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Club Focus- ISA

“Being an international student at Amherst can be hard for some people,” said ISA webmaster Isuru Seneviratne ’04. “[You] have no idea about the bus system, you don’t know what is cheap and what is not and communication is difficult when English isn’t your first language.” ISA serves

Website of the Week- www.bored.com

Do you want to play online pranks on friends? Now is your chance to make someone into a wanted felon-all in good fun, of course. How about popping virtual bubble wrap? Take lots of online tests? Watch full-length concert videos of your favorite bands? Find out when you’re going

This Week in Amherst History- November 21, 1974

Marijuana and hashish, perennial Amherst favorites, were still widely available and had increased from 10 to 25 percent in price. “It’s going to go up, you can’t find a $15 mix on the street anymore, and in six to nine months, you won’t be able to at

Ask Doc Tyler

You know what a fetish is, right? Well, I have a fetish. A fetish for Valentine tuna salad-you know, it’s mushy, smelly, fairly inanimate. I can’t get enough. Whenever they serve it, I take at least 100 platefuls throughout the course of a meal, put them in my

Campus Speak- If you had your own talk show, who would be your first guest?

“Tori Amos, because she’s my favorite. I’ve loved her music for so many years.” MORGAN KOPASKA-MERKEL ’05 “A politician. I would be ashamed if I had one chance at a talk show and interviewed someone superficial.” MIKE PROMAN ’03 “Randy Moss, because Minnesota sports are my life.” MIKE

Campus Conversation

GOTCHA! The terror and paranoia continues, but with some new players introduced to the scene. The Master Assassins, a band of anonymous rogues, will now be patrolling the lawns, buildings and other once safe spaces of Amherst College. To the horror of many GOTCHA! players, who, until now, survived in

Ophelia exhibit floats into Mead

Kiefer began preparing for the show over a year ago. She wanted to make use of the Folger Library and explore the many portrayals of the character of Ophelia in the world of art. Ophelia was not a major character in “Hamlet,” but she appears more in visual art than