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Communism and Abolition: Where the Conversation With Angela Davis Came Up Short
Angela Davis is one of the most prominent communist activists and academics in
the history of the United States. In her April 15 talk at Amherst, however,
Davis shied away from some of the more adversarial ideological stances that make
up the core of her public political identity, including her
Abolish ACPD: It’s Time to Try Something New
This week, the Town of Amherst’s Community Safety Working Group has revealed
some of the items requested in its proposal for the future of policing in the
town, to be decided on in an upcoming May 3 Town Council budget meeting. It
proposes
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Letter to the Editor: Reframing the Campus Safety Conversation
As tempers flare on campus and the rhetoric heats up, it’s easy to forget how
far our community already has come in the debate about campus policing and the
many constructive ideas that students and staff have floated. Faculty members
have a responsibility now to help these deliberations move
Seeing Double: Learn From the Rest, Not From the Best
One of my favorite guilty pleasures is reading and rereading “The Inheritance
Cycle” by Christopher Paolini. I do this for two reasons. Firstly, the series
contains many wonderful flashes of brilliance from a talented young writer.
Secondly, the books are also deeply terrible.
Reading “Inheritance” challenges the reader to sift
The AAS Budgetary Committee’s Past Should Not Determine its Future
A pattern of intimidating, unwelcoming experiences and discriminatory approaches
to funding via the Budgetary Committee (BC) has existed from the 1970s to the
present. We write to shed light on current practices and the history of the BC
with the hopes that this will propel the Association of Amherst Students
Police Log: April 12-April 26
>>April 18, 2021
1:58 a.m. Hitchcock House
Residential Life staff responded to a report of loud music.
>>April 19, 2021
12:19 a.m. Hitchcock Parking Lot
An officer responded to a request from Residential Life staff to provide for
assistance with a group