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 forward in a
thoughtful, inclusive manner, and I hope we will rise to that challenge.
We are indebted to the Black Student Union and their allies within the
Association of Amherst Students for demanding th