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The CLD and the Right to Free Speech

The right to free speech is a staple of American democracy. It is enshrined in our Constitution and a crucial part of the First Amendment. When movements attempt to restrict it, the backlash is always controversial and often reprehensible. In short, we as Americans believe in the immense value of

More Dogs on Campus: A Much-Needed Reform

I believe Amherst should provide more resources that benefit the community and make us more productive, happy and engaged. A simple way to accomplish this: increase the number of emotional support dogs on campus. Amherst has an enormous budget and should allocate more of it to improve the happiness of

Hillel Responds to the Swastika Incident — April 10

Editor’s Note: The Student first published an op-ed [https://amherststudent.com/article/hillel-responds-to-swastika-incident] by Amherst Hillel on its website on April 2. Shortly after, members of the administration reached out to Hillel and engaged its members in a meeting on Monday, April 8. The revised version of Hillel’s

On the Judiciary Council's Ruling Regarding ACR

Over the last few weeks, the Amherst College community has been pushed to make controversial decisions: taking down the Common Language Document (CLD), responding to the men’s lacrosse team’s anti-Semitic behavior and, most recently, disciplining the Amherst College Republicans (ACR) for discriminatory language in their club GroupMe. Each

Talking About Speech

To the Amherst community: How should we talk to each other in a college setting that prizes thoughtful speech? We have all struggled with this question as we debate the Common Language Guide circulated some days ago. The guide has generated speech conundrums that are entangling our community in a

Hillel Responds to Swastika Incident — April 2

As the main Jewish affinity group on campus, we wanted to address the story released in last week’s issue of The Student [https://amherststudent.com/article/members-of-mens-lacrosse-posted-snapchat-photos-of-unconscious-person-with-swastika-drawn-on-face] regarding events at the men’s lacrosse house earlier in December 2018. Our community is deeply affected and hurt by the use

The Fallacy of Meritocracy

“I do want the experience of like, gamedays, partying … I don’t really care about school, as you guys all know” says Olivia Giannulli, YouTube star known as Olivia Jade and daughter of actress Lori Loughlin, in one of her videos. When news first broke of the recent college admissions