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Coronavirus Expenses Cost College $10 Million as Market Turmoil Further Tightens Campus Finances

As the coronavirus places an unprecedented stress on health systems and endangers the lives of thousands across the world, it also spurs another cause for panic — a financial one — that comes as the U.S. faces its biggest economic downturn since the 2008 recession. The college, with its $2.378

#IntegrateAmherst: A(nother) Cry for Help

This article is a part of The Student’s #IntegrateAmherst op-ed series. The series intends to act as a forum for a multitude of perspectives to engage in a dialogue surrounding the Black Student Union’s recent #IntegrateAmherst movement responding to racism at Amherst College. Articles included in the series

On a Nearly Empty Campus, 179 Remaining Students Redefine College Life

On a Nearly Empty Campus, 179 Remaining Students Redefine College Life

A dining hall without diners. Residential halls without residents. Classrooms empty of students. At small residential colleges like Amherst, where students live, eat and study in close quarters, there often remains little room for social distancing. For the 179 students housed on campus during the coronavirus pandemic, the tight-knit social

Where Do Departments Stand on FGO?

Over 85 percent of departments will unconditionally accept a “pass” grade towards major requirements this semester, as pictured in the pie chart above. Graphic courtesy of Natalie De Rosa ’21.On March 26, the college announced that it would expand its Flexible Grading Option (FGO) for this semester only to

Knives Out: Subvervise or Exploitative of the Mystery Genre?

Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig), pictured above, begins to unravel the true mystery behind the circumstances surrounding Harlan Thrombey’s death alongside Marta Cabrera (Ana de Armas)Warning: Spoilers ahead Ever since the pandemic recently grabbed a hold of our lives, I have been voraciously perusing the catalogues of Hulu,

#IntegrateAmherst: What Activism Means for This Movement

This article is a part of the #IntegrateAmherst op-ed series. The series intends to act as a forum for varying perspectives to engage in a dialogue surrounding the Black Student Union’s recent #IntegrateAmherst movement responding to racism at Amherst College. Articles included in the series represent the opinions of

Seeing Double: A Tale of Two Crises

In the five months since Chinese doctors first reported a new pneumonia-like illness — now known as COVID-19 — nearly the entire world [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51737226] has taken drastic measures to slow its spread. Countries are closing their borders to foreign travel, screening travelers and limiting domestic movement. By