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The Roundup: All The Stuff You Missed This Week — Nov. 20

Women’s Hockey:The Mammoths kicked off the season with back-to-back duels against Hamilton on Friday and Saturday. Kate Pohl ’23 scored her first goal in purple and white in the first period to open the scoring, and Jillian Mazzocca ’23 put one past the goalie a minute into the

Opinion: Elite CDMs win Premier League Titles

With the 2019-2020 Premier League season almost a third of the way over, enough time has passed to start analyzing some of the key trends in English football. While much attention has already been paid to the role of the fullback, this mostly comes from the meteoric rise of Liverpool’

MAGDALENE Explores Misery and the Divine Feminine

MAGDALENE Explores Misery and the Divine Feminine

After spending three years removed from both the music scene and public sphere, U.K.-based singer FKA twigs has returned with her second LP, “MAGDALENE,” which was released on Nov. 8. On its surface, “MAGDALENE” may seem like a break-up album following the singer’s highly publicized split from

Dear Amherst Faculty: An Open Letter about the Letter

Dear Amherst Faculty: An Open Letter about the Letter

As students of Amherst College and members of the Amherst town community, we do not exist in a vacuum. Our actions have an effect on the greater community within the Town of Amherst. We, as a group of low-income student advocates, are of the opinion that our student body owes

A Playlist to Accompany Your Thanksgiving Festivities

Picture this: It’s a beautiful fall morning. You’re back at home for Thanksgiving, momentarily avoiding the stresses of college in December by spending time with your family and friends. You’re asleep in bed, cozy under the covers, when your mom walks in, opens the shades and says

Netflix’s “Unbelievable” Portrays Effects of Rape in New Way

Netflix’s “Unbelievable” Portrays Effects of Rape in New Way

One night this past September, co-creator, executive producer, director and writer of the miniseries “Unbelievable” Susannah Grant ’84 realized that the show had achieved more success than she ever imagined possible. “The series had been out not even a week at this point. Everyone else in my house was asleep,

A Response to Opposition on Affordable Housing

A Response to Opposition on Affordable Housing

As letters flowed in opposing a town proposal to allocate $500,000 toward the development of a single-room occupancy (SRO) affordable housing development at 132 Northampton Road, Amherst finally got its chance to take part in a time-honored national tradition: good ol’ American NIMBY-ism (which stands for “Not In My