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Installation Offers Commentary on Amherst’s Gendered Spaces

Installation Offers Commentary on Amherst’s Gendered Spaces

Camila Dominguez ’18 exhibited her art project “Pin Up” in Alumni Gym on September 30. The project was for her advanced art seminar on public art and social practice. She placed pictures of current female Amherst students over pictures of male athletic teams, and her installation remained in the gym

Whitaker-Morrow Will Wade Through a River to Create His Thesis Film

Whitaker-Morrow Will Wade Through a River to Create His Thesis Film

Hunter Whitaker-Morrow ’17 is a Film and Media Studies and Sociology double major in the process of creating a film for his senior thesis. I had the chance to speak with Whitaker-Morrow about his Italian Neo-Realism shaded film this week, delving into the inspiration behind the project,

The Six Podcast Series Guaranteed to Take Your Mind Off of Midterms

The Six Podcast Series Guaranteed to Take Your Mind Off of Midterms

It’s midterms season, that time between add/drop and finals season where you’re drowning in multiple “mitdterm” papers and tests. This period may seem endless, but on your commutes into town for Starbucks you can have a good laugh and maybe learn something from these podcasts. NPR’s

Resisting Tourist Tropes and Valuing Indigenous Culture

When I mention studying abroad in New Zealand, most people think of hiking, mountains and beautiful scenery. In some ways, they are correct. However, these assumptions overshadow the colonial history of Polynesia and the struggles that indigenous people continue to face today. Walking through the airport my first night here,

Sexual Respect: Let’s Be Better Than Decent

“On Behalf of the Amherst Men’s Soccer Team” has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you’re a member of the Amherst community, you couldn’t have missed it because the President of the College kindly placed it in your inbox. Despite all the

Let’s Start Talking: Rape and Male Violence

Amherst students have done a great job promoting sexual respect and, what I like to call, consent-y sex. If consensual sex is an umbrella, consent-y sex lies underneath it. What does consent-y sex look like? We see the answer to this question all over campus, on posters,

Maintaining Collective Memory

As a print publication with nearly 150 years of history, the Amherst Student has a substantial archive of student writing. The Student’s office and the College archives house stacks of aged books with every issue that came before this one and will grow to include each one that will