Amherst
Amherst Construction Fail
If you go to Amherst, you are familiar with the sounds of drilling, banging, scraping, beeping, men shouting to each other in the early morning, and whatever other cacophony construction entails. For the past six months or so (and also last summer, when the school tore down a dorm), Amherst had begun building its new [...]
Amherst says No to edX
In April, the faculty of Amherst College voted 70-36 (5 abstentions) against joining edX, a non-profit enterprise co-founded by Harvard and MIT, which bills itself as “the Future of Online Education.” In edX’s view, such a future centers on the development and creation of “MOOCs,” short for “massive open online courses.” While Amherst, like its [...]
NESCAC Strong
Today marks the two week anniversary of the Boston bombings. As a runner and lifelong New England resident, the horrific events hit close to home – the fact that I had two senior teammates cheering and many others I knew competing (all of whom were uninjured) at the marathon that day made everything seem much [...]
Amherst Rallies For Boston
At 4 p.m. today, about one hundred Amherst students, faculty members, staff and residents gathered to show solidarity with Boston. The community came together to make signs, donate funds, and take a few moments to think of our neighbors out east. The rally was just one more example (out of the many) showing that good [...]
The Ten Stages of Thesis
Having completed my senior English thesis last Friday (to those of you still writing…you have my greatest sympathies), I wanted to take some time and reflect back on the (largely daunting, often enjoyable, yet inherently hellacious) process. While I can’t stop smiling and thinking, “Well, that bitch is done” five days after the fact, I’m [...]
Another Trophy For The NESCAC Case
Last year, I sent an article about being a Division III athlete to In The ‘Cac. I wrote about how–regardless of the size of the crowds at our games, lack of scholarships or the overall perception of what it means to play DIII sports–we had the same pride, respect and love for our sports as anyone. [...]
Amherst apology begins reset of ties with Williams
APRIL FOOLS. Duh. After nearly two hundred years of tension, competitive rivalry, and back-channel negotiations, Amherst’s president Biddy Martin has formally apologized to Williams for the theft of the Williams library and president. On behalf of the Ephs, President Adam Falk accepted Amherst’s apology. In 1821, then-Williams President Zephaniah Swift Moore was convinced by Amherst [...]
The Onion, Double Order!
The Onion pokes fun at Hamilton this week, with a brief reference to Amherst. I personally was distracted by the brief shot of a scheduled performance by Mindy Kaling, but that is neither here nor there. (You don’t need Mindy, Hamilton, you already have Bon Jovi–kind of). If you were offended by The Onion’s erroneous [...]
