BY AVA BLUM-CARR ’21
Colleges and universities worldwide are on the front lines of climate research and education, and the Sustainability Task Force is calling upon Mount Holyoke to join them. Comprised of both students and faculty, the Task Force was created last year to advance sustainability on campus. An exhaustive report that the task force released earlier this month outlines a multifaceted approach to sustainability which they are urging Mount Holyoke College to adopt.
BY AVA BLUM-CARR ’21
The recent announcement that the Department of Education has rescinded and replaced the Title IX guidelines put forth by the Obama administration marks a significant change in the way colleges are required to address sexual misconduct on campus. Nevertheless, Mount Holyoke’s policy remains unchanged.
BY KATE TURNER ’21
The first official Senate meeting of the 2017-2018 academic year took place on Oct. 3, which also coincided with the annual Mountain Day tradition. Turnout was still strong. Senate chair Liz Brown ’20 ran the meeting and featured Acting President Stephens, Dean of Students Marcella Runell Hall and Dean of Faculty Jon Western as speakers.
BY MERYL PHAIR ’21
Early in the morning on Saturday, Sept. 16, Amanda DeBellis ’18 and her rabbit, Hazel, were woken up around 1:30 a.m. in Mead Hall by the sound of a blaring alarm. When DeBellis went out into the hallway to check it out, she immediately smelled smoke. Grabbing her rabbit and her roommate, the trio made their way down from the second floor and outside into the night.
BY KATE TURNER ’21
This week marked the 40th anniversary of Mount Holyoke’s Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program (ADAP). To celebrate the occasion, ADAC, or the Alcohol and Drug Awareness Committee — an offshoot organization of the college-run program — is holding several awareness-raising events, including a reading by Anita Devlin, the author of “S.O.B.E.R.*,” free training with Narcan kits for emergency response in the case of an opioid overdose and a history exhibit which will be featured in the library for the upcoming weeks.
BY ANNA SHORTRIDGE ’19
On the evening of Sept. 21, the Mount Holyoke community gathered in Gamble Auditorium to hear from chemist, former congressional candidate and now nonprofit founder, Shaughnessy Naughton. The event was titled “From the Chemistry Lab to Public Policy: The Science of Creating a Political Movement” and was sponsored by the Miller Worley Center for the Environment, the department of environmental studies, and the Science Center.
