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Opinion

On Power and Privilege

Recent events at Amherst have brought power and privilege to the forefront of our conversations, from the athletic fields to Valentine Dining Hall. It might seem that we as students expound on the difficulties of power and privilege on a daily basis in the classroom. Controversies on campus, however, have

America's Death Penalty and Moving Forward

On the first day of April, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the execution of a Missouri death row inmate would not be unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment’s bar on cruel and unusual punishment, despite a rare medical condition that could cause him severe pain. Two

Amherst's New Housing Selection Process

Amherst's New Housing Selection Process

Cartoonist Emi Eliason ’22 critiques the bureaucracy of the new housing selection process.

AC Dems Are Not Contributing to Extremism

In a recent opinion piece published in The Amherst Student, Thomas Brodey ’22 accused the Amherst College Democrats (AC Dems) of contributing to extremism by declining to engage with the Amherst College Republicans (ACR) in light of their recent actions. We respectfully disagree, and feel that if AC Dems had

"Has Anyone Been Censored?" Is the Wrong Question

I appreciate Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought Martha Umphrey’s effort to complicate our discussions surrounding speech by adding more questions for us to think about. But I do want to voice a concern. I want to focus on one question in particular that I fear obscures the

If I May: The State of Political Comedy

Recently, I watched an episode of “Patriot Act,” the Netflix show hosted by comedian Hasan Minhaj. By many accounts, the show has succeeded in its goal. It was picked up for a second season, and the few episodes I have seen were certainly well done. Minhaj delves deeply into just

Keywords in the Classroom

I loved college. For most of my life before college, I stood out as a person who was overly prepared for class, too engaged and persistently asking the teachers “why?” “why?” “why?” I went to Catholic school my whole life. I say this because half of the time the answer