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Looking to have fun and make a fundamental difference in people’s lives? Do you enjoy kar-aoke, basketball, volleyball, board games and working with individuals who have special needs? Difference for the Development-ally Disabled (3D) is a community service program created by Brett Farson ’03 in fall 2001

Campus Conversation

Did you see a chicken running around town last Friday? Or, perhaps, a guy dressed in a chicken suit marching in the town common talking about killing whales? Wait � killing whales? An anti-whale protest? In Amherst? If you happened to walk into town, you might’ve seen a handful

Campus Speak

DAN GROSS ’05 “‘Tidy Whitey,’ because it’ll be snug and comfortable and everyone will want to look at it.” GEOFFREY DEWIRE ’02 “Dorms that aren’t really dorms because they’re in trailers and are called modular housing.” NICK JUVER ’05 “‘Sloppy seconds,’ because it’d be roomdraw’s

Swimming takes third at NESCACs

“The men just swam out of their minds this weekend,” said Coach Nick Nichols. Starting off the meet in the 200-yard freestyle relay, the ‘A’ team of Chuck Clinton ’05, Dan Morash ’04, Mike Pohorylo ’04 and Pat Kennedy ’03 finished in fifth. Amherst got its first NESCAC victory

Track team boasts widespread success

The day started for the women with Helen Dole ’04 finishing an impressive 12th in the pentathlon. One of the highlights of the day was senior Rebecca Woo’s 1000m race. She started out in the lead and went wire to wire, finishing in a blistering 2:56.99, breaking

Admissions and varsity football: closely intertwined at Amherst

“We [the NESCAC] are the most restrictive conference in terms of recruiting in the United States and I am very glad about that,” said Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Tom Parker. “There is a place for football in the NESCAC, but it must be a restricted place.” Division III

Pat Metheny Group returns with zest

During the concert, Metheny remarked that it’s been 25 years since the group recorded their first album, “Watercolors.” Their latest album, “Speaking of Now,” just recently released on Warner Bros., continues to showcase the band’s unique, electronic conception of jazz. Two years ago, I saw Metheny perform at