Woolly Fashion: Lillia Hammond and Peter Klisiwecz

For the Woolly Fashion column debut, Staff Writer Vaughn Armour ’25 interviews Lillia Hammond ’25 and Peter Klisiwecz ’25 to explore Amherst College's sense of style and the meaning of fashion for us all.

A Republican’s Perspective on the 2024 Election: For the Republican Party to Win, Trump Needs to Lose

Columnist Jeb Allen ’27 urges the Republican party to reject Donald Trump as the presidential nominee, and instead return the Republican party to a better past.

Exercises in Thought: Physical Health

Columnists Joe Sweeney ’25 and Tim Carroll ’25 discuss experiences and structural issues surrounding health.

Anti-Ableist Amherst: The Limits of Mental Health Awareness

Managing Opinion Editor Willow Delp ’26 urges readers to go beyond awareness when discussing mental health.

A Republican’s Perspective on the 2024 Election: Trump is an Existential Threat to American Democracy

Columnist Jeb Allen ’27 argues that Trump’s authoritarianism threatens American democracy.

Exercises in Thought: Technology

In this edition of Exercises in Thought, columnists Joe Sweeney ’25 and Tim Carroll ’25 explore and criticize contemporary uses of technology.

Exercises in Thought: Mental Health

In a new edition of Exercises in Thought, Columnists Joe Sweeney ’25 and Tim Carroll ’25 tackle the issue of student mental health.

Exercises in Thought: Social Life

Exercises in Thought columnists Tim Carroll ’25 and Joe Sweeney ’25 explore the liberal arts social scene, from hazy nightlife to stodgy well-being spaces.

Anti-Ableist Amherst: Beyond Accommodations

In this edition of “Anti-Ableist Amherst,” Assistant Opinion Editor Willow Delp ’26 argues that accommodations, though important, are not enough to bring about disability justice at the college.

Amherst For All: The Nature of The Injustice

In the second installment of “Amherst For All,” Columnists Zane Khiry ’25 and Tim Carroll ’25 examine the socioeconomically inequitable aspects of Amherst’s admissions policy and consider why they are important to rectify.

Film Society x The Student: “The Royal Hotel”

Assistant Arts & Living Editor Sophie Durbin ’25 describes “The Royal Hotel” as a cautionary tale for female travelers and a horror story about unreliable friends in this week’s installment of Film Society x The Student.

Exercises in Thought: I Love Eating in Val!/Eat in Val: It’s good for you.

Exercises In Thought Columnists Joe Sweeney ’25 and Tim Carroll ’25 contemplate the pleasures of eating in Val in our post-to-go box era.

Foreign Currents: Crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh

Foreign Currents Columnist Cole Warren ’24 calls attention to the ongoing crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Anti-Ableist Amherst: Mark Your Words

Assistant Opinion Editor Willow Delp ’26 inspects how ableism, both silent and verbal, plagues Amherst’s campus.

Anti-Ableist Amherst: Disabled Students Deserve a Resource Center

In the debut of their column “Anti-Ableist Amherst,” Assistant Opinion Editor Willow Delp ’26 advocates for a disabled/neurodivergent resource center on campus.

Amherst for All: An Equity Problem

In the debut of “Amherst for All,” Columnists Tim Carroll ’25 and Zane Khiry ’25 call on the college to reckon with the socioeconomic inequities of admissions.

Tapti Talks: Romanticize Life!

Managing Opinion Editor Tapti Sen ’25 asserts that the value of romanticization should not be understated, despite valid criticisms of “the aesthetic.”

Exercises in Thought: Why I Am So Wise/Why I Am So Clever

In their column debut, Staff Writers Tim Carroll ’25 and Joe Sweeney ’25 face off over the college’s mission statement to beg the ultimate question: why should we value thinking?

Foreign Currents: Crisis in Niger

In his column debut, Cole Warren ’24 informs readers about the recent coup in Niger and urges Amherst students to critically examine mainstream narratives about international affairs.

Front and Center: Signing Off

Front and Center columnist Melanie Schwimmer ’23 writes a reflection on the place of athletics at the college as well as the importance of improving athletics in the world at large, in her final column for The Student.

Time-Warped Records: “Graceland”

In his inaugural edition of Time-Warped Records, Alden Parker ’26 reviews Paul Simon’s 1986 album “Graceland,” detailing Simon’s experience recording in South Africa during apartheid.

Kayah’s Korner: A Low-income Student’s Guide to Navigating “Success”

Kayah’s Korner columnist Mikayah Parsons ’24 advises that students expand their interpretation of “success” beyond quantifiable products.

Mammoth Mind-Pho-ness: Adulting at and After Amherst

Pho Vu ’23 offers up her weekly dose of wisdom this week with advice about how to tackle that most difficult task left to Amherst students once they graduate: being a real adult.

Kayah’s Korner: A Guide To Navigating Coursework

Kayah’s Korner columnist Mikayah Parsons ’24 offers sage advice on managing a large academic load given her experience as a quadruple-major at Amherst.

