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The Case for Plungers

Lately, toilet plungers have been on my mind. I’ve been thinking a lot about how infrequently I see toilet plungers on campus and about what that dearth of plungers says about our community. Before coming to Amherst, I lived in a fairly ordinary lower-middle class suburban house. Each of

Ask a Student Health Educator!

People have often asked me, “What is the weirdest question you’ve gotten at a sexuality workshop?” and, honestly there’s one clear answer. Put yourself in my shoes, at the young age of 18, walking into the raging bin of hormones and the melted cheese smell of a first-year

Laszlo Neme’s “Son of Saul” Wins Oscar for Best Foreign Film

Laszlo Neme’s “Son of Saul” Wins Oscar for Best Foreign Film

It is impossible to make a film that accurately portrays the Holocaust as a whole. Its horror is too vast, and its characters too numerous. Cinema’s only available shortcut is to illuminate individual traumas that compose the darkness of the times. Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece “Schindler’s List,” perhaps

Oscar Nominated Shorts Cover Relevant and Timeless Themes

Oscar Nominated Shorts Cover Relevant and Timeless Themes

We all know that the beautiful Leonardo DiCaprio finally won an Oscar this past Sunday, an achievement long-sought after by both himself and by his fans. And while his animalistic acting skills in “The Revenant” should certainly be acknowledged, there are many categories in the Academy Awards outside of “Best

Student Created App “Meetum” Aims to Promote Social Unity

Student Created App “Meetum” Aims to Promote Social Unity

Conor Brown ’16, Louie Reed ’16 and Patrick DeVivo ’16 have created “Meetum,” an app that more than a third of Amhert’s student population has downloaded, and one that hopes to shift Amherst’s social paradigm. Meetum is intended as an app where students can share events and activities

Racially Aware Oscars Marks Turning Point in Hollywood Politics

Racially Aware Oscars Marks Turning Point in Hollywood Politics

The impossible happened: Leonardo DiCaprio finally won an Oscar and the Academy owned up to its lack of diversity. The #OscarsSoWhite controversy emerged in the last couple of years, but the issue became even more pertinent this year when there were no actors of color nominated. After Neil Patrick Harris

Ridley Scott’s “The Martian”: The Story of the Loneliest Man on the Planet

Ridley Scott’s “The Martian”: The Story of the Loneliest Man on the Planet

The red planet has been a source of inspiration for years, especially for science fiction visionaries such as H.G. Welles and Edgar Rice Burroughs. It has hosted alien civilizations, portals to other dimensions and Bugs Bunny. This time, Matt Damon takes on the second step of the final frontier.