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Staff Spotlight: Billy McBride

Billy McBride is the assistant athletic director of diversity and inclusion, the director of club sports and a senior coach from Syracuse, New York. McBride has been a coach at the college for 30 years, before which he was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers, played professional football in the

New Season, New Challengers on the Premier League Pitch

New Season, New Challengers on the Premier League Pitch

The Premier League is effectively an oligarchy. Since the league’s founding in 1992, only seven different sides have won a title: Manchester United with 13, Chelsea with five, Manchester City with four, Arsenal with three, and Leicester City, Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers with one apiece. The current “Big Six”

Campus Police Log: Sept. 21 to Oct. 4

Monday, September 21, 2020 10:22 a.m. Keefe Health Center An officer responded to a call to the emergency line with no response from the caller. No one was in distress. 11:05 a.m. Valentine Dining Hall An officer responded to a report of an unknown individual tapping

“The Midnight Gospel” Boasts an Exciting Format but Suffers from Narrow Perspectives

“The Midnight Gospel” Boasts an Exciting Format but Suffers from Narrow Perspectives

Watching Netflix’s “The Midnight Gospel” is an exercise in concentration. The adult cartoon created by “Adventure Time” animator Pendleton Ward and comedian Duncan Trussell superimposes a fantastical science-fiction universe onto real-world podcast-style philosophical conversations, creating two parallel narratives that can be hard to distinguish.Watching Netflix’s “The Midnight

Two Weeks After Off-Campus Party, UMass Reports Over 100 Covid Cases

Over the past two weeks, the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) has reported over 100 positive Covid cases, all but two of whom are students living off campus, according to the UMass Covid-19 Dashboard [https://www.umass.edu/coronavirus/dashboard]. As of Oct. 6, UMass has reported 124 cumulative positive

MLB Playoffs Update: an Expanded Format in a Shortened Season

MLB Playoffs Update: an Expanded Format in a Shortened Season

For the first time in Major League Baseball (MLB) history, the postseason has started with 16 teams: eight from each league. Due to Covid-19 and the shortened season, MLB and the MLB Players’ Association (MLBPA) agreed to expand the postseason from 10 teams to 16 teams for this year. In

International Students Voice Opposition to Proposed Fixed-Duration Visa Rule, Limits to Student Stay Length

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unveiled a proposed rule on Sept. 24 that would modify visa regulations for international students on F-1 status, limiting the duration of their visas to two years for students from 59 countries and four years for students elsewhere before they’re required to apply