Emma Quirk

Senior singles shortage and late night construction addressed at latest senate meeting

Senior singles shortage and late night construction addressed at latest senate meeting

Mount Holyoke College Senate held its weekly meeting this past Tuesday, April 2, 2024. To start the meeting, the Mount Holyoke College Land Acknowledgement was read aloud to the senate board, giving the attendees time to reflect on the land they inhabit.

After the land acknowledgment, the E-Board shared updates regarding laundry and the Ways and Means Guidelines for the 2024-2025 school year. 

Black professors share their experiences and stories in higher education in honor of Black History Month

Black professors share their experiences and stories in higher education in honor of Black History Month

Students, faculty and staff gathered in Hooker Auditorium on Feb. 12 for the Mount Holyoke College Association of Pan-African Unity’s ‘‘Voices of Resilience: Black Professors in Higher Education.” The event speakers included Professor of Economics and Critical Race and Political Economy Lucas Wilson; Chair and Professor of Biological Sciences Renae Brodie; and Associate Dean of Students, Community and Belonging Latrina Denson.

Senate invites dining officials to discuss sustainability, changes

Senate invites dining officials to discuss sustainability, changes

The Student Government Association Senate began on Nov. 7 by reading off the agenda, which included the Mount Holyoke College Land Acknowledgment, guest speakers from Dining Services, E-Board updates and an open floor.

Pronouns Day keynote features sexuality educator Ericka Hart

 Pronouns Day keynote features sexuality educator Ericka Hart

In honor of its annual Pronouns Day, the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion hosted a keynote event that featured sexuality educator Ericka Hart on Wednesday, Oct. 18. Ericka Hart is a queer, Black femme activist who received their master’s of education in human sexuality from Widener University. Afterward, they served as a sexuality educator, spending time in the Peace Corps as an HIV/AIDS volunteer based in Ethiopia. Hart has been engaging with youth as well as adults in New York for over 10 years.

Alumna alleges 'indoctrination into woke culture' at MHC to New York Post

 Alumna alleges 'indoctrination into woke culture' at MHC to New York Post

“It is a cult, its aim is to separate you from the people who love you most,” Tucker Carlson concluded when describing Mount Holyoke College on his Fox News segment, Tucker Carlson Tonight. The guest of the night was Annabella Rockwell ’15, who was invited to the show after being featured in a widely circulated New York Post article that was published on Nov. 26. The article described Rockwell’s experience at Mount Holyoke College, where she described herself as becoming “totally indoctrinated” into a viewpoint wherein the world is dominated by a toxic patriarchal system and that women, people of color and LGBTQ+ people are oppressed victims.