Southern Poverty Law Center talks hate crimes and race at UMass Amherst
Faith Gregory, Writer
October 4, 2017
Filed under Campus, Current Affairs, Showcase
The Southern Poverty Law Center addressed the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Monday about the current state of hate and extremism in the United States.
Read more »Bringing back the Dada days: UMass student brings surrealism to age of fake news
Jon Decker, Writer
October 3, 2017
Filed under Campus, Current Affairs, Showcase
In the age of fake news, local student Adam Smith is launching his very own reality bending publication in print on campus after going on a surrealist odyssey across America.
Read more »Neglected behind bars: Incarcerated women face unique health challenges
Faith Gregory, Writer
October 2, 2017
Filed under Campus, Current Affairs, Showcase
AMHERST — The University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences is addressing an important problem: Incarcerated women have poor access to health care. This challenge was addressed Wednesday evening at a panel called “Women Behind Bars: Public Health and Criminal Jus...
The party’s over: University takes disciplinary action against two popular fraternities
Stephanie Murray, Nicole DeFeudis, and Abigail Desvergnes
September 21, 2017
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Theta Chi and Phi Sigma Kappa were placed on interim suspension as the university investigates potential violations of the Code of Student Conduct.
Read more »Small fire in Kennedy dorm prompts police and fire response
Jayare Alvarado, Audience Engagement Editor
September 19, 2017
Filed under Campus, Current Affairs, Showcase
Amherst Police and the Amherst Fire Department were called to the sixteenth floor of Kennedy Hall at the University of Massachusetts for a trash fire Tuesday morning.
Read more »Undergraduates build Hydrofarm for sustainable agriculture
Jack Danberg and Charlotte Ehrhardt
September 14, 2017
Filed under Campus, Current Affairs, Showcase
At the crossroads of nutrition, food systems and climate change, the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Hydrofarm is a small greenhouse adjacent to Clark Hall in the Central Residential Area that is taking action to provide a more sustainable future.
Read more »Students rally against Charlottesville violence and for DACA recipients
Morgan Hughes, Campus News Editor
September 13, 2017
Filed under Campus, Current Affairs, Showcase
Following violence in Charlottesville and uncertainty around the fate of DACA recipients, over 100 students and activists gathered Tuesday afternoon in front of the Student Union to speak out about moving forward from these “injustices.”
Read more »Locals ‘Cross the Divide’ in GroundTruth panel
Faith Gregory, Writer
September 10, 2017
Filed under Around the Valley, Campus, Current Affairs, Showcase, Uncategorized
Locals affected by divisive differences in the community spoke passionately about their personal experiences living and working in the Pioneer Valley in a panel by the GroundTruth Project on Wednesday in the Old Chapel.
Read more »UMass officials blast Trump DACA decision, pledge support for immigrant students
Stephanie Murray, Editor in Chief
September 7, 2017
Filed under Campus, Current Affairs, Showcase
UMass officials blasted President Trump’s plan to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a policy change they say threatens the university’s values.
Read more »Linda Sarsour talks intersectional organizing, resistance at UMass
Cameron Merritt, Writer
May 4, 2017
Filed under Campus, Current Affairs, Showcase
One of the Women’s March co-chairs, civil rights activist Linda Sarsour, gave a lecture at the University of Massachusetts on Friday on organizing successful and intersectional resistance movements in the modern political climate.
Read more »Husband and wife bring Xi’an cuisine to Amherst
Benjamin Keefe, Contributor
May 4, 2017
Filed under Campus, Current Affairs, Showcase, Uncategorized
Li “Lili” Jia and Naitian Wang are the married couple behind Lili’s Restaurant in Amherst Center, a small eatery specializing in traditional Chinese cooking.
Read more »Graduate students march for wage increase, benefits
Maria Manning, Writer
May 2, 2017
Filed under Broadcast News, Campus, Current Affairs, Showcase
The UMass GEO is asking the university to increase wages by 18 percent over three years, reduce health and childcare costs, eliminate graduate fees and create broader anti-discrimination protections.
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John Coakley, Writer
The United States launched 59 tomahawk cruise missiles at a Syrian airfield late Thursday night, targeting “Syrian fighter jets and other infrastructure.”
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