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This Week in Amherst History

Ninety-three years ago this week, Amherst’s department of physical education adopted a new system of ‘Equivalents’ for the sophomore and junior classes, according to an article in The Student. A student in either of these years could be excused from attending gym one day each week as long as

Club Focus

Started by Lara Neel ’01 this year, the KGB is a small group of students with a passion. While it may be commonly considered an antiquated art, knitting can be a calming activity on a stressful night or a mode of creative expression for any student. The club is geared

Campus Conversations

So we beat Williams, and obviously the only method to adequately display our glee was to tear down the goal posts. That’ll show those cocky Williams players! Damn, we just ruined our own field. But no matter! We have an entire year until next season, and as no shards

Website of the Week

Welcome to the cartoon capital of the Internet world, packed full of works by today’s most eclectic cartoonists. Tired of hearing news anchors regurgitating the same biscuit of election news everyday? Find your way to Dennis Draughon’s pop culture cartoons, such as “The tribe has spoken: the latest

Campus Speak

“Hearing so I wouldn’t have to listen to my roommate’s awful music every night.” LAIS WASHINGTON ’01 “Sense of hearing, so I could sleep through the night.” JOSH SADLIER ’03 “Taste seems like the least essential.” ANNE CAMERON ’01 “Not my hearing because I was already deaf for

Senate Discusses Online Voting, Van Purchases

The Senate opened its session with a follow-up presentation by Ned B. Friend ’01 on this fall’s online elections. On the whole, Friend said that the elections were a success. According to Friend, the largest complaint was that the password-retrieval process was cumbersome. For this spring’s campus-wide election,

Crime Log

10/21, 7:44 p.m. Town Police reported that they had confiscated an unlicensed keg from a student at Hitchcock House and issued a citation. 10/21, 11:50 p.m. An officer confiscated two bottles of hard alcohol from a student at Mayo-Smith House. 10/21, 11:50