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.
Opinion
Satire: The Cocaine Capital of Western Mass.
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.
Editorial: The Impact of Revoking Adobe Services on Student Initiatives
The Editorial Board criticizes the college’s sudden removal of Adobe Creative Cloud from student accounts, exposing how the decision undermines creativity, independent journalism, and student agency.
NSPM-7: Redefining Extremism
Assistant Opinion Editor Caroline Flinn ’28 examines the implications of NSPM-7, showing how its broad definition of “extremism” could criminalize ordinary dissent and civic engagement — and warns that when questioning becomes a national security risk, democracy is in peril.
You’re Not Reading The Amherst Student. That’s How Polarization Spreads
Contributing Writer Lucas Silva ’28 investigates the collapse of local journalism and asks what it would take for students and citizens alike to reclaim a stake in the information that shapes democracy.