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Letter to the Editor: Bravo to Trang-Linh Nguyen’s for her March 11th Opinion piece: The AI Question Amherst Cannot Afford to Ignore

Alumnus Jim Knight ’69 lauds Trang-Linh Nguyen ’29’s March 11 piece, arguing that her call to preserve human creativity amid AI’s rise highlights the urgent ethical need to keep humanity central in technology.

The Violence I Carry in My Pocket

Managing Opinion Editor Caroline Flinn ’28 exposes the relentless scroll of death and violence online, arguing that our digital immersion desensitizes us, erodes empathy, and makes human suffering feel ordinary.

On Life Among Queer Men at Amherst College

Staff Writer Shane Dillon ’26 unpacks life among queer men at Amherst, arguing that social pressures and secrecy constrain openness, revealing how even progressive campuses can reproduce broader societal silences.

I Phone Detoxed for 16 Weeks, and I Refuse to Get Bricked

Staff Writer Irisa Teng ’29 dissects Amherst Students Against Phones, arguing that their sixteen-week personal phone detox shows the value of intentional, self-directed digital habits over imposed tech-fast programs.

On Being An “Implicated Subject”

Staff Writer Rizwan Ayub ’27 interrogates Amherst’s opaque endowment, arguing that its entanglement in secretive financial systems renders accountability elusive while leaving students as “implicated subjects” in unseen exploitation.

Before You Preach About Democracy, Do It

Staff Writer Max Feigelson ’27 interrogates Amherst College’s performative politics, arguing that symbolic resolutions and faculty-led statements fail to empower students, revealing a deeper crisis of political imagination that undermines the practice of democracy on campus.

Satire: Rating Things in the Newsroom That Just Make Sense

Managing Opinion Editor Caroline Flinn ’28 and Assistant Opinion Editor Syla Steinman ’29 lament the Editorial Board’s goodbye to the newsroom in Morrow Dormitory at the end of the semester, rating the objects they so deeply cherish.