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A Grand Slam Start Down Under For Tennis Stars Osaka and Djokovic
The 2021 Grand Slam season commenced this February with the star-studded
Australian Open. The tournament consisted of ten professional brackets and
$62,952,000 of prize money. Naomi Osaka and Novak Djokovic highlighted the
tournament taking home singles glory.
Officials decided to postpone the event by three weeks due
ACEMS To Resume EMT Services on March 1
Amherst College Emergency Medical Services (ACEMS) recently announced that ACEMS
will be resuming service starting on March 1 after a fall semester off-service
due to inadequate resources and staff. Armed with new protocols developed for
Covid-19 safety, ACEMS hopes to address the gap left without them in the
Black Female Religious Leaders Underscore the Importance of Interfaith Solidarity
On Feb. 18, Black leaders of the Muslim, Buddhist and Christian traditions spoke
about their intersectional experiences with race and religion on a virtual
panel. The event, which featured Lutheran theologian Rozella Haydee White, civil
rights and domestic lawyer Tahira Amatul-Wadud and co-editor of Black and
Buddhist Magazine
Composer, Pianist and MacArthur Fellow Jason Moran Gives Annual Rapaport Lecture
The college held its annual Rapaport Lecture, titled “The Sound Will Tell You”
on Feb. 18, featuring Artistic Director for Jazz at The Kennedy Center Jason
Moran. A musical innovator, composer of 16 solo albums and jazz pianist, Moran
was named a winner of the MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship in
As Texas Freezes, Amherst Students Struggle to Weather The Storm
Photo of a barren grocery store in Houston. Courtesy of
Eli Maierson ’23.As the temperature dropped and blizzards engulfed the area,
Amherst students in Texas shivered in their dark, cold homes this past week,
unable to turn on the lights or access water. The unprecedented snow storm that
began
Simple Tips for Better Zoom Teaching
Welcome to the second week of classes! Coming up on a year of remote learning,
students and professors alike are still adapting to Zoom and the online school
format, with a truly staggering number of different strategies. I’ve compiled a
loose list of Zoom teaching tips for professors from