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The Amherst Student

Volume 152 • Issue 1

The Amherst Student

The Newspaper of Amherst College Since 1868

Sunday, January 29, 2023

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MLB Moves All-Star Game Due to Controversial Georgia Voting Law

By Liam Archacki '24

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April 14, 2021

On April 2, Major League Baseball (MLB) announced that its 2021 All-Star Game will no longer take place in Atlanta, Georgia after the state passed a controversial voting law last month. Coors Field in Denver, Colorado was later named as the replacement location for the game, which will still be held on its original date of July 13. Georgia Senate Bill 202 [https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/201498], the Republican-sponsored bill at the center of the controversy, introduc

In Response to Atlanta Spa Shootings, Asian Students Grieve, Mobilize and Call for Action

By Yee-Lynn Lee ’23

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March 24, 2021

The killing of eight people, six of whom were Asian women, on March 16 in a series of three mass shootings in Atlanta, Georgia devastated the college’s Asian and Asian American community. In an email sent the following day, President Biddy Martin condemned the attacks, offering resources and support to community members. But with the letter coming almost a year after anti-Asian racism during the pandemic first made it to the forefront of campus consciousness [https://amherststudent.com/article/a

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