Looking Ahead to LitFest: Illuminating our Guest Speakers
In anticipation of Amherst’s 10th annual LitFest this weekend, Staff Writer Belaine Mamo ’27 highlighted the lives and careers of this year’s guest speakers.
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The Student’s Role in Campus Dialogue
The Editorial Board clarifies its policies for publishing Opinion articles, condemning harassment toward writers and urging for more productive ways to promote dialogue on campus.
Student Squared: Necati Akinci ’25
In this edition of Student Squared, Assistant Features Editor Mira Wilde ’28 talked to Necati Akinci ’25 about his passion for physics, his experience as an international student, and his goal of pursuing educational equity.
The State of Theme Communities
Lucy Jones ’27, Claire Liu ’27, Alisha Xu ’27, and other theme house leaders respond to new changes to theme community policies, warning that inadequate communication, the new lottery system, and negligence of student perspectives may threaten to destroy the very purpose of these communities.
Anti-Ableist Amherst: Remembering Accessibility in New Policy
In light of recent housing policy changes that harm and exclude students with disabilities, Managing Opinion Editor Emeritus Willow Delp ’26 urges the college to provide more resources for students to have their accessibility needs met and feel a greater sense of belonging within the community.
Walk on the Wilde Side Returns After 60 Years
Assistant Features Editor Mira Wilde ’28 brings back her grandfather’s column, “Walk on the Wilde Side,” after a 60-year hiatus.
To Save The Republic
Staff Writer Aaron Holton ’25 argues that the spirit of federalism, rather than a focus on identity politics, can reorient the nation from political decay.