You Should Take a Language
Assistant Professor of German Hannah Hunter-Parker urges Amherst students to start a new language this spring, highlighting how language learning expands perspective and possibility.
Opinion
The Necessity of Arabic Language Classes
Contributing Writer Julia Teller ’28 reflects on how studying Arabic at Amherst deepened both personal and intellectual connections — and argues that the college’s decision to cut the program undermines its commitment to curiosity and cross-cultural understanding.
Fun For Whom?
Contributing Writer Kamil Mouehla ’26 examines how Amherst’s party culture reveals enduring racial and cultural divides, arguing that genuine belonging demands spaces where authenticity is celebrated.
Bathroom Bulletin: The Lyceum
In their latest addition to their campus bathroom guide, Senior Managing Editor Edwyn Choi ’27 and Contributing Writers Jenny Chan ’28 and Hailey Yoon ’28 review the Lyceum’s restrooms.
Satire: The Cocaine Capital of Western Massachusetts
Assistant Opinion Editor Caroline Flinn ’28 covers the ongoing saga of the Hotel UMass scandal, the Pioneer Valley’s most controversial new hotspot where white powder has drawn the attention of many.
Anti-Capitalism With a Side of Matcha
Assistant Opinion Editor Caroline Flinn ’28 reflects on the paradox of critiquing capitalism while living within it and examines how everyday contradictions reveal both the pervasiveness of consumer culture and the possibilities of resistance.
A Shutdown For Our Times
Staff Writer John Milas ’28 dissects the latest government shutdown as more than a budgetary standoff — framing it instead as a mirror of America’s collective precarity.