Opinion
Mandate Vaccines for On-Campus Students
As the rate of vaccination accelerates
[https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/03/12/world/covid-19-coronavirus#covid-vaccine-pace-adults-eligible]
in the U.S., normalcy seems to be in sight. On April 7, President Biddy Martin
announced in a letter
[https://www.amherst.edu/news/covid-19/
Symposium: Cancel Culture Doesn't Work
Content Warning: Mentions of suicide, sexual harassment and assault; discussion
of racism and sexism.
Language is shifting all around us, every day, whether we notice it or not. Just
last year, Merriam-Webster added
[https://web.archive.org/web/20210329222735/https://www.merriam-webster.com/topics/words-were-watching]
“petrichor,
Seeing Double: A Love Letter to Bad Drawings
A few weeks ago, I decided to ignore the nagging voice in my head insisting that
I do homework and spend some time relaxing in the sun. To distract myself from
the fact that I would be doing this alone, I pulled out an old notebook, grabbed
a pencil and
Let's Start With Disarmament
Yesterday, April 13, the Black Student Union (BSU) called for a college-wide
walkout via a message
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zRYhv1evj0Qz5v1ZXG6VeRofkXMtjRETh3qFTCWhsEA/edit?usp=sharing]
circulated by the Association of Amherst Students (AAS) and on the BSU’s
Instagram page [https://www.instagram.com/p/CNlyuqIBaLz/]. The walkout
Letter to the Editor: Divest & Disarm
Students have led the campaign for a more inclusive, safe and integrated campus
community — one that by definition can no longer include the presence of police
with guns. At the faculty meeting on Tuesday, April 6, Chief of Police and
Director of Public Safety John Carter presented proposed changes that
Seeing Double: A Dispatch From Abroad
Dated April the Thirteenth, in the Year of our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty-One
While most Amherst students spend their semester tranquilly matriculating within
the warm embrace of these United States of America, I have been living abroad.
I’ve always wanted to dedicate a portion of my life