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More Than Awkward Nerd And Hot Girl

More Than Awkward Nerd And Hot Girl

Currently in its sixth season, “The Big Bang Theory” is a sitcom that revolves around the lives four nerdy scientists and their friendships with Penny, an aspiring actress and waitress at The Cheesecake Factory. Roommates Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) and Leonard Hofstader (Johnny Galecki), both physicists, live in an apartment

“Channel Orange:” A Glimpse into Unrequited Love

“Channel Orange:” A Glimpse into Unrequited Love

In mid-July of this year, rising R&B artist Frank Ocean released his new album “Channel Orange.” The album was heavily anticipated by R&B lovers, especially in the wake of several popular songs released by Ocean in 2011 such as “Thinkin Bout You,” “Novacane” and “We

The Art of Our Sister Colleges: An Overview

The Art of Our Sister Colleges: An Overview

When your aesthetic appetite has exhausted the 18,000 works available in Amherst’s own Mead Art Museum or when you’re just looking to get off campus for an afternoon, hop in a car and head to Smith or Mount Holyoke, or both. The Smith College Museum of Art,

“Looper:” For Once, Time Travel Done Right

“Looper:” For Once, Time Travel Done Right

There’s a lot to be said about “Looper,” [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iQuhsmtfHw]but perhaps the most important speaks less to the successes of the film than to the dreary state of the pseudo-genre “time travel” movie and the larger science fiction genre as a whole.

The Trouble with Unassailable Belief

Much outrage has erupted in the Middle East in these past weeks in response to Innocence of Muslims, a low-budget internet movie trailer that portrayed Muslims as mindlessly violent and easily drawn to anger. This outrage quickly grew into protest, where the offended Muslim parties tried to fight these

Letter to the Editor

Catherine A. Sanderson is a professor of Psychology at Amherst College. The lengthy article in last week’s Student on Carleen Basler’s resignation thoroughly conveyed the range of reactions, including shock, disappointment and sadness, that students, faculty and administrators have had to learning of the apparently widespread plagiarism in

Refereeing Referendums

“The addition of the Dean of Student’s ability to establish standards in furtherance of principles embodied by the Honor Code and/or to comply with legal requirements and to modify the Student Conduct Process as appropriate to comply with applicable legal requirements and best practices.” Sound familiar? Probably not,