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Seeing Double: Solving Our Climate Crisis

Socialism as the Solution Cole Graber-Mitchell ’22Columnist Right now, we have what we need to overcome the climate crisis. We have the the will: an overwhelming majority of Americans believe that climate change is both happening and dangerous, according to a 2018 study by Yale researchers. And we have

Responding to Student Center Sustainability Concerns

I write to thank Margot Lurie ’21 in “The Need for a Sustainable Student Center,” published in The Student on Feb. 5, for advocating that the college embrace sustainable design principles for the new student center and for highlighting the importance of minimizing embodied carbon as part of a sustainability

It’s Time to Recommit to Asian American Studies

Formerly among the NESCAC schools with the most resources for Asian American studies (AAS), Amherst College has fallen behind its peers. In the 2017-2018 academic year, Asian American students from Williams College reached out to members of Amherst’s AAS Working Group to learn about our activism and grow

Letter to the Editor: The Need for a Sustainable Student Center

I write to thank Margot Lurie ’21 in “The Need for a Sustainable Student Center [https://amherststudent.com/article/the-need-for-a-sustainable-student-center]” for advocating that the college embrace sustainable design principles for the new student center and for highlighting the importance of minimizing embodied carbon as

Denouncing the New Travel Ban

On Saturday Feb. 1, students, faculty and staff received a message from President Biddy Martin regarding President Trump’s policy to expand the travel ban. The ban adds the nations of Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania to the list of countries on which Trump has imposed travel blockades.

The CAA and NRC: Fueling Discrimination, Violence

We are writing in regards to the protests in India against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens in India. Through this letter, we hope to echo and amplify the concerns raised by students at institutions not only in India but worldwide, and we ask the Amherst

Seeing Double: To Tutorial or Not to Tutorial?

Like many Amherst College students, I frequently wake up in the morning with a happy flutter in my heart, knowing that the value of my Amherst liberal arts education will melt away all the irksome practical realities of life much like the melting snow. Almost immediately, however, my simple tranquility