Archives: June 2005

June 29, 2005

Wallace '85 addresses Kenyon

While the season of commencement addresses might seem to be over, they are still popping up on the web. David Foster Wallace ‘85 addressed the Kenyon University graduation, and a transcription has now appeared online.

Parker Morse '96 at 11:59 AM

June 28, 2005

Chesebro '26, Hun School headmaster dies

The Trenton Times reports that Paul Chesebro ‘26, longtime headmaster of The Hun School of Princeton, died this week at the age of 99. Chesebro, born in Mystic, Connecticut, July 13, 1905, received his bachelor’s degree from Amherst in 1926,...

Brian Meacham '97 at 12:47 PM

June 27, 2005

Monday shorts: Campo, Meiklejohn, Stiglitz

Three people with Amherst connections were in the news this weekend: first, poet and doctor Rafael Campo ‘87, featured in a Boston Globe story on writers writing about themselves as subjects. In an article dealing with “the ranks of writers...

Brian Meacham '97 at 09:10 AM

June 24, 2005

"Declining by Degrees" this weekend

Amherst is one of four colleges and universities featured in a new investigative report that airs on PBS stations around the country this weekend, “Declining by Degrees.” The program is based on a book, Declining by Degrees: Higher Education at...

Brian Meacham '97 at 09:25 AM

June 23, 2005

Nationwide opening for "Heights"

Amy Fox ‘97 tells us via email that Heights, the new movie for which she wrote the screenplay, has had “a great opening weekend in LA and New York. We have been receiving some great reviews, including NPR, Ebert and...

Parker Morse '96 at 12:21 PM

June 22, 2005

Stavans reviews Allende

Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture and Five-College 40th Anniversary Professor (!) Ilan Stavans, oft-cited and oft-published, has reviewed Isabel Allende’s new novel, Zorro. In a tasty bit of description, Stavans’ review in the Boston Globe describes the...

Brian Meacham '97 at 11:26 AM

June 20, 2005

Morrow gutted

As promised, we toured the campus this afternoon to snap shots of the ongoing construction in the RMP. The bulk of the photos are, as usual, available on Flickr, but we’re including some highlights here. Morrow Dorm, not the most...

Parker Morse '96 at 09:26 PM

June 17, 2005

Fox '97 profiled; Heights out today

Amy Fox ‘97 is profiled in this week’s issue of the Forward, and her film Heights is released today in New York and Los Angeles. Reviews of the film are generally positive; let’s all get out and see the film...

Brian Meacham '97 at 01:16 PM

June 14, 2005

A promise of new photos

Sometime this week I plan to take a walk around the campus with my camera and post photos of the new [RMP][1] developments.

Parker Morse '96 at 01:18 PM

June 13, 2005

Murphy '74 on comics in the family

Cullen Murphy ‘74, who recently resigned as editor of The Atlantic Monthly, is among a handful of cartoonists and comic strip writers, profiled in the Boston Sunday Globe, whose work has been part of the family, passed down from father...

Brian Meacham '97 at 07:22 AM

June 07, 2005

Dean Case on financial aid

Dean Joe Paul Case, head of financial aid at the College, is quoted in today’s New York Times in an article titled “Financial Aid Rules for College Change, and Families Pay More.” Dean Case, who has been at Amherst since...

Brian Meacham '97 at 03:26 PM

Pinsky '80 hosting Discovery Health Channel show

Dr. Drew Pinsky ‘80, best known for hosting the radio show “Loveline” that later became an MTV talk show, will premiere a new show on the Discovery Health Channel called “Strictly Sex with Dr. Drew,” the Washington Post reports. Described...

Brian Meacham '97 at 01:16 PM

Fox '97 on adapting Heights for film

Amy Fox ‘97, the playwright behind the new film Heights, is interviewed in conversation with the director of the film, Chris Terrio, this week in a The New York Times piece by Sylviane Gold. The film, which opens June 17,...

Brian Meacham '97 at 01:07 PM

June 03, 2005

Sabrina returns to Amherst

Sabrina, object of inter-class rivalry and the stuff of College legend, was wheeled out of her hiding place on the occasion of the class of 1980’s 25th Reunion. Sam Masinter ‘04 contributed the following update and photographs: “The class of...

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