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Following a faculty vote, lecturers and senior lecturers are now considered faculty members. The motion was brought forward by the Faculty Executive Committee and centered on the faculty handbook’s definition of faculty members.
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Who keeps Amherst campus shining? Features Editors Belaine Mamo ’27, Lauren Siegel ’27, and Caroline Paluska ’29 highlight three custodial staff members and their lives on and off campus.
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The college has released demographic data for the Class of 2030. This year’s class saw a three-point percentage increase in its number of Black or African American students and a six-point percentage decrease in its Latinx students compared to the Class of 2029.
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On Wednesday, Professor of LJST Lawrence Douglas and Trustee Stephen Vladeck ’01 discussed Douglas’s book “The Criminal State: War, Atrocity, and the Dream of International Justice.”Douglas analyzed the legacy of the Nuremberg trials and aspirations towards an international criminal justice system.
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On Wednesday, Professor of Government at Harvard University Michael Sandel gave a talk titled “Meritocracy and the Common Good: What Makes Higher Education ‘Higher’?” Sandel warned that one of the main issues with meritocracy is that it creates a false impression of deservedness.
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As 50CO swiftly approaches, Managing Features Editor Talia Ehrenberg ’28 investigates student and faculty discourse from 1974 surrounding the official decision to admit women into the college.
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Though every Amherst student is familiar with the biannual registration process, few know how it has changed throughout the years. Staff Writer Julie Lui ’29 highlights the way technology has shaped the Registrar’s Office’s role in her investigation of the office’s history.
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Contributing Writer Selyse Lawrence ’30 examines why majors in the humanities and social sciences carry the label “useless.” Drawing on her intended majors in Psychology and Black Studies, Lawrence argues that a degree should be judged by the people it can serve as well as by what it pays.
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In this review of Lance Oppenheimʼs 2026 film “Primetime,” Contributing Writer Hayliann Smith ʼ28 provides context for the film’s focus: Chris Hansen’s TV show “To Catch a Predator,” and discusses the show’s moral ambiguity. Is a good cause still honorable when the motive behind it is profit?
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In this week’s edition of Around the Herd: volleyball upsets Tufts, football improves to 5-0, and field hockey downs Bates.
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