Opinion

As a minority student, I have recently found myself torn on the affirmative action issue. I sometimes wonder how much my Hispanic background contributed to my acceptance into Amherst College. Hacker himself admits that he was accepted to Amherst College partly because his father was a professor. Although this was

There is no doubt that this war is very different from any other conflict in American history. Moreover, the relationship between the government and its constituents has changed: the main interface has become the media. Despite the recent frenzy of protest, there seems to be a greater reluctance to speak

Police crackdown unnecessary Considering some of the shocking events of this past year, it is difficult to indict the Campus Police for the overly aggressive stance they are currently taking against social life at Amherst. We have reached a point, however, where the well-intentioned actions of campus security are

Now that I am halfway through my year here in England, I have to admit that I am not going to live out that dream. Much to my own disappointment, I have become one of those annoying people we all know who went abroad and loved it, and can’t

The anti-American sentiment was overwhelmingly feverish, especially in nations that have close economic and political ties with the United States. In Toulouse, 10,000 Frenchmen joined against the U.S. chanting, “They bomb, they exploit, they pollute, enough of this barbarity.” The anti-war movement as seen this past

A lot of discussion has revolved around the craze for “reality television” shows, most of the same, tired digested talk about how Americans view themselves in a perpetually competitive environment, where individuals must fend for themselves and must be pitted against equally driven and sometimes noxious peers. These recreated worlds