Archives: March 2005

March 31, 2005

Wright '87 in "This is How It Goes"

In a review of the new Neil LaBute play “This is How It Goes,” which stars Jeffrey Wright ‘87, critic Brendan Lemon of The Financial Times says Wright “may be the greatest American actor of his generation.” He continues on...

Brian Meacham '97 at 12:14 PM

March 29, 2005

Varmus '61 backs genome project

The New York Times reports that Harold E. Varmus ‘61, Nobel laureate and former director of the National Institutes of Health, is one of the drafters behind a proposal to create the Human Genome Cancer Project, a federal project that...

Brian Meacham '97 at 12:54 PM

March 28, 2005

Mead Art thief back behind bars

Myles Connor of Blackstone, Massachusetts, who spent ten years in prison for a 1975 theft of two paintings from Mead Art Museum, has been arrested once again while trying to steal $700 worth of watches from a Natick, MA jeweler....

Brian Meacham '97 at 11:02 AM | Comments (1)

March 24, 2005

New crosswalks, narrower 116

An article in today’s Daily Hampshire Gazette (paid subscription required, unfortunately) updates the college’s traffic safety plans: A half-mile stretch of Route 116 through Amherst College and near the Route 9 intersection will be made narrower this summer to reduce...

Parker Morse '96 at 11:15 PM

Reunion Weekend May 25-29

The 2005 Reunion Weekend brochure arrived in the mail today, two months and a day before the event is to be held. A full schedule is available online. The standard events like the Bunker Tour and the Estate Planning Seminar...

Brian Meacham '97 at 06:09 PM | Comments (1)

March 22, 2005

Times interviews Dan Brown

The New York Times was granted a rare interview with Dan Brown ‘86, published this past Sunday. The article discusses Brown’s skyrocketing popularity, public recognition, and pressure to produce a smash sequel to The Da Vinci Code, which he’s working...

Brian Meacham '97 at 05:40 PM

Rieckhoff editorial on checkpoints

In a special editorial published in papers around the country this past Sunday, Paul Rieckhoff ‘98 described what he calls “the enormity of demands we place upon our troops every day in Iraq,” especially in light of the recent death...

Brian Meacham '97 at 09:17 AM

March 21, 2005

Linklater '98 in CBS comedy pilot

Hamish Linklater ‘98, whom we previously noted for his work on stage in New Haven earlier this winter, has been announced as a cast member in the new CBS comedy pilot “Old Christine,” starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The show does not...

Brian Meacham '97 at 01:50 PM

March 20, 2005

Stiglitz '64 attacks Wolfowitz appointment

Nobel laureate and former World Bank Chief Economist Joseph Stiglitz ‘64 today criticized President Bush’s nomination of Paul Wolfowitz as head of the World Bank. In an interview, Stiglitz said that if Wolfowitz becomes president of the World Bank, it...

Brian Meacham '97 at 12:46 AM

March 18, 2005

Stavans on Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer

Professor of Spanish Ilan Stavans is the author of a review of You Are My Witness: The Living Words of Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer in the Forward (requires registration, use BugMeNot if you’d like). Rabbi Marshall, who died in 1993,...

Brian Meacham '97 at 10:41 AM

March 16, 2005

The Cardinal and Dan Brown

Anyone can write a best-seller these days; heck, writing a controversial best-seller is even easier. But not everyone can say their best-seller is the target of an investigation by a Vatican-appointed Cardinal. Yesterday, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Archbishop of Genoa, was...

Brian Meacham '97 at 04:59 PM

Amherst Recording Council

As of this winter, there is a relatively new campus organization centered around a relatively simple task: making audio recordings of as many campus events as possible.

Parker Morse '96 at 03:17 PM

McGuire Life Sciences Building

I took a quick loop around the quiet campus yesterday morning and was surprised to discover that the Life Sciences building, nameless when it was completed in 1996, is now the McGuire Life Sciences Building, and has been since last spring.

Parker Morse '96 at 01:52 PM

March 15, 2005

Spring?

The College is on spring break this week, but Amherst is still under a thick layer of snow. Barring a truly tropical weekend, it’s likely that the athletic fields will still be covered when spring teams return from break.

Parker Morse '96 at 03:36 PM

March 13, 2005

Henry Goddard Thomas, Civil War colonel

In this week’s “Did You Know That,” a “Sunday column that focuses on interesting people, places and events that had an impact on North Dakota, or even the country,” Henry Goddard Thomas of the Amherst class of 1858 is profiled....

Brian Meacham '97 at 03:38 PM

Conley '94 interviewed

Darby Conley ‘94 is the subject of an interview in the Richmond Times-Dispatch this weekend, talking about the origins of his comic strip “Get Fuzzy.” Conley explains that the name derives from a slogan on a poster he designed for...

Brian Meacham '97 at 03:14 PM

March 10, 2005

Emily Dickinson: the video game

At this year’s Game Designer’s Conference, three top video game creators were given the challenge of designing a video game based on Emily Dickinson, the “Belle of Amherst.” The three presentations included a writing-simulation in which the player would “collect...

Brian Meacham '97 at 10:04 PM

Grant '84 to direct first film

Susannah Grant ‘84 is set to make her directorial debut directing her own script in a film called “Catch and Release,” starring Jennifer Garner alongside Timothy Olyphant of “Deadwood” (and Gone in 60 Seconds) fame. Olyphant falls for Garner, his...

Brian Meacham '97 at 09:32 PM

Lord Jeff, the musical

A flash animation of Lord Jeffery Amherst, as comic opera, enacted by bunnies. (But not the [Angry Alien][1] type of bunnies.)

Parker Morse '96 at 09:59 AM

March 09, 2005

Rieckhoff on "NewsHour"

Paul Rieckhoff ‘98 was interviewed in a “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” report entitled “Iraqi Checkpoint Security Reevaluated,” which aired Monday. A transcript of the interview is available (with images) online, as are audio and video versions of the interview. Margaret...

Brian Meacham '97 at 11:33 AM

March 06, 2005

President Marx on financial aid in Bloomberg

In a Bloomberg.com report entitled “Yale University Follows Harvard’s Lead to Lure Poorer Students,” President Anthony Marx talks about problems facing poorer students who might not apply to a place like Amherst, and what Amherst and other colleges and universities...

Brian Meacham '97 at 01:46 PM

Men's basketball team profiled

Fresh off a win over Springfield College that sends them to the Division III sectionals next week, the Amherst men’s basketball team is the subject of a Springfield Republican profile in today’s edition. “At Amherst College, just when it seems...

Brian Meacham '97 at 01:40 PM

Martha "successful at spin," says Sarat

LJST Professor and media darling Austin Sarat is quoted in today’s New York Times about the recent release on probation of Martha Stewart, discussing the spin that has been put on her prison stay from the beginning. Read “Crime and...

Brian Meacham '97 at 01:28 PM

March 01, 2005

Assisted Living the subject of NYT analysis

Assisted Living, the new feature film by Elliott Greenebaum ‘99, is the subject of a New York Times analysis in the most recent Sunday Magazine. Author David Grand describes the film as “…a cross between Errol Morris and Todd Solondz,”...

Brian Meacham '97 at 06:34 PM

Pediatrician Arthur Lesser '30 dies

A recent Washington Post obituary (registration required) notes the passing of pediatrician and health official Arthur J. Lesser of the Class of 1930. Lesser began working for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in 1941, and over his career,...