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AAS disputes Hamster funding; hears class council project plans

Treasurer Livia Angiolillo ’04 recommended allocation $9,971.85 to clubs and announced a budget of about $70,000 remaining for this semester. These funds were divided among several clubs, including the Amherst College Democrats, the Progressive Students’ Alliance, the fencing club and The Amherst Hamster. After Livia made her

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Hussein denies alleged Iraqi link with al-Qaeda network Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has denied U.S. and U.K. allegations of links to Osama Bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network, according to the BBC. The statement comes on the eve of U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell’s

Judge denies Brett Farson's motion to overturn his suspension

Farson was suspended last semester for his involvement in a Nov. 8 altercation, in which he allegedly broke another student’s nose. He filed a civil suit against the College for doling out what he considered to be an unfair punishment, according to The Daily Hampshire Gazette. Farson went through

Committee to consider cutting health benefits

Currently, the College insurance plan pays 100 percent of all health care premiums for retired employees. The committee is not contemplating any changes in benefits paid to those who have already retired. According to Director of Human Resources Kathryn Bryne, the trustees were concerned about the fact that health care

Mellon grant to address faculty aging

Recent studies cited by Five Colleges, Inc. suggest that the two biggest challenges facing higher education in the decade ahead are the increasing number of faculty near retirement age, and the hiring and retention of dual-career couples. According to Lorna M. Peterson, executive director of Five Colleges, Inc., the

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Poet Matthew Zapruder '89 considers time well spent

Zapruder did not always know he wanted to be a poet. “Because of who I was and how I was brought up, I came to think that certain things like politics, economics and law were more valuable than literature,” he said. Before long, however, he “gradually sort of realized how