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Students and alumni win prestigious scholarships and fellowships

“These are prestigious awards,” said Fellowships Coordinator Denise Gagnon. “In the last five or six years Amherst has done very well in winning these merit-based awards,” she said. This year the College boasts one Goldwater winner, a Luce winner, a Watson winner, a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship winner and a Fulbright

AAS hears fall budget complaints

There was considerable debate regarding the College Republicans’ and College Democrats’ fall budget allocations. Both political organizations submitted similar budgets but received recommendations for different allocations from the BC. The Democrats were allocated $434, 43 percent of the amount that they requested, whereas the Republicans received $297.50, 46 percent

YAI leads the Month of Peace and Activism

Group members published a humanitarian magazine, entitled The Amherst Humanitarian, earlier this month and are sponsoring a poster campaign on campus. “By the end of the Month of Peace and Activism, we hope to have raised student awareness on the state of the world’s poor, especially about the world’

College Visit: Princeton proposes "A" grade quota for all departments

As part of the plan, no more than 35 percent of students in each department may receive a final grade of “A.” However, 55 percent of independent work projects may receive “A” marks. The proposal will also redistribute all other grades. Each department will publicize how many “A’s” it

Town Brief: Florence Savings Bank branch robbed early Saturday morning

“He handed the teller a note saying that he had a gun and wanted all the money,” said Lieutenant Patenaude of the Northampton Police Department. Vice president of Florence Savings Bank Doug Burr, director of marketing, explained that the teller and other bank employees followed typical bank safety protocol, despite

Senate allocates funds for lecture by former Bolivian President

Senator Mihailis Diamantis ’04 motioned to deny funding to pay for musicians for the Haitian Awareness Project. He questioned whether the musicians were necessary, citing the limited funds remaining in the discretionary fund. Senator Avi Das ’07 supported Diamantis’ proposal. “We have a lot of events going on right now.

AAS executive board election statements

President Issa Abdulcadir ’06: As a student once more apathetic than motivated to claim this environment as my own, I realized that although I was not concerned with the College’s politics, this political context is inescapable. Realizing this, I made the decision to present myself as an electoral candidate.