The Mocha Chronicles: English as a ~~Second~~ First Language
The Mocha Chronicles explores the stereotypes imposed on people of color — all
while emotionally invested in The Bachelor.
Opinion
Rethinking Mental Health in Politics
As President Donald Trump’s administration becomes increasingly entangled with
lawsuits, his mental health has become a popular topic of conversation among his
opponents. George Conway, the husband of Trump’s former campaign manager
Kellyanne Conway, describes Trump as having narcissistic personality disorder.
John Kelly, former white house chief of
Seeing Double: Amherst’s $2.4 Billion Question
While Amherst students have spent the last few years studying, learning and
debating which mascot should go on the mugs at AJ Hastings, the college’s
endowment has been quietly exploding. In 1998, Amherst’s endowment stood at $528
million. In the following decade, the college doubled this hardly insubstantial
Bridging the Town-Gown Gap
Here at Amherst, we take the notion of community pretty seriously. With a
student body of fewer than 2,000 students, there’s a certain pressure to appear
tightly knit to the outside world. The spaces in which we live, study, eat and
hang out are engineered to optimize interaction
Goodness versus Kindness
We often use the words “good” and “kind” interchangeably to qualify a person
based on their actions. Someone who smiles, asks us how our day was and seems
genuinely interested in talking with us is deemed a “good person.” Basically, we
give anyone who isn’t an asshole this mantle.
The Mocha Chronicles: An Introduction
Cartoonist Laura Carty ’20 introduces the first of her cartoons in the Mocha
Chronicles, a new series.
Seeing Double: The Case for Open Borders
According to Pew Research Center, 62 percent of Americans have said that
immigrants strengthen our country. Yet, around 11 million undocumented
immigrants face constant fear of deportation, immigration court backlogs number
over one million and refugee resettlement in the United States has plummeted.
Some immigration applications have been sitting in