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VEEPStakes

Staff writers Harry Brussel ’23 and Ben Gilsdorf ’21 work their way through the short list of considerations for the Democrat’s vice presidential nominee, a list that pundits and political-junkies have fleshed out ever since likely Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s March 15 announcement [https://apps.npr.org/

#IntegrateAmherst: An Update on Progress

We have good news. President Biddy Martin has agreed to most of our demands. In an email, President Martin provided us with a brief outline of the commitments she has made and the timeframes within which the work will be done: 1. The college will establish an institutional Bias Reporting

Thoughts on Theses: Rana Barghout

Rana Barghout is a neuroscience major writing a thesis on the lateral line system and startle responses in zebrafish. Her advisor is Professor of Biology Josef Trapani. Q: What’s your thesis about? A: For survival, it’s important to be able to respond to sudden stimuli, along with avoiding

Seeing Double: Does Social Media Help or Hurt Activism?

In recent years, social media has played an important role in social and political movements worldwide. Social media offers many benefits to activists, including the ability to reach wider audiences and greater connectivity. At the same time, it also presents real engagement and security concerns. In this semester’s final

Faculty Hiring Disrupted by COVID-19

Among other changes to the college’s daily operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the college’s academic departments have announced hiring freezes for the 2020-2021 academic year. The move comes amid the college’s economic difficulties as a result of the pandemic as well as the inability to

Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz ’64 Addresses Failures in U.S. Economic Response to Coronavirus

Joseph Stiglitz ’64, a Nobel Prize-winning economist and Columbia Business School professor, joined trustee David Novak ’91 on April 28 in a virtual panel on the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, via a live-stream open to the college community [https://www.amherst.edu/news/covid-19/videos-covid-conversations-thinking-through-the-pandemic] . Stiglitz considered the

What Are We Doing Here?

As the 2019-2020 school year comes to a close, it seems like a suitable time to reflect on how The Student has served the community over the past year and what our plans are for the future. The academic year started with coverage of Hampshire College’s [https://amherststudent.com/