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Symposium: Frozen Texas and the Welfare Question

On Feb. 13, a massive winter storm brewed in the Pacific Northwest. Two days later, it had crashed down across the Midwest and Southeast and left millions of Texans without power, freezing in their poorly insulated homes [https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/freezing-cold-and-burning-mad-

Red Herring: Purim

We Need Better Communication

As we transition out of stage 2 of quarantine during our second semester of hybrid learning, it may feel like the virus’s spread is successfully under control. Despite the thoroughness of Amherst’s guidelines and accountability measures, managing campus life amid a pandemic remains a delicate balancing act, especially

The Need for Community

As we saw an uptick in close contacts with positive Covid-19 cases on campus, with two positive cases forcing 23 close-contact students into quarantine housing, the Editorial Board reflected on the reasons why students seem to be having trouble following college safety guidelines. While student negligence is inexcusable,

Red Herring: Familiar Sight

Simple Tips for Better Zoom Teaching

Welcome to the second week of classes! Coming up on a year of remote learning, students and professors alike are still adapting to Zoom and the online school format, with a truly staggering number of different strategies. I’ve compiled a loose list of Zoom teaching tips for professors from

Symposium: The Thought-Terminating Cliché

Antifa. Antifa, antifa, antifa. There’s a phenomenon in psychology called “semantic satiation [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_satiation].” It happens when you say a word over and over again so many times that, to you, it starts to lose all meaning and becomes a series of almost nonsensical