Archives: February 2009

February 24, 2009

Mishandling difficult news

Those who read our post on the Crossett Hall stabbing will recall that the administration has made no official public statement regarding the incident. The Amherst College eNews bulletins sent to alumni are also silent. We learned that students received...

Dave Nardolillo '98 at 02:54 AM | Comments (2) | TrackBack

February 23, 2009

Prof. William Pritchard '53 reviews "Snark: A Polemic in Seven Fits" in Boston Globe

Yesterday’s Boston Globe included a book review by Henry Clay Folger Professor of English William H. Pritchard ‘53. New Yorker film critic David Denby’s new book Snark: A Polemic in Seven Fits is, says Pritchard, a “densely packed, thoroughly readable...

Mina Suk '99 at 10:43 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

February 17, 2009

Student donation considered

Today’s Daily Hampshire Gazette reports that the Association of Amherst Students is considering a $100,000 donation to the College. The donation would be divided between student financial aid support and the “supplemental student programming fund.” It is still being discussed,...

Parker Morse '96 at 08:56 AM | Comments (0)

February 16, 2009

Shedding light on Emily

Over the weekend, contractors hired by the College started removing the tall hemlock trees which line the north side of Main Street from Sweetser Park to the corner of Triangle Street. The trees, once a hedge which fronted both the...

Parker Morse '96 at 10:03 PM | Comments (2)

Professor Corrales on February 15 Venezuela referendum

Javier Corrales, Associate Professor of Political Science, is cited in a February 16 Los Angeles Times articleon referendum held in Venezuela this past Sunday. Voters decided to rescind term limits, effectively allowing President Hugo Chávez, elected in 1998 and reelected...

Mina Suk '99 at 12:41 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

February 15, 2009

Student Breaks Into Registrar's Office, Changes Grades

I’ve used the same headline as the Student for this bit of news, which was originally announced through a notice posted by the administration last Friday. An unidentified student was able to access email accounts of five “members of the...

Parker Morse '96 at 10:16 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Ezekiel Emanuel '79 joins Obama administration as health policy advisor

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D. ‘79, is featured in a February 14 posting on the Chicago Sun-Times’ Washington politics blog. Dr. Emanuel, a breast oncologist, has begun serving as special advisor for health policy to the director of the White...

Mina Suk '99 at 12:41 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Town of Amherst turns 250

If you thought that this past Friday the 13th was the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin, and the NAACP only, you forgot one: the Town of Amherst, Massachusetts, founded 1759, turned 250. Yesterday’s Springfield Republican reported some of President...

Mina Suk '99 at 12:41 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Professor Hunter in New York Times op-ed on solar hot water systems

Professor Larry Hunter, Stone Professor of Natural Sciences (Physics), advocates in a February 11 New York Times op-ed piece for the use of solar hot water heaters. Solar hot water systems, he argues, are more energy efficient and less expensive...

Mina Suk '99 at 12:41 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Professor Sandweiss on her book "Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line"

Martha Sandweiss, Professor of American Studies and History at Amherst until 2008 and now Professor of History at Princeton University, has published a new book to great acclaim. Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the...

Mina Suk '99 at 12:41 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

February 13, 2009

Peter Klatsky '98 on octuplets, public health

My classmate, Peter Klatsky, M.D.,M.P.H., in addition to his own medical practice, has set up shop at Huffington Post with a regular column on public health issues. While Pete specializes in women’s reproductive health, his writings cover a broader scope...

Dave Nardolillo '98 at 07:29 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack

February 08, 2009

Student stabbed at Crossett

Details are very sketchy, but local news outlets are reporting that an unidentified Amherst student was stabbed multiple times early Sunday morning at Crossett Hall. The student was stabbed in the chest and the back. The name of the injured...

Dave Nardolillo '98 at 09:08 PM | Comments (2) | TrackBack

February 04, 2009

Celebrating 150 years of Amherst-Williams baseball

On May 3, Pittsfield, Massachusetts will again host an Amherst vs. Williams baseball game, when the two schools gather to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first intercollegiate baseball game, played July 1, 1859. “It’s only fitting that this game...

Brian Meacham '97 at 11:33 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack