Opinion

In light of former Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s recent visit to Amherst College, we wanted to take some time to discuss the implications of offering him a platform. It’s important to destabilize the premise that bringing Kasich to speak, even if one despises his politics, is useful and

Forgive my praise of the humanities; you’ve probably heard this enough. But I truly love a well-taught and organized seminar class. There is something both uncomplicated and incredibly rewarding about reading a text and spending an hour and 20 minutes having a conversation about it (with intelligent people)

In my relatively short time at Amherst College, I’ve noticed one question that seems to come up repeatedly in my classes: what’s at stake? It turns out to be an especially important question, because it asks why something matters and why something is worth pursuing. If nothing is

Every year, over 100 million people tune in to the Super Bowl on the same channel at the same time — but for very different reasons. There are those who have religiously followed the two teams all season. There are those who bet a little too much on the coin flip

With the recent tragedy of a homeless couple in Greenfield freezing to death and the growing struggle with shelters’ limited capacities, which were highlighted in the Daily Hampshire Gazette’s Jan. 19 article headlined “‘No backup option’: Shelters at their limits during winter,” the problem of homelessness in this community

At first glance, the title of this piece may come across as cynical. But I promise that I am not writing this to justify my failed New Year’s resolutions and attack the concept as a whole. Instead, I am intrigued by the unlikely power of a New Year’s