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Green Room’s Latest Endeavor Parodies New Harry Potter Spin Off

Green Room’s Latest Endeavor Parodies New Harry Potter Spin Off

Whether it’s because of the conclusion of a stressful election or the conclusion of a stressful semester, we could all use a laugh right now. Unlike the “Harry Potter fandom” who had to wait five years for something new to be added to canon, Amherst students will only have

Thanksgiving Reading List: Four Books to Start and Finish This Break

Not having class isn’t enough to truly feel like you’re on a break from the hustle and bustle of college. Sometimes what you need to get away from the stress of the semester is to leave this world completely. My favorite way to do that is to tuck

A Tribe Called Quest Releases New Album After Phife Dawg’s Death

A Tribe Called Quest Releases New Album After Phife Dawg’s Death

ast Friday, iconic hip-hop group, A Tribe Called Quest, released their final album, “We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service.” It serves as a capstone to the group’s legendary career, which has spanned off-and-on over three decades. The album is A Tribe Called Quest’s sixth,

Thesis Spotlight: “portrait | wound | fragment*”

Thesis Spotlight: “portrait | wound | fragment*”

This past weekend, Sheila Chukwulozie ’17E performed her Theater and Dance thesis called “portrait | wound | fragment*,” largely created and acted out in collaboration with Amir Hall ’17 and a few friends. On the Amherst website, she describes her project: “[My performance is] an exploration of pain and fear that live

The Common’s 12th Issue Shines With Emotive Relevance and Unity

The Common’s 12th Issue Shines With Emotive Relevance and Unity

Splashed with a soft, cotton red and superimposed by a lonesome ice skate, the front flap of the 12th issue of “The Common” speaks of a coolly detached professionalism that attends the small, physical body of this publication in sight and feel. It is specifically that misleading nonchalance that may

10 Songs That Will Surely Get You Through That Mid-Semester Slump

10 Songs That Will Surely Get You Through That Mid-Semester Slump

Everyone has that one song that keeps them going during this time of the year. Whether it be a Top 40 hit or simply a song you have loved for years now, we all know the feeling of popping in your headphones and cranking up the volume of your favorite

Meek Mill Solidifies Status as Stand-Alone Rapper with Release of“DC4”

Meek Mill Solidifies Status as Stand-Alone Rapper with Release of“DC4”

Meek Mill returned to the music scene last week with his highly anticipated “DC4,” the fourth installment in his Dreamchasers series. Fans of his early work will find themselves pleasantly surprised with his latest album, after 2015’s “Dreams Worth More Than Money” sounded more like a cash grab than