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This Week in Amherst History

In a desperate attempt to save TAP, students created an organization called Project Facelift that sought to dissolve the demes and create a new social structure for funding student organizations. A forerunner of the present day SoCo, Project Facelift planned to create a central fundraising committee to address the issue.

Club Focus--MassPIRG

One may perhaps wonder how MassPIRG manages to effect concrete changes, but the diversity of the group’s aims serves as its greatest strength. “We fight for things that directly affect students’ lives, such as lowering the interest on student loans,” said co-president Bob Razavi ’03. “At the same time

Website of the Week

Among the seemingly endless opportunities for wasting time on the Internet, www.amused.com may be the most effective in whittling away the hours. The site itself admits as much, professing itself to be “The ultimate guide to wasting time online.” With numerous engaging portals to explore, this site certainly

Campus Speak

WILL JOHNSON ’03 “The day I went to the top of the Swiss Alps.” JANET NG ’04 “The day my cat found its way back home after it was missing for a few months.” KATIE FAMOUS ’01 “The day I turned 21.” BURTH LOPEZ ’01 “I’d be in NYC

Select board writes letter to Boston urging review of marijuana policy

Almost a year later, Carl Seppala, a select board member, volunteered to put together such a letter which was sent to Boston yesterday. On Jan. 22, the board decided to assemble a draft of the letter, saying that it “agrees that it is time to acknowledge that the doctrine supporting

Four professors speak on Bush foreign policy agenda

“I definitely learned a lot,” said Tess Senderowicz ’04. “Because here we are sheltered from the media unless we actually seek to be informed. It was nice to have people who were obviously learned and informed on the topic break it down for us.” Professor of Political Science Pavel Machala,

News Briefs

Sharon next Prime Minister after landslide victory Conservative party leader Ariel Sharon is set to become Israel’s next prime minister with a formidable victory over incumbent Ehud Barak. “It’s a critical time,” said one Israeli in the Jerusalem Post, echoing the nation’s growing concern with the Israeli-Palestinian