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Piece of the Pie has been the Food Bank’s biggest fundraiser for 12 years. The money raised this year will go to programs such as nutrition education and raising community awareness of hunger, as well as to the distribution of food to needy groups including senior citizens and low-

krbrown@amherst.edu El Arco Iris is a community arts center that provides after school arts programming and leadership training to youth of color in South Holyoke. Girls, Inc. 532-6247 Girls, Inc. provides homework help, art activities and social interaction for girls ages six to 10 in their quest

Stavans has also recently published “The Essential Ilan Stavans,” an eclectic collection of essays and short stories that provide an insightful study of Jewish and Latino pop culture in the United States and Latin America. Both books seek to examine the roots of Hispanic culture in order to better understand

The CD swap hosted by WAMH this past Thursday was designed to let students share their music interests and to further connect the radio station to the Fairest College community. “People just needed a dollar to get in and could grab all they could carry of the CDs in the

This week 122 years ago, The Amherst Student reported that an unnamed junior was packing his bags and fearing the worst after an errantly tossed apple struck a passing professor in the head. The anonymous junior was sitting in his room, “softly eating an apple and so deeply was he

“Basically, we try to make it easy for people to do things outside like go hiking, backpacking, rock climbing and anything else,” explained club president Adrienne Socci ’01. Students organize and lead all excursions. “Anyone can lead a trip, with whatever level of experience,” said club secretary Dave Reckess ’02.