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Amherst-Area Students Devise Scandal to Oust Alex Morse from Democratic Congressional Primary

Alex Morse sits on a porch. Photo courtesy of Alex Morse for Congress.Now a defeated challenger in the primary race for Massachusetts’ first Congressional district, Holyoke mayor Alex Morse saw a campaign that came under fire — then made a comeback — after the leadership of the College Democrats of Massachusetts

Recent Title IX Policy Narrows Definition of Sexual Harassment

The College has adopted a new Interim Title IX Policy and Interim Title IX Grievance Process in compliance with the new guidance for Title IX, a decades-old law protecting against sex-based discrimination at institutions receiving federal funding, which was released by the US Department of Education in May [https://www.

The Dilemma of Choice: A Guide to Ethical Art Consumption

The question of how to reconcile consumerism with sustainability is more prevalent than ever in the age of COVID-19, where Amazon packages reign supreme and supporting small businesses seems like a Herculean (and expensive) task. These ideas of ethical consumption have not arisen with the pandemic, but they seem more

Budgetary Committee Funding Shifts to Exclude Online and Remote Activities

As Covid has rocked every campus operation, from how students gather to how much tuition they pay, the Association of Amherst Students (AAS) has adjusted its funding and budgetary policy for the fall semester. Student activity fees have been reduced for students studying on campus and eliminated for those studying

Alumnus Draws Student Backlash Over Racist Journal Article

A recent article by Lawrence Mead ’66, published in and later retracted by the Society journal last month, made waves on social media as academics across the U.S. denounced the article as racist. The article, which attributed poverty in Black and Hispanic communities to cultural differences, drew nearly 4,

Anti-Racism Lecture Series Looks to History to "Dent the Wall of Injustice"

Anti-Racism Lecture Series Looks to History to "Dent the Wall of Injustice"

The Office of the Provost officially launched its inaugural lecture series and seminar, titled “The History of Anti-Racism in America,” on Aug. 26 with a lecture from Mary Frances Berry, a historian and professor at the University of Pennsylvania. The series aims to educate interested members of the college community

Is It Time To Abolish The Open Curriculum?

On July 31, The Brown Daily Herald, Brown University’s student newspaper, published an editorial [https://www.browndailyherald.com/2020/07/31/brown-update-open-curriculum-diap-shouldnt-optional/] urging their college administration to update their open curriculum to establish a “diversity and inclusion action plan course requirement.” In the piece, The Herald’s editorial board