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Death penalty opponents claim victory in Massachusetts House

“This has come up probably every session since I’ve been here,” said Amherst State Representative Ellen Story, who opposes the death penalty and has been serving as representative since 1992. In 1997, the House deadlocked over the issue, resulting in a one-vote decision to keep the death penalty

Lawrence Lessig speaks on future of law in cyberspace

“To help us engage these questions, perhaps no one is better than Lawrence Lessig,” said Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science Austin Sarat. Admitting that “It’s my nature to be pessimistic and negative,” Lessig foresaw the future Internet as heavily regulated. While the original Internet was a flexible space

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Six dead during U.S. training exercise in Kuwait A joint U.S.-Kuwaiti investigation is underway after a U.S. Navy fighter jet accidentally dropped a bomb in Kuwait Monday, killing five American soldiers and an army major from New Zealand and injuring many more. Pentagon officials are speculating

Campus Crime Log

11:35 p.m., Pratt Dormitory A resident of Pratt complained about loud music on the fourth floor. January 31, 2001 1:01 a.m., James Hall A resident of James complained about loud people and noise on the second floor. 2:08 a.m., Davis Dormitory Officers received a

All-Stars in Action

Eight years later, Downes is still making music and playing the bass. In high school, Downes played in two bands: “We just started hanging out and playing for fun and it turned into something that I really enjoyed doing,” he said. At Amherst, Downes has played with Full Service and

Campus Conversation

It began like any other TAP: loud music, scantily-clad students and sketchy dancing. Then, we soon realized, it really was like any other TAP. Although SoCo held Raffle TAP this past Saturday, adding the ever-popular element of winning prizes to the same old TAP debauchery, the result was

This Week in Amherst History

The policy they were protesting forbade cohabitation in the dormitories; males were not allowed to take females into North and South. The demonstration was led by the Women in Dorms coalition and involved 23 women marching through North. One female participant described the demonstration as “very solemn,” and said that