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College Community Protests, Organizes Against Jeff Sessions

College Community Protests, Organizes Against Jeff Sessions

The Amherst community demonstrated against former attorney general Jeff Sessions in a variety of ways on Wednesday, April 24, as his scheduled talk at 8 p.m. in Johnson Chapel loomed over campus. [https://amherststudent.com/article/jeff-sessions-speaks-on-free-speech-addresses-mueller-report] A former Alabama senator, Sessions was appointed attorney general by President Donald

Progressive Policymaker Gives Talk, Makes Case for Green New Deal

On April 22, policymaker Rhiana Gunn-Wright gave a talk in Johnson Chapel on the Green New Deal, a sweeping proposal that aims to combat climate change and income inequality and is championed most notably by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York’s 14th congressional district. Gunn-Wright is the director of

College Explores Possible Student Center

College Explores Possible Student Center

The college announced on April 17 its intentions to explore building a student center on the land currently occupied by Merrill Science Center and McGuire Life Sciences. Separate meetings with students and faculty convened shortly after. The decision to look into constructing a student center on the Merrill/McGuire site

Student Body Votes Against Unity Ticket in Referendum

On Monday, April 22 the student body voted in a referendum to decide whether the Unity Ticket would be given a chance to run for the Association of Amherst Students (AAS) executive board (E-board) positions. The students who comprised the Unity Ticket included: Gabriel Echarte ’22 running for president, Isiaha

Low-Income Students’ Experiences Marked by Alienation

When Elinton Park ’20 was first applying to college, he didn’t know about Amherst College. Hailing from rural Missouri, he remained oblivious to the liberal arts institution up until just before the regular decision application, and only heard about the college through QuestBridge, a non-profit organization that connects high-achieving

College Adopts Reproductive Health Certificate

On April 19, the college announced that it would offer a Five College certificate program in Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice (RHRJ), available immediately for interested students. The certificate, which was established in 2014 by faculty at the other four colleges of the consortium, offers an integrative study of the

Thoughts on Theses: Namita Khajanchi

Thoughts on Theses: Namita Khajanchi

Namita Khajanchi is a chemistry major. Her thesis examines the function of the protein mitoNEET. Her thesis advisor is Associate Professor of Chemistry Sheila Jaswal. Q: What is your thesis about?A: My thesis is about a protein called mitoNEET. The protein has implications in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s,