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Alum Puts Medieval Into Modern Journalism

What do you do with a major in European studies and a yen for the medieval? If you’re as lucky as Cullen Murphy ’74, the answer is simple: put it into a comic strip story line. Surprisingly, the “Prince Valiant” writer, who also enjoys an active journalistic life as

Club Focus

Created by the SGO last spring under the leadership of club president Andrew Doss ’03, AIIGHT has many plans for this year, including an all-school campout, monthly student art shows and a lock-in in Alumni Gym. “A need has always been there,” explained club member Rajiv D’Cruz ’02. “But

Campus Conversation

To several drunken partyers, it was the Apocalypse. To others, it was just a power outage. To The Student, it’s news. Details are sketchy, as all eye-witnesses were inebriated out of their minds, but around 2:30 a.m. Saturday night, two flashes of lightning lit up the sky,

Student Senate Discusses Parking, Meal Plans

At speech night last Wednesday, only one person announced his candidacy for the position. “The question that arose is what is going to happen to those unfilled spots,” said Ruckman. The Senate unanimously passed a resolution that gives the executive board the power to fill empty at-large positions by appointment.

IT Lays Plans To Improve Information Architecture

“We believe it’s going to be hard and long,” said President Tom Gerety, who spoke first. “We hope this will open up a lot of possibilities for us in the Amherst community.” The project, which will be implemented by Datatel Technology, is to unify the College’s data systems

Lear Discusses Freud's Death Drive

Lear began the speech with an explanation that Freud’s death drive is an attempt to compensate for the absence of a good psychoanalytical theory of aggression. “Freud hit a trauma himself,” Lear said. “The death-drive is a reaction to that trauma.” According to Lear, Freud’s death-drive concept is

Panelists Discuss Mid-East Peace Process

“I was impressed by the wide knowledge of the audience and their willingness to discuss and consider serious changes in the status quo,” said Five College Professor of Peace and World Security Studies Michael Klare, a professor at Hampshire College. Despite differences of opinion, panelists Tayeb El-Hibri and David Mednicoff