PVTA Announces Free Fares for All Riders, New Amherst-Greenfield Line
Buses were already free for Five College students, but they will be free for all riders between Nov. 1 and June 30, 2025. The Greenfield line will stop in Leverett and Sunderland.
2024-2025
Mammoth Moments in Miniature: Oct. 9 to Oct. 22
Mammoth Moments in Miniature provides quick updates on campus happenings. This week’s edition features plans for the town’s first-ever pride festival, the rave, and an upcoming CHI salon.
At Cider Run and Beyond: Amherst A Better Chance Engages Town Community
Assistant Features Editor Lauren Siegel ’27 highlights Amherst A Better Chance, a residential high school program where students of color from educationally underserved districts live together in town and attend Amherst-Pelham Regional High School.
Some Courtesy, Please
Managing Opinion Editor Edwyn Choi ’27 urges readers to stop judging people’s majors based on a perceived “return on investment.”
A Republican’s Perspective on the 2024 Election: For the Republican Party to Win, Trump Needs to Lose
Columnist Jeb Allen ’27 urges the Republican party to reject Donald Trump as the presidential nominee, and instead return the Republican party to a better past.
Beyond Hypocrisy: The Utility of JD Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy
Staff Writer Charlie Bolton ’28 praises JD Vance's iconic “Hillbilly Elegy” and talks about the “rural way” while criticizing JD Vance’s current political alignment.
Breaking it Down: Why Today’s Presidential Debates Are Terrible
Contributing Writer Raina Batra ’27 examines the issues with presidential debates from her perspective as a competitive debater.