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Taking One Day at a Time: Over 900 Students Adjust to Life on a Covid-Cautious Campus

Taking One Day at a Time: Over 900 Students Adjust to Life on a Covid-Cautious Campus

For the past three months, the college has set forth careful, calculated planning for the precarious experiment that began last week: bringing the 937 students from across the pandemic-stricken country to live and learn on campus. It did not go off without a hitch; students tested the waters and saw

Following Student Outline, College Announces Anti-Racism Plan

Amid a national reckoning with anti-Black racism and the aftermath of multiple racist incidents on campus — and robust student plans to address them [https://amherststudent.com/article/reclaimamherst-and-the-promise-for-change] — President Biddy Martin announced that the college will adopt a sweeping anti-racism plan in an email to the community on Aug. 3.

#ReclaimAmherst and the Promise for Change

“Black people are the condition of possibility for the existence of Amherst College.” From its opening lines, the campaign to #ReclaimAmherst [https://form.jotform.com/202006898941056] makes clear the legitimacy of Black people’s claim to the institution. From the college’s founding years to Amherst’s current status as

Everything that #Reclaim Amherst Outlines to Change

Here’s a distilled guide to the changes explained in the #ReclaimAmherst Campaign. Read the full story here [https://admin.amherststudent.com/2020/07/30/reclaimamherst-and-the-promise-for-change/] . The college needs an institutional value statement that condemns racism and discrimination. The Board of Trustees needs two Black student trustees on the board.

Student Frustration at College's Lack of Communication Regarding Fall Plans and Leaked Announcements

For many Amherst students scattered across the globe in their remote learning locales, Wednesday, July 1 was spent pacing their rooms and refreshing their emails on the hour, every hour. It was not until a few minutes past 5:30 p.m. that day that the college shared its official

In An Era of Virtual Orientations, First-Years Underscore the Value of In-Person Programming

Plans for a traditional first-year orientation have been uprooted as the coronavirus pandemic continues to run rampant across the country, moving primarily to online platforms. Yet, even as the college has incrementally notified first-years about its tentative orientation programming, some have expressed a need for an in-person orientation, writing letters

As the Nation Demands Reform, Student Activists Lead College Reckoning with Racist Past and Practices

As anti-racist protests spurred by the police killing of George Floyd on May 25 continue across the nation, calls for change are growing across the Amherst community. On the national level, students, alumni and the college itself have coordinated donation drives to support organizations working against anti-Black racism, including the