Students, Community Rally in National Shutdown Protest
Hundreds of students and community members joined in a day of protest on Friday, voicing their disappointment towards the Trump administration’s ongoing ICE activity nationwide.
Democracy
Burnout: We Talked Democracy to Death
Staff Writer Lucas Silva ’28 dissects Amherst’s paradoxical “commitment to democracy,” arguing that constant messaging about democratic crisis has become so abstract — and everyday campus life so unchanged — that students are tuning out rather than showing up.
Faculty Adopt Historic Democracy Resolution
On Oct. 24, the college faculty voted in support of adopting a resolution that speaks out in defense of democracy and individual liberties. The resolution affirms the belief that ongoing threats to democracy pose a significant risk to the values and educational mission of the college.
Uprising in Nepal: The City of Wood Is Burning
Staff Writer Jackson Hersom ’27 shares his personal experience attending protests in Nepal as a study abroad student and explains how a government social media ban triggered such widespread demonstrations.
The Party of Free Speech: A Hollow Lie
In light of the detention of several pro-Palestinian activists, Managing Opinion Editor Emeritus Willow Delp ’26 highlights the hypocrisy of the current administration as champions of free speech, but only extended to members of similar political ideology.
Amherst Community Protests to “Stand up for Democracy”
On Friday, approximately 50 students, faculty and staff, and town members gathered at the intersection of South Pleasant Street, College Road, and Northampton Road, to “stand up for democracy.”
Letter to the Editor: Faculty “Call to Action”
David Wolpaw ’92 argues that a faculty letter calling for a ceasefire in Gaza “reeks of antisemitism” and runs counter to the values of a liberal democracy.