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Black Female Religious Leaders Underscore the Importance of Interfaith Solidarity

On Feb. 18, Black leaders of the Muslim, Buddhist and Christian traditions spoke about their intersectional experiences with race and religion on a virtual panel. The event, which featured Lutheran theologian Rozella Haydee White, civil rights and domestic lawyer Tahira Amatul-Wadud and co-editor of Black and Buddhist Magazine Pamela Ayo

Composer, Pianist and MacArthur Fellow Jason Moran Gives Annual Rapaport Lecture

The college held its annual Rapaport Lecture, titled “The Sound Will Tell You” on Feb. 18, featuring Artistic Director for Jazz at The Kennedy Center Jason Moran. A musical innovator, composer of 16 solo albums and jazz pianist, Moran was named a winner of the MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship in

As Texas Freezes, Amherst Students Struggle to Weather The Storm

As Texas Freezes, Amherst Students Struggle to Weather The Storm

Photo of a barren grocery store in Houston. Courtesy of Eli Maierson ’23.As the temperature dropped and blizzards engulfed the area, Amherst students in Texas shivered in their dark, cold homes this past week, unable to turn on the lights or access water. The unprecedented snow storm that began

Simple Tips for Better Zoom Teaching

Welcome to the second week of classes! Coming up on a year of remote learning, students and professors alike are still adapting to Zoom and the online school format, with a truly staggering number of different strategies. I’ve compiled a loose list of Zoom teaching tips for professors from

Thoughts on Theses: Samuel Grondin ’21

Thoughts on Theses: Samuel Grondin ’21

Samuel Grondin ’21 is a biochemistry and biophysics major. He is writing a thesis on the discovery of small and previously unknown proteins in the bacteria pseudomonas aeruginosa, which could prove crucial in fighting hospital-acquired infections. His thesis advisor is Assistant Professor of Biology Mona Wu Orr. Q: What is

Guardiola’s Manchester City Prove the Magic is Permanent

Guardiola’s Manchester City Prove the Magic is Permanent

The great Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev once wrote that “in the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and sooner or later it takes what belongs to it.” The same is true of Spanish manager Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City teams. After a tepid start to the

Symposium: The Thought-Terminating Cliché

Antifa. Antifa, antifa, antifa. There’s a phenomenon in psychology called “semantic satiation [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_satiation].” It happens when you say a word over and over again so many times that, to you, it starts to lose all meaning and becomes a series of almost nonsensical