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Fleet Foxes Return with Pensive New Album ‘Shore’

During the first few months of quarantine, indie folk band Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold struggled with songwriting. Bored, exhausted and uninspired, he started going for long drives through upstate New York. All of a sudden, the pieces clicked into place: “It was kind of like I was going around collecting

The Symposium: Election Season is Almost Over, Make the Most of the Final Stretch

The Symposium is a column by Leland Culver ’24 intended to act as a forum for the Amherst community to engage in dialogue together about current issues.If you would like to contribute to the Symposium, whether with suggestions for a topic, your opinion on this week’s topic or

Cartoon: Some Issues I Have with the Science Center

Isaac shares some of the many “quirks” of Amherst’s Science Center

Take Your Break, You Deserve It

Take Your Break, You Deserve It

The Editorial Board spent this weekend commiserating about the mid-semester exhaustion that inevitably strikes each semester but feels particularly intense given the circumstances of this time. Our weekly editorial meeting on Monday became an almost therapeutic session of airing out our mid-semester struggles, and we felt compelled to call on

USL Player Suspended for Homophobic Comment

Although often overlooked in the world of sports media, there is a second tier of professional soccer in the United States, The United Soccer League Championship (USL). Divulging itself out of the dark, the he USL has been thrust into the spotlight after Jamican international Junior Flemmings, a midfielder and

Once Great, Manchester United Continue to Falter

Once Great, Manchester United Continue to Falter

Three games into the 2020-2021 Premier League season, Manchester United look to be in trouble. Once one of the powerhouses of European football, the Red Devils have gone seven seasons without lifting the Premier League trophy, dating back to their title victory in the 2012-2013 season when legendary Scottish manager

Cinderella Stories of the 2020 French Open

Cinderella Stories of the 2020 French Open

Despite the French Open usually occurring in June, the pandemic pushed this year’s French Open to the chilly month of October in Paris. Players from all over the world came together to compete for the winner’s trophy in the final Grand Slam of the year. However, there were