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Campus Safety Lacks Transparency and Student Voices

Campus Safety Lacks Transparency and Student Voices

Continuing his series on policing structures at Amherst College, Staff Writer Fritz Lalley ’25 discusses the Campus Safety Advisory Committee.
Fritz Lalley '25 May 8, 2024

In Students We Trust

The Editorial Board questions the Board of Trustees’ authority in the recent campus safety decision, calling for the prioritization of student experience and a more collaborative process for making decisions regarding campus life.
The Editorial Board Apr 27, 2022

Letter to the Editor: Reframing the Campus Safety Conversation

As tempers flare on campus and the rhetoric heats up, it’s easy to forget how far our community already has come in the debate about campus policing and the many constructive ideas that students and staff have floated. Faculty members have a responsibility now to help these deliberations move
Rhonda Cobham-Sander Apr 28, 2021

Letter to the Editor: Divest & Disarm

Students have led the campaign for a more inclusive, safe and integrated campus community — one that by definition can no longer include the presence of police with guns. At the faculty meeting on Tuesday, April 6, Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety John Carter presented proposed changes that
Jen Manion Apr 14, 2021

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