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College Remembers Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg H’91

College Remembers Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg H’91

Over 130 members of the college community gathered over Zoom on Sept. 19 to commemorate the life of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg H’91. One of the most publicly esteemed justices in U.S. history and only the second female justice on the Supreme Court, Ginsburg passed away

2020-2021 AAS Senate Candidate Statements

From Thursday, Sept. 24 to Friday Sept. 26, the Association of Amherst Students (AAS) will hold elections for AAS Senators in each grade and transfer students. The students below have announced their candidacies for these elections. Students who are interested in hearing from these candidates or are interested in running

Is This Season LeBron’s Last Dance?

Is This Season LeBron’s Last Dance?

I, like many people, highly enjoyed the 10-part ESPN documentary released last May called The Last Dance, which chronicles Michael Jordan’s final season with the Chicago Bulls and their journey to winning the 1998 NBA Championship. Following the season, Jordan retired as the consensus greatest basketball player ever with

Parenting in the Pandemic: How Faculty With Kids Are Juggling Teaching and Childcare

Faced with school and daycare closures, many faculty members have been inundated with childcare duties. Managing these challenges alongside the difficulties of online teaching has been a delicate balancing act — one that has forced many to work late into the night. The shift has been especially hard on those with

The College’s Fires to Put Out

If the United States didn’t already feel like it was figuratively on fire all of this year, it literally is now. Wildfires have been ravaging the West Coast since mid-August (in general, since far before then). But over the past couple of weeks, the fires have been blazing much

With Abundance of Cartons, Campus Questions ‘Is Boxed Water Really Better?’

With Abundance of Cartons, Campus Questions ‘Is Boxed Water Really Better?’

To keep students hydrated and Covid-free in the fall semester, the college has turned to an out-of-the-box alternative: Boxed Water. The switch to packaged water was made concurrently with the college’s shift to a grab-and-go dining model last spring. However, the proliferation of Boxed Water has been met with

Thoughts on Thesis: William Balmer '21

William Balmer ’21 (they/them/theirs) is an astronomy and physics double major. They are writing their thesis on the astrometry of an object forming within the accretion disc of a larger, forming star. Their thesis advisor is Assistant Professor of Astronomy Kate Follette. Balmer next to a telescope used