Archives: September 2006

September 27, 2006

Teller '69 (speaks) on creativity in magic

In a New York Times article on the similarities between two magicians’ acts, Teller ‘69, the non-speaking half of Penn & Teller, gives his take on the work of magicians Ricky Jay and Eric Walton, and the recent contention by...

Brian Meacham '97 at 02:11 PM | TrackBack

September 25, 2006

Rieckhoff '98 on the Geneva Conventions

In an Op-Ed piece in today’s New York Times, Paul Rieckhoff ‘98, executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, takes on the current administration’s stance on the treatment of prisoners of war. If America continues to erode the...

Brian Meacham '97 at 01:11 PM | Comments (1) | TrackBack

September 19, 2006

David Suzuki '58 on world tour

After this summer’s movie, An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore may be the face of opposition to global climate change in the U.S., but in Canada, that movement has been led for years by David Suzuki ‘58. After turning 70...

Parker Morse '96 at 10:00 PM | Comments (0)

September 18, 2006

Diver '65 on the SAT

Reed College President Colin Diver ‘65 is the author of an opinion piece in today’s New York Times titled “Skip the Test, Betray the Cause.” Diver, who wrote last year in The Atlantic Monthly about the ten years since Reed...

Brian Meacham '97 at 11:14 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

September 13, 2006

Dean Parker on "The Harvard Effect"

Today’s Inside Higher Education surveys the possible consequences of Harvard’s announcement, yesterday, that it will abandon its early admission program. Harvard, arguing that early admissions favors wealthy applicants who don’t need to compare financial-aid packages, is not the first to...

Parker Morse '96 at 08:35 AM | Comments (0)

September 11, 2006

Parrish '99 delivers painted memorial

Last month we linked, in the News Briefs section, a story from the New Britain Herald about a September 11, 2001 memorial painting delivered by Graydon Parrish ‘99 to the New Britain Museum of American Art. Today’s Hartford Courant takes...

Parker Morse '96 at 02:06 PM | Comments (0)

September 08, 2006

Kenyatta '85 tries again for Kenyan Presidency

With a presidential election coming in 2007, Kenya’s Daily Nation previewed the nomination candidates from the Orange Democratic Movement of Kenya (ODM-K), including Uhuru Kenyatta ‘85. Kenyatta, the son of Kenya’s founding president Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, has run before, in...

Parker Morse '96 at 08:23 PM | Comments (0)

September 06, 2006

Zipcar comes to the College

More than two years after a campus controversy surrounding a proposed parking lot in the pines behind the tennis courts, one of the solutions offered has finally come to fruition: Zipcar is coming to Amherst College. Zipcar is a “car-sharing”...

Parker Morse '96 at 10:23 AM | Comments (0)