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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

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EXHIBITIONS Casa Mañana: The Morrow Collection of Mexican Popular Arts celebrates the collection of Mexican folk art by Dwight W. Morrow 1895 and his wife Elizabeth Cutter, amassed during Morrow’s tenure as United States Ambassador to Mexico in the 1920s. (Mead Art Museum, through April 21.) SELECT FLICKS Academy

This Week in Amherst History

Seventeen years ago this week, the College instituted its current policy of locking campus residences for the entire day because a non-student was seen lurking in the dorms, according to The Student. Not only was he loitering, but the unidentified male had also been seen urinating into the women’

Website of the Week- www.grudge-match.com

In a previous matchup between Tigger and Calvin’s imaginary friend Hobbes, Christopher Robin and Calvin are enjoying a relaxed dinner while their respective tigers are left to starve under the table. A lone tuna sandwhich on the floor in the distance sparks a ferocious appetite and an equally heated

Casino!

A night in Vegas? A scene from “Ocean’s Eleven”? No, it’s the Hunger Action Committee’s annual Casino! night. Instead of coffee and assorted colors of Powerade, plastic cups were brimming with yellow, green and lavender chips representing each player’s winnings. While the mezannine was a veritable

'Halls' are full of what make us great

To be a writer, and more importantly, to be a good writer, you’ve got to love language. You have to breathe it, it has to be in your marrow and when that isn’t enough, you have to write daily reminders on your mirrors and your belongings and even