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Fresh Faculty: Matteo Riondato

Fresh Faculty: Matteo Riondato

Matteo Riondato is an assistant professor of computer science. He received a master’s degree in engineering at the University of Padua in Italy. Later, he received his master’s degree and Ph.D. in computer science at Brown University. Q: When did you begin studying computer science and why

The TSA: Just More Security Theater

We’ve all been there. We’ve all stood in line, in the bizarre bottleneck known as airport security, with Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers in bright blue who yell at you to take laptops out of your bag or confiscate a harmless bottle of shampoo. We sigh, roll our

The Internet Outage: A Lesson in Vulnerability

I like to think of myself as wholly independent. I’m able to spend hours alone, navigate a new city by myself and, above all, work my way out of most problems I stumble into. And this, I believe, is what perturbed me so deeply about the more than 72-hour-long

Amherst Books: Worth the Cost

At the beginning of every semester, I wander over to Amherst Books and buy some of the course material I need for class. However, I then proceed to order the remainder of my books from Amazon. I only ever use Amherst Books for the required reading in the first few

From Crags to Couloirs: Climbing’s Legacy in Massachusetts

From Crags to Couloirs: Climbing’s Legacy in Massachusetts

In the critically-acclaimed 2018 documentary “Free Solo,” rock climber Alex Honnold scales the 3,000-foot face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in four hours, alone, unaided … and of course, without a rope. The limits of climbing are being pushed every year with ventures like Honnold’s, but as

Counseling Center Continues Efforts to Expand Student Support

Counseling Center Continues Efforts to Expand Student Support

In the spring of last year, a number of high-profile publications such as Time Magazine, The New York Times and The Atlantic, as well as a number of campus newspapers around the country (including The Student) released articles about the mental health crisis on college campuses. They wrote about a

Men’s Squash Places Expected Sixth at Team Nationals

Men’s Squash Places Expected Sixth at Team Nationals

Sophomore Terrance Wang, first on the Mammoths’ ladder, sent the small rubber ball– already hot from warm-ups– hurtling towards the Bulldog face plastered on the wall. With that, the Mammoths’ final tournament of the year began. On Presidents’ Day weekend, 57 squash teams from around the country descended upon Yale