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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

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

Campus Conversation

We all know that classes can get a little boring sometimes. No Amherst student is immune to naptime in the Red Room or the sporadic yawn during lectures. Some residents of the College have even taken to wallowing in the occasional fantasy to pass the time. Unfortunately, professors’ insistence on

Ged Dickersin '86 Puts Northampton In Pictures

The screaming of car brakes and impatient drivers honking did not distract Dickersin. He drily explained, “I’m actually trying to catch a taxi. You would think there would be many in New York,” adding, “New York is great, but loud.” Very loud, especially compared to our peaceful town of

Campus Conversation

An event once distinguished by mass fish-swallowing, this year’s Social Council Luau was marked by a disturbing repetition of Third Eye Blind songs. Though fish were again involved, none seemed to be devoured, as opposed to last year’s carnivorous behavior. As an impressive upgrade from last year’

Club Focus

Established in 1993, the Five-College chapter of Habitat for Humanity has remodeled and built homes for area families experiencing varying degrees of homelessness. This year the organization plans to construct an entire home in the town of Amherst, an ambitious goal that they have not undertaken in recent years.