AMHERST COLLEGE

MA students can obtain LGBT certificate through courses like 'Transgender Literature'

The Five College Consortium has released a list of courses for this upcoming semester that qualify students for the…

By Brendan McDonald '25
Aug 24, 2024

Amherst student newspaper defends Hamas

The Amherst CONTRA, an Amherst College student newspaper, published an article defending the Palestinian terrorist …

By Marya Ruth Dunning '25
Nov 16, 2022

College mask mandate survey stacked to favor pro-mandate responses

Amherst College announced that each instructor would conduct a separate survey to determine whether their students …

By Kate Anderson
Oct 5, 2022

'Out of Gas': College town gas station stops sales to protest high prices

A small-town gas station and service shop near three college campuses in Amherst, Massachusetts, announced it will …

By Alexa Schwerha
Jun 16, 2022

Hundreds of Amherst students oppose extreme COVID policy

Amherst College’s COVID-19 regulations disallow students from leaving campus without official school approval throu…

By Ben Zeisloft
Aug 31, 2021

Marxist prof teaches Amherst students the 'nationalist constructions of whiteness'

Ron Lembo, who lists Marx as an influence, will teach 'The Social Construction of Whiteness' next year.

By Sterling Mosley '23
Jul 19, 2021

Amherst College is considering student groups' call to abolish police department

Amherst College has hired an outside consulting firm to analyze the need for armed police on its campus.

By Alex Munguia '24
Jun 10, 2021