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Seeing Double: Should Facebook Ban Political Ads?

In recent years, political advertisements on social media have become a hotly contested issue. Much of the criticism revolves around Facebook, which runs the vast majority of social media political ads. Some say that these ads help spread misinformation and weaken our democracy. Others say they are an important part

Cartoon: Campus Wildlife I Have Met So Far

Keeping in Touch With the Town (Without Touching)

The notion of the Amherst College bubble is not new. But this semester, amid a global pandemic, it has taken on an entirely new meaning. In past years, the Amherst bubble referenced (sometimes derisively) the idea that the Amherst College community insulates itself from the towns that surrounded it. Now,

Seeing Double: Should You Really Have Nothing To Hide?

In almost every conversation I have with other young people today about privacy, I’m told that they “have nothing to hide” or that they “know companies steal our information but use their apps anyways.” We’re ambivalent about the prospect of losing our privacy, content to reassure ourselves that

Cartoon: Miss Rona

Isaac Streiff ’24 contemplates where anti-science messaging is really coming from within this pandemic.

Beyond the Bubble: The Study Abroad Student Who Didn't Come Home

“Beyond the Bubble” is a new series brought to you by The Student to detail the experiences of students taking the semester (or year) off from school. f you are an Amherst student taking the Fall 2020 semester or 2020-21 school year off, consider submitting a personal essay about

Is It Time To Abolish The Open Curriculum?

On July 31, The Brown Daily Herald, Brown University’s student newspaper, published an editorial [https://www.browndailyherald.com/2020/07/31/brown-update-open-curriculum-diap-shouldnt-optional/] urging their college administration to update their open curriculum to establish a “diversity and inclusion action plan course requirement.” In the