Students rally for climate justice

Students rally for climate justice

BY ANNA SHORTRIDGE ’19

The Mount Holyoke Climate Justice Coalition held a climate justice rally, “Climate Justice is Social Justice," on Oct. 14. The rally’s aim was to showcase climate justice’s relationship to all social justice issues on personal, community and global levels.

Author Caitlyn Shetterly discusses the future of our food

Author Caitlyn Shetterly  discusses the future of our food

BY ABBY BAKER ’19

Caitlyn Shetterly, author of “Modified: GMOs and the Threat to Our Food, Our Land, Our Future,” spoke at Mount Holyoke College on Sept. 26. The event was co-sponsored by the Odyssey Bookstore and the Miller Worley Center for the Environment, and was attended by dozens of community members and Mount Holyoke students. 

Kassy Dillon ’18 appointed to Western Mass Republican PAC

Kassy Dillon ’18 appointed to Western Mass Republican PAC

BY LEAH WILLINGHAM '17

President of the Mount Holyoke College Republicans Kassy Dillon ’18 has been appointed to the board of directors of the Western Mass Republicans political action committee with a focus on leading the organization’s youth engagement efforts. 

Mount Holyoke left in the dust? Breaking down the college rankings

Mount Holyoke left in the dust? Breaking down the college rankings

BY HANNAH ROACH '17

U.S. News & World Report published its highly anticipated 2017 Best Colleges Report Sept. 12, and many Mount Holyoke students were disappointed to see its ranking as 36th, marked as a tie with Lafayette College.  

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.