 warns against the delusion of equity within the criminal justice system.