New Amherst bylaw to do away with plastic bags starting January
First year student mailboxes to move from Blanchard to Auxiliary
BY HANNAH ROACH '17
This academic school year has already featured several significant changes to daily life on campus. Mail is no exception — the mail collection system is moving from Blanchard Campus Center to Auxiliary Services. The first year class now receives all their mail from inside Auxiliary Services, packages and letters alike.
Harambe jokes spark dialogue on UMass Amherst campus
BY ABBY BAKER '19
The University of Massachusetts Amherst received a deluge of criticism on Tuesday for banning Harambe jokes, apparently due to concerns that the jokes would be interpreted as “micro-aggressions” towards African-American students. Several blogs and websites accused the university of displaying the censorship and over-political correctness that, many have argued, plagues colleges and universities nationwide.
‘FranPedia’ launches as a resource for scholars
MyMountHolyoke launches
Sonya Stephens speaks as president for the first time
MHC celebrates start of new school year at Convocation
Ways and Means committee revises funding guidelines
Ham Hall evacuated after bulletin board poster set on fire
BY ALICIA WINOKUR '16
Early Wednesday morning, at 1:34 a.m., Campus Police responded to a fire alarm that went off on the second floor of Ham Hall. A poster pinned to a bulletin board was intentionally set ablaze, creating a small fire that burned through to the cork board. According to the Campus Police crime log, “A pull station was activated and the building was cleared.”