Amherst Men’s Crew: The Freshmen Impact
Assistant Sports Editor Ethan Niewoehner ’29 profiles Amherst Men’s Rowing Team, looking at the energizing impact of the freshmen class on the team’s trajectory.
club sports
Satire: Galloping Toward Greatness: Inside Amherst College’s Most Revered Athletic Dynasty
Managing Opinion Editor Caroline Flinn ’28 gallops into Amherst’s most important athletic team, arguing that the hobbyhorsing team’s obsessive training, ceremonial routines, and metaphysical competitions can turn even a stick into a symbol of institutional pride.
Seeing Double: Bridging Amherst's Athletic Divide
Any student who has lived at the college pre-Covid has experienced the immense
divide between athletes and non-athletes. Every evening, varsity teams would
fill the back room of Valentine Dining Hall, while non-athletes would
instinctively avoid that back room. It isn’t often that the dividing line
between two groups