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Class of 2019 Commencement to be held in the Field House

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Class of 2019 Commencement to be held in the Field House

BY SAVANNAH HARRIMAN-POTE ’20

The College’s 182nd Commencement will not be held in the Richard Glenn Gettell Amphitheater. The ceremony will instead be held in the Field House, located in the Kendall Sports and Dance Complex. 

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Letter to the Editor

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Dear MHC Community:

I am Patrice Crevier, the former manager of the Rao’s cafe in the Williston Library at MHC. I fully support every person’s right to peaceful freedom of individuality, in whatever context that may be, but I also expect that, in any situation, presentations be true.

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Campus community engages with newly appointed Chief of Police

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Campus community engages with newly appointed Chief of Police

BY LIZ LEWIS ’22

The Blanchard Great Room hosted tension and tears on the evening of Thursday, March 19, as members of the Mount Holyoke administration held a forum for students to engage with the newly hired Chief of Campus Police, Daniel Hect. 

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Western Massachusetts Students Rally for the Green New Deal

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Western Massachusetts Students Rally for the Green New Deal

BY LIZ LEWIS ’22

“Look us in the eyes,” read a massive sign held by young activists on the steps of the Springfield District Court on Tuesday, Feb. 26. According to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, “over 50 individuals, most of them young students, stood outside of U.S. Rep. Richard Neal’s (D-MA) Springfield office [...] chanting ‘Green New Deal, come on Neal!’” The youth activists rallied to push Neal to co-sponsor the Green New Deal Resolution.

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Senate discusses Student Conference Committee Survey findings

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BY MELISSA JOHNSON ’20

This week’s Senate meeting, held the evening of Tuesday, March 5 in the Blanchard Great Room, focused mainly on the data results from the Student Conference Committee (SCC) survey taken by the student body last semester. Student co-chairs of the committee, Jackie Rich ’21 and Lila Oren-Dahan ’20, presented to the senators.

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Sowmya Subramanian ’96 examines how tech can empower women

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Sowmya Subramanian ’96 examines how tech can empower women

BY ALLYSON HUNTOON ’19

“The internet has enabled freedom of opportunity,” said Sowmya Subramanian ’96, senior director of engineering at Google at her March 6 talk in Gamble Auditorium, though she added that there is often a gender gap in terms of access to information and resources.

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Hampshire College begins layoffs, tensions rise in community

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BY MERYL PHAIR ’21

On Tuesday, Feb. 19, Hampshire College announced that nine employees from their admissions and advancement offices would be let go, effective April 19, 2019. 

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Da Silva updates community on College’s Title IX activity

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Da Silva updates community on College’s Title IX activity

BY EMMA COOPER ’20

In an email sent out to the Mount Holyoke community on Feb. 21, Shannon Da Silva, the College’s Title IX and section 504 Coordinator, provided updates on the steps the College has taken in regards to Title IX and the #MeToo movement since the fall semester of 2018. “As you know, last semester we had many dialogues, forums, rallies and discussions about various events that took place in the fall related to Title IX, sexual misconduct and #MeToo,” the email read. “I am writing to follow up on those events and keep this important conversation going.”

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“A World Unraveling”: Faculty panel discuss timely topics in politics

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“A World Unraveling”: Faculty panel discuss timely topics in politics

BY LIZ LEWIS ’22

“This is an effort by the Mount Holyoke community to address some of the most pressing political issues in the world today,” said Visiting Lecturer of Politics Adam Hilton as he introduced the faculty panel at the event “A World Unraveling: A Conversation in Politics” on Feb. 26, 2019. 

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