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Alumni Panel Looks Back at Amherst Uprising

Alumni Panel Looks Back at Amherst Uprising

A group of alumni who were present for the 2015 Amherst Uprising, which shed light on the difficulties faced by students of color on campus, returned for a panel in the Powerhouse on Feb. 16 to discuss the lessons they drew from the Uprising and give advice to current students.
Maggie Sher '26 Feb 22, 2023
Standing Against AAPI Erasure

Standing Against AAPI Erasure

Contributing writers Karen Lee ’25 and Eleanor Lee ’25 call for solidarity in the fight for A/P/A studies and against the erasure of the work of AAPI student activists.
Karen Lee '25, Eleanor Lee '25 May 4, 2022

Symposium: Cancel Culture Doesn't Work

Content Warning: Mentions of suicide, sexual harassment and assault; discussion of racism and sexism. Language is shifting all around us, every day, whether we notice it or not. Just last year, Merriam-Webster added [https://web.archive.org/web/20210329222735/https://www.merriam-webster.com/topics/words-were-watching] “petrichor,” “swole” and “stan” to
Leland Culver '24 Apr 22, 2021

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