Mass. Insider: On the Ballot

In preparation for next week’s elections, Mass. Insider columnist Shane Dillon ’26 provides a quick rundown of this year’s ballot.

Kayah’s Korner: How To Navigate Office Hours

Mikayah Parsons ’24 debuts a new advice column aimed at helping first-generation, low-income students survive the Amherst experience with her first entry, which provides recommendations for navigating office hours.

Mass. Insider: Will Kim Driscoll Remember Western Massachusetts?

Mass. Insider columnist Shane Dillon ’26 advocates for the western side of the state, making the case that the political clout of non-Boston areas of Massachusetts is vital for politicians running for higher office.

Mass. Insider: Our Politics Are Weird, But Changing

Mass. Insider Columnist Shane Dillon ’26 attempts to make sense of a central paradox of Massachusetts politics.

Mass. Insider: Maura Healey’s Bid For Governor

Columnist Shane Dillon ’26 begins his new column with a discussion of upcoming Massachusetts general election and the Democratic nominee Maura Healey, who, unusually for a Democratic candidate, may be poised to win.

Seeing Double: Who Won?

Seeing Double Columnists Cole Graber-Mitchell ’22 and Thomas Brodey ’22 close out their long-running column with a debate of who is the better fledgling columnist.

Seeing Double: Tradition, Tradition!

Seeing Double Columnist Cole Graber-Mitchell ’22 reflects on his four years at Amherst, concluding his last solo column with a claim that the college is in need of more student traditions.

Rants and Raves: Stop Whining About Amherst Dining

Columnist Thomas Brodey ’22 claims that Amherst students should discard their privileged complaints about Val food in favor of more substantial topics of conversation.

Seeing Double: Escaping the Rat Race

Seeing Double Columnist Thomas Brodey ’22 discusses pressure for career advancement, noting that it is in fact possible to romanticize the mundane.

Coping With Campus: I Rave About Val

Managing Opinion Editor Dustin Copeland ’25 raves about Val in this crossover column, a miniature ode to the ideal of a single unifying dining hall — especially a particular corner table in it.

Seeing Double: Getting Involved in Town

Seeing Double Columnist Cole Graber-Mitchell ’22 discusses his positive experiences working with the greater Amherst town community, and encourages students to join town committees.

Seeing Double: How to Make Challah

Seeing Double Columnist Cole Graber-Mitchell ’22 reflects on his Jewish identity, his connections to the Amherst community, and a very special loaf of bread.

Coping With Campus: Rodeway Hospital-ity

Managing Opinion Editor Dustin Copeland ’25 contemplates familiarity in designed spaces and how repurposing a building might create dissonances in its use.

Seeing Double: I Will Never Donate to Amherst

Seeing Double Columnist Thomas Brodey ’22 explains why he doesn’t intend on donating to Amherst after graduation.

Coping With Campus: Dam Good Builders

Managing Opinion Editor Dustin Copeland ’25 takes a jaunt off of campus, finding tranquility and engineering in the local beaver population.

Seeing Double: The Adventures of Tom and Dick

Seeing Double Columnist Thomas Brodey ’22 recounts his positive experience conversing with an alumnus to showcase why students should build better relationships with alumni.

Seeing Double: Nuclear Power Isn’t the Future

Seeing Double Columnist Cole Graber-Mitchell ’22 argues that using nuclear power as an energy source has more negative consequences than positive.

Coping With Campus: Style Over Substance

Managing Opinion Editor Dustin Copeland ’25 discusses the potential impact of the pandemic on the future of architecture, which he hopes is full of love and ventilation.

Rants and Raves: Crunchy Mom Hates Sumo Oranges

In the debut installment of the new series “Rants and Raves,” Managing Opinion Editor Kei Lim ’25 points out the offensive undertones of the phrase “no offense.”

Seeing Double: Reflections on Amherst Activism

Seeing Double Columnists Cole Graber-Mitchell ’22 and Thomas Brodey ’22 discuss what it means to participate in activism.

Coping With Campus: The Isolationism of the Quad

In the first installment of his column, Coping With Campus, Managing Opinion Editor Dustin Copeland ’25 takes a brief look at the quadrangle as a tool in the myth-building of “college life.”

Seeing Double: Amherst’s Diversity Mirage

Seeing Double columnist Thomas Brodey ‘22 argues that Amherst’s commitment to diversity is meaningless without the application of a fuller definition of the word.

Seeing Double: Auditions, To Do or Not To Do?

Seeing Double columnist Cole Graber-Mitchell ’22 considers how to balance equity with beauty and access with skill in an article inspired by recent AAS rulings on auditions and funding.

Seeing Double: “What Is Amherst Uprising?”

Seeing Double columnists Thomas Brodey ’22 and Cole Graber-Mitchell ’22 look back at the Amherst Uprising and question how the student body can maintain movements’ memories when their time on campus is so short.

Seeing Double: F*ck You, Foucault

Seeing Double columnist Thomas Brodey ‘22 attests that Amherst should produce idealists, however, its teaching of postmodernism has made idealism difficult to achieve.