BY ANNA SHORTRIDGE ’19
Mount Holyoke celebrated the start of its 180th academic year on Tuesday, Sept. 5 with the traditional convocation ceremony. Although it was an overcast, cloudy morning, the atmosphere was anything but dreary as students dressed in various shades of blue, red, yellow, green and purple proceeded towards Gettell Amphitheater for one of the most anticipated events of the year.
BY ALLYSON HUNTOON ’19
On March 26, professor of psychology Gail Hornstein’s article “Why I Dread the Accommodations Talk” was published in the Chronicle of Higher Education’s ‘Advice for Faculty’ column. The content of this article has fallen under scrutiny by some readers, especially Mount Holyoke students.
BY MADELINE SKRAK ’18
Student workers, especially those who work in dining halls, are unsure how their jobs will change next year with the arrival of the new and improved Blanchard Community Center, colloquially known as SuperBlanch. Of the 70 percent of undergraduates who work on campus, “A little less than half are on work study,” said Janice Kane, the coordinator of student employment at the Career Development Center.
BY EILEEN O’GRADY ’18
At SGA Senate on Tuesday April 18, senators voted to implement changes to the Ways and Means committee guidelines and Dean Marcella Hall addressed student concerns regarding a potential ethnic studies department as well as a controversial article written by a Mount Holyoke professor. Furthermore, there were SuperBlanch updates.
