In The ‘Cac
One More Way Amherst Tops Williams
We get their concert instead of them. Yup. After canceling on their Apr. 14 concert at Williams to play for MTV, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are coming to the ‘Herst. The Spring Concert Chair Peter Crane ’15 sent out an email yesterday prepping students of this “special announcement” to be made today (3/12), which has [...]
Celebrating The ‘Cac’s Two Year Anniversary
To all the NESCAC students and alumni, parents and friends; high schoolers; Ivy Leaguers with small-school envy; and people around the world who visited our site this past year: Thank you. Our second year covering all things NESCAC was no less exciting than the first. The stories confined to one of the 11 beautiful campuses [...]
His Excellency Former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Visits Amherst
On Tuesday night, a multitude of Five College consortium students, including myself, tromped through snow and icy sidewalks to hear the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Skaukat Aziz, give his take on world affairs. In a fairly full Johnson Chapel, the only prime minister in the history of Pakistan to ever complete a full term [...]
Fore’Cacst
The ‘Cac makes it a priority to give its readers breaking news across the NESCAC all year long, rain, shine… or snow. Here’s the latest on Winter Storm Nemo: We are currently seeing what we predicted earlier, namely, that Nemo has indeed been found. For the next twenty-four hours, we will have a low in study [...]
Second Wind-ter: a Late Winter Break Playlist
Hannukah, was swell! [insert socks joke here]. Christmas, great! [insert problematic family comment here]. And don’t get me started on Kwanzaa! [I actually celebrate it, but like no commentary needed]. But here lies the issue, the holidays are over. No more awkward family food fests, or cheesecake, or excitement from your parents. Yes, [...]
Your Stress will Affect Future Generations, and What to Do About It
I recently read an article written by a Carnegie-Mellon University student who addressed the effects of the stress and workloads, as well as pressures, in college. The article resonated with me, especially after this past semester, during which I spent at least 20 hours per week (at least!) in the library due to a 5 [...]
Merry ‘Cacmas: A Holiday Playlist
Since around Thanksgiving you have been getting in holidays spirit! Whether you were living the latke-life for Hanukkah, or google-ing what Kwanzaa is, ‘Cacmas is clearly upon us! From the radio to our favorite show Santa and Rudolph and even the occasional baby Jesus are making their annual appearances. If you wanna add to your family’s rotation [...]
‘Herst Has A Dumbledore Bathroom?
Look out Middlebury Quidditch: Amherst has its own Chamber of Secrets, which, appropriately, you must enter the loo to find. Yup, that’s right. I knew about the Ulysses bathroom in our English Department building (Johnson Chapel), but it wasn’t until last night that I stumbled across this treasure. Upon entering the (muggle) ladies’ room in [...]
