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Swarthout, a history major who currently serves as a student senator and member of the faculty committee on priorities and resources, was recently elected to state board chair of MASSPIRG. He started his work on the campaign to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge soon after he stepped foot on

For most Americans, exposure to Japanese cultures comes in the form of the USA network’s “Banzai Movie Friday,” “The Karate Kid” and episodes of the “Iron Chef” on the Food Network. But there is another side to Japanese society unknown to most Americans. Ever since General Douglas MacArthur brought

On Monday morning, students, faculty and prefrosh alike awoke to find their dorms littered with signs warning them to take heed. And heed they took. Some students exited their dorms expecting to be overrun by a pack of hamsters. “It reminds me about the thing they always say about insects-

Ballenger attributed his career in politics to his education at Amherst. “My education pretty well got me interested in politics,” he said. According to Ballenger, he felt he was afforded many opportunities because of Amherst; among them was the opportunity to start his own manufacturing company and then change careers

However, the native of Elizabeth, N.J. bears no ill will towards the institution with which he credits the start of his literary activities. “You don’t come to understand the real value of having studied at a place like Amherst until well after you’re gone and you realize