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This past weekend, communities around the world gathered to support reducing the carbon in the atmosphere to 350 parts-per-million (ppm). Oct. 24 was a “Global Day of Action”, organized by Bill McKibben and his organization “350.org”. With over 5,200 grass-roots events ...Full Article
By Alexander Propp '13
In the wake of purported U.S. weakness and ineptitude in dealing with the Iranian nuclear issue, many pundits have called for increased pressure beyond the threat of “crippling” economic sanctions. Claiming the lack of any viable alternative, they wish to press military actio...Full Article
By Ben Levison ’11, Contributing Writer
What could you do with $27? Besides a few trips to Antonio’s or a meal at Fresh Side, not much right? Gumball Capital, a microfinance organization that raises money to be loaned out to social entrepreneurs, defies the idea that $27 isn’t enough money to make a difference in t...Full Article
By Constance Morrison '12
One of the central focuses of this year’s Roosevelt Institute will be how local, state and national governments can construct policy in order to provide an optimal education for this country’s students, primarily at the high school level. One popular policy that has been cons...Full Article
By Zachary Bleemer '13
On the Oct. 7 issue of The Student, an editorial titled “The CAO’s Denial of the Tiananmen Massacre is Unacceptable” was published. The author accused China Awareness Organization (CAO) of being “disrespectful to human rights” based on an exhibition board titled “Tian...Full Article
By Yinan Zhang '10
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On Saturday, four busloads of students endured the bumpy two-hour trip to Williamstown to watch the Lord Jeffs beat the Williams Ephs for the NESCAC title. This group was much larger than expected; Social Council had to rent an additional bus in order to meet the demand to attend...Full Article
By The Executive Board
The East is Red! Mao Zedong has appeared in China!” Substitute “Barack Obama” for Mao in the old propaganda tune and you have today’s China. The president landed here Sunday; greeting a country with 5,000 years of history, a booming economy, a powerful military and the ...Full Article
By Jared Crum '11
Outlasting Vietnam by three years and matching its complexity, if not its loss of life, the War in Afghanistan today is at the forefront of the administration’s long list of foreign policy problems. The “deliberate haste” that has often characterized Obama’s decision-maki...Full Article
By Carlos Sabatino Gonzalez '11
With the recent updates by the College on the steady status of swine flu proliferation and prevention at our school, it may seem as if everything is under control and Amherst has avoided the brunt of the health crisis. However, it is the flu season, and many sick people refuse to...Full Article
By The Executive Board
Will the Democrats ever get it? Tuesday’s election was not a referendum on the Obama administration, but it was a referendum on the prevailing wisdom of the Democratic Party and its candidates. To me, it is mind-numbingly obvious: when Democrats try to flee from that “D” ne...Full Article
By Alexander Hurst '12
Only a few weeks ago, I went to a showing of the film “Seoul Train” hosted by Liberty in North Korea (LiNK) in Stirn Auditorium. “Seoul Train” is a documentary about North Korean refugees who have braved the modern-day “Underground Railroad” in search of freedom. Tho...Full Article
By Madeline Hong '13
A few Wednesdays ago, the results of the Campus Sustainability Report Card were released, and Amherst scored an A- for the first time. This is a remarkable achievement, considering that no college out of 297 graded scored an A. This result shows a steady record of progress: last ...Full Article
By Samuel Bell '11
Every Wednesday, the College wakes up to freshly printed (and, of course, highly anticipated) issues of The Student. We feel that The Student is an integral part of the Amherst community, and that as such, it is necessary to maintain transparency with our readers. To outsiders, T...Full Article
By The Editorial Board
The media loves narratives, so strap in and get ready for the ride. Election Day 2009, featuring gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey, falls a year after Barack Obama’s election. The media senses that the ’09 elections could serve as a convenient backdrop for assess...Full Article
By Jared Crum '11, Contributing Writer
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all information and Web sites are created equal … That’s the basic premise of net neutrality, which echoes our Constitution and Declaration of Independence in holding that the transmission of data over the Internet should be equal...Full Article
By Alexander Hurst '12, Contributing Writer
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