Following the screening of the film “Fruitvale Station” at the Multicultural Resource Center on Monday, Oct. 20, members of the college community found posters for Black Lives Matter Awareness Week replaced by posters advocating against abortion, using the slogan “All Lives Matter.”
In a college-wide email, President Biddy Martin directly addressed the incident and called for an appropriate forum to further discuss the topic.
Judiciary Council
Faculty and staff filled the Cole Assembly Room in Converse for the second faculty meeting of the year. President Martin opened with her remarks to the faculty, describing her recent trip to East Asia. She mentioned reaching out to an extensive community of alumni in China, her visit being the first time that a president of Amherst has visited Korea, and talks of cooperation with Zhejiang University, in Hangzhou, China, to work on programs to advance the liberal arts in China.
The Office of Admission invited seven students identifying as Native American, Native Hawaiian or Native Alaskan to participate in the newly-created Native outreach programs as part of this past weekend ’s Diversity Open House (DIVOH).
Student protesters led by the Green Amherst Project walked out of a presentation by climate skeptic and ecologist Patrick Moore on Thursday, Oct. 9. The presentation, entitled “Confessions of a Greenpeace Dropout,” was sponsored by the Amherst College Republicans.
This week the newly formed student group Black Lives Matter launched its first campaign to raise awareness and facilitate conversations about issues relating to police brutality.
The runoff round for the Association of Amherst Students presidential election on Oct. 2 declared Tomi Williams ’16 as the winner by a margin of more than 9 percent.
In order to win the election, a candidate must accrue more than 50 percent of the votes. The first round, which happened on Sept. 23, produced no clear winner. As a result, Peter Crane ’15 and Williams, the two candidates with the highest numbers of votes, advanced to a runoff round.
