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Gooding and Hills Fields to Undergo Renovations

Gooding and Hills Fields, which serve as practice and game spaces for multiple varsity, club and intramural athletic teams, will undergo extensive renovations beginning in late March. Affected student groups will include varsity field hockey, varsity men’s and women’s lacrosse, varsity men’s and women’s track and

Thoughts on Theses: Sade Green

Thoughts on Theses: Sade Green

Sade Green ’20 is an English major. Her thesis is a collection of short stories with Black women as protagonists. Her advisor is Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint, a visiting writer in the English department. Q: Can you tell me about your thesis?A: I’m an English major, and my

AAS Candidate Statements for the Class of 2023

On Friday, Sept. 20, the AAS will hold elections for eight senators from the class of 2023. The students below have announced their candidacies for these elections. Students who are interested in hearing from these candidates or are interested in running but were unable to submit a candidate statement should

College Seeks to Modernize Information Systems in BIG Initiative

College Seeks to Modernize Information Systems in BIG Initiative

This past July, the college started implementing the first phase of its Business Improvement Group (BIG) Initiative, a project designed to modernize business processes at Amherst. The initiative seeks to overhaul the college’s nearly two-decade-old business management software and consolidate workflow — from payroll and human resources activities to student

ResLife Implements a Series of Changes, Including Free-Play Laundry

Effective for the beginning of fall semester, students will no longer have to pay $1.25 for each laundry wash or dry cycle, instead facing a $33 increase in residential fees to offset the costs of operating the laundry machines. The change to laundry payment, called the free-play laundry initiative,

Walk for Mental Health Funds Made Available for Student Projects

Students, faculty and staff can now request funding from the newly-established Community Mental Health Fund for projects intending to promote positive mental health on campus. The fund, announced more than a year after the first fundraising effort in May 2018, contains half of the money raised from the last two

Amherst College Republicans Appeals Sanctions From Judiciary Council

Amherst College Republicans Appeals Sanctions From Judiciary Council

The executive board (E-board) of the Amherst College Republicans (ACR) has asked the Judiciary Council (JC) to appeal its decision last spring to sanction ACR after the Association of Amherst Students (AAS) was made aware of ACR GroupMe screenshots containing derogatory language toward LGBTQ students and staff. The request, however,