Athletic trainers end care for dancers and club sports teams

Athletic trainers end care for dancers and club sports teams

When Anna Stone ’20 Club Sports Council president at Mount Holyoke, met with Lori Hendricks, head of the College Athletic Department, for their monthly meeting on Sept. 11, she was notified that club sports athletes would no longer receive medical care from the athletic trainers or be granted access to the athletic training room.

In 2019, campus revisits 1990 heterosexual pride rally controversy

In 2019, campus revisits 1990 heterosexual pride rally controversy

A banner unfurled from the second floor of Skinner Hall on April 9, 1990. No one knew who hung it or where it came from. The rogue banner, peeping out of Skinner’s federal style windows, read “Heterosexual Awareness Week: Wear Your Blue Circles to Show Your Support.”

Students weigh in on presidential impeachment expectations

After two weeks of impeachment hearings before the House Intelligence Committee, many Mount Holyoke students and staff now believe that President Trump committed an impeachable offense, but that he will not be removed from office.

Extinction Rebellion joins Sunrise Movement in demonstration

Extinction Rebellion joins Sunrise Movement in demonstration

Students and members of the surrounding community gathered with signs and songs on Sunday afternoon to raise awareness about the climate crisis. The group of about 15, stood on the green across from Chapin Auditorium holding signs which encouraged climate activism, shamed oil companies and promoted campus divestment. The signs included a massive banner, which read, “GREEN NEW DEAL.”

Rachel Maddow finishes book tour at Mount Holyoke

Rachel Maddow finishes book tour at Mount Holyoke

“I really see my job as explaining stuff,” Rachel Maddow, host of “The Rachel Maddow Show” on MSNBC and author of “Drift” and “Blowout,” said in an interview with the Mount Holyoke News before her campus book event on Sunday, Nov. 17. The event, run by The Odyssey Bookshop in collaboration with Mount Holyoke College, was the last stop on Maddow’s tour to promote her newest book.