The Last Mask Standing
Assistant Opinion Editor Willow Delp ’26 speaks about their experience as one of the campus’ last mask-wearers and calls for more structural Covid-19 protections.
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The Case for Mask-optional Classrooms at Amherst
Poler Family Professor of Psychology Catherine A. Sanderson argues that the college’s current mask policy for classes makes little scientific sense and calls for in-class masking requirements to end.
College Begins to Administer Covid Vaccines
Hantong Wu’23, receives his shot of the Covid-19 vaccine. Photos courtesy of
Maria Stenzel © Amherst CollegeOn Wednesday, April 28, the college delivered the
Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine shot to 336 students and 42 staff and
faculty members at no out-of-pocket cost in a pop-up clinic set up in Coolidge
Cage.