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I first met Alyssa Snyder when I was a high school senior. At the time, she was a diversity intern for Diversity Open House (DIVOH), a fly-out program hosted by the Office of Admission that brings high school seniors from underrepresented backgrounds to Amherst. Though our interactions were brief, her

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke to the college community about free speech on April 24 in an event jointly organized by the Amherst College Republicans (ACR) and the conservative youth organization Young America’s Foundation (YAF). The event was held in Johnson Chapel, with only Amherst students, faculty and

The Amherst community demonstrated against former attorney general Jeff Sessions in a variety of ways on Wednesday, April 24, as his scheduled talk at 8 p.m. in Johnson Chapel loomed over campus. [https://amherststudent.com/article/jeff-sessions-speaks-on-free-speech-addresses-mueller-report] A former Alabama senator, Sessions was appointed attorney general by President Donald

The college announced on April 17 its intentions to explore building a student center on the land currently occupied by Merrill Science Center and McGuire Life Sciences. Separate meetings with students and faculty convened shortly after. The decision to look into constructing a student center on the Merrill/McGuire site