Max Records plays a young boy who stumbles into the land of the titular Wild Things, embarking on a fantastical journey into the passion and imagination of childhood.
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I have a bone to pick with the zombie-horror genre. Originally, zombies were terrifying but slow creatures; they pursued the living relentlessly, but in a shuffling, stumbling manner. In this form, they were the perfect visual metaphor for death: you could outrun them and hide fo...Full Article
By Ethan Gates '12, Arts & Living Editor
Here’s the most difficult choice of your life: chuck, “have sex with” or marry " Amherst Chinese, Panda East and Butterfly? Amherst Chinese would definitely be my wife, but after a rushed, impromptu meal at Butterfly this weekend, it’s clear I could be inspired to do a ...Full Article
By Joan Flores '10, Contributing Writer
The word ‘activism’ as defined by the Merriam Webster dictionary " “a doctrine or practice that emphasizes direct vigorous action, especially in support of or opposition to one side of a controversial issue,” " has since evolved in the Amherst College community, or at...Full Article
By Reggie Fugett '11, Staff Writer
Bonjour de Paris! I am here in Paris with the Sweet Briar Junior Year in France program, and I am writing you from home base in the 14th arrondisement, an area known for artistic creation and literary genius. The 14th, Montparnasse as it’s referred to, was once home to Picasso,...Full Article
By Allie Dalglish '11, Contributing Writer
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In accepting a friend’s appeal to write an article on Hampshire Halloween, I did not anticipate how difficult an undertaking it would prove. I quickly realized the degree to which every account varied; asking others who I knew had gone, I ran into walls of vague impressions, ob...Full Article
By Anna Scheidt ’12
Tim Kepner ’00, guitarist and vocalist for the band Full Service, answered questions for The Student before their show in Northampton this Friday.
What is the story behind your band’s name?
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By Katherine Hillenbrand '12
A quick perusal of the list of new movies that hit the theater this last weekend proves that Hollywood has essentially surrendered the perennial battle against Halloween. The studios dared to only put one film (the Michael Jackson concert documentary “This Is It”) into wide r...Full Article
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When Game Six of the World Series starts tonight at 7:57 p.m., you can be sure that the residents of Morris Pratt 432 will be watching. In fact, it’s a good bet that their friends will be in the room with them. After all, with half of their room designed to be a common room, wh...Full Article
By Brian Kim '12
Microsoft recently released its newest operating system, Windows 7, on Oct. 22. Although it has only been two years since Windows Vista’s debut, this release comes as no surprise since Vista was by all measures a tremendous embarrassment for Microsoft. Even after millions of d...Full Article
By Peter Le '10
I never expected to find myself on this tiny island, nor did I expect my small village to be at the center of international headlines for one heartbreaking week. I graduated from Amherst this past May, and after eight semesters of mindless AAS meetings, wasted weekends in the soc...Full Article
By Raj Borsellino
Moti, the newest restaurant in the valley, opened last Thursday. It’s operated via partnership between Raza and Arash. While the restaurant is named after Raza’s mother, the menu is a spin-off of Raza’s father’s more established restaurant in Boston (Moby Dick, on 269 Hun...Full Article
By Claire Jen
Write what you know. The Coen Brothers took this adage to heart in their latest film, “A Serious Man,” about a middle-aged Jewish man who unexpectedly loses control of his life. In this semi-autobiographical film set in late 1960s Minnesota, Joel and Ethan Coen delve into the...Full Article
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What is your position at the College? What does a typical day at work entail?
I am the Legal and Administrative Counsel. I also am the Special Assistant to the President for Diversity and Inclusion. I do not have a typical day, which is what makes my job so interesting. As le...Full Article
By Jennifer Potanka
If you check you’re mail or have ever been to the tennis court lot and seen the giant truck, then you’ve heard of Five College Inc., the company started by three Amherst students " Parker Holcomb ’11, Zack Zetlin ’11 and Gabe Mann ’11. What started out as just a day o...Full Article
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