Over the last 200 years, many things have changed about Amherst. The student
body is no longer all white, all male and all rich. The smallpox-spreading “Lord
Jeff” mascot has been replaced with the image of an extinct animal. And there is
a new Science Center which costs almost as much as the GDP of the Republic of
the Marshall Islands.
However, one aspect of Amherst’s identity has persevered: our infamous rivalry
with Williams College. While this tradition largely survives through an annual
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