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Take Your Break, You Deserve It

Take Your Break, You Deserve It

The Editorial Board spent this weekend commiserating about the mid-semester exhaustion that inevitably strikes each semester but feels particularly intense given the circumstances of this time. Our weekly editorial meeting on Monday became an almost therapeutic session of airing out our mid-semester struggles, and we felt compelled to

USL Player Suspended for Homophobic Comment

Although often overlooked in the world of sports media, there is a second tier of professional soccer in the United States, The United Soccer League Championship (USL). Divulging itself out of the dark, the he USL has been thrust into the spotlight after Jamican international Junior Flemmings, a midfielder and

Once Great, Manchester United Continue to Falter

Once Great, Manchester United Continue to Falter

Three games into the 2020-2021 Premier League season, Manchester United look to be in trouble. Once one of the powerhouses of European football, the Red Devils have gone seven seasons without lifting the Premier League trophy, dating back to their title victory in the 2012-2013 season when legendary

Cinderella Stories of the 2020 French Open

Cinderella Stories of the 2020 French Open

Despite the French Open usually occurring in June, the pandemic pushed this year’s French Open to the chilly month of October in Paris. Players from all over the world came together to compete for the winner’s trophy in the final Grand Slam of the year. However, there were

Is Snitch Culture a Problem?

When the Editorial Board set out our priorities [https://amherststudent.com/article/we-are-all-the-institution-making-change-amid-a-pandemic-and-anti-racist-movement] at the beginning of the semester, we looked to explore questions of institutional and individual responsibility. That is, with the unique backdrop of this

Behind the Board: Athletic Recruitment Has Got to Go

It’s time to ditch athletic recruiting as we know it. I’m not writing to encourage the end of Amherst College sports or varsity athletics but rather to advocate for a reform of the way that teams are built. Two weeks ago, The Student’s Editorial Board resurfaced a

Seeing Double: Amherst’s Invisible Financial Aid Crisis (Part One)

As we write, one of us is on track to graduate from Amherst College with $135,000 in student loan debt. The other will graduate with $27,000 of debt in his name and $110,000 in his parents’. And we aren’t alone: 28 percent of graduates in the