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(Fake) Blonde Moment: Space cowgirls, prequel season and Harry Styles fan fiction

Chad Douty and Grace Sherwood October 28, 2020
Tune in for Chad and Grace's takes on The Bachelorette's most awkward episode yet.
Life upside-down: How international students have taken UMass abroad

Life “upside-down”: How international students have taken UMass abroad

Rebeca Pereira, Contributing Writer October 28, 2020
Public universities and the college towns they are situated in rely on their ability to accommodate international students, but the fate of international students is only one of many considerations in the race to reopen.
Black Lives Matter supporter in the middle of Trump supporters by Tristan Smith

Northampton Trump rally sparks counter-protest

Tristan Smith, Writer October 25, 2020
This was just one of many Trump rallies planned by CRCC to be held in countless cities across Massachusetts up until the November 3rd election.
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Far right extremists are getting bolder with plots to kidnap U.S. governors

Talya Torres, Writer October 23, 2020
Members of an antigovernmental paramilitary group plotted to kidnap democratic governors ahead of the election. 
Southwest Residence Hall/ News Editor Abbie Gracie

UMass announces plans for Spring 2021 semester

Ethan Brayall-Brown, Writer October 23, 2020
First-year students, new transfer students for Fall 2020 and Spring 2021, those enrolled in face-to-face classes and students that depend on the university for housing and food are officially invited to live on campus for the spring semester.
Artwork by Kacey Connolly.

The Zoo Report: Dan Dimitrov on grad school and family abroad

Kacey Connolly and Chloe Lindahl October 23, 2020
In this week's episode, the girls talk with UMass graduate student Dan Dimitrov about careers and having family abroad during COVID-19, ending with another round of their new segment "Cloutiest Couples."
Rally hosted in Boston to stop evictions and foreclosures across Massachusetts

Rally hosted in Boston to stop evictions and foreclosures across Massachusetts

Rebeca Pereira, Contributor October 22, 2020
City Life Vida Urbana hosted a rally in Boston to stop nearly 60,000 evictions and foreclosures across Massachusetts.
Artwork by Gracie Donovan

(Fake) Blonde Moment: Ariana Grande, broken toilets and Paw Patrol

Chad Douty and Grace Sherwood October 21, 2020
Chad and Grace dish all things Bachelorette
UMass students react to the university disciplining students violating COVID-19 protocols

UMass students react to the university disciplining students violating COVID-19 protocols

Rebecca Duffy, Campus News Editor October 20, 2020
UMass students react to the university disciplining students who violated COVID-19 protocols from August to September.
UMass Theater Department stays strong during trying times

UMass Theater Department stays strong during trying times

Ethan Brayall-Brown, Contributor October 18, 2020
How is the Theater Department that relies heavily on in-person interactions doing during the COVID-19 pandemic?
PC: David Dow/Getty Images.

How the 2020 NBA season turned athletes into activists

Tristan Smith, Writer October 15, 2020
The tumultuous 2020 NBA season, the longest season in league history, served a greater purpose that no player would’ve ever imagined at its start in Fall 2019.
Masking the issue

Masking the issue

Chloe Lindahl, Writer October 14, 2020
In the United States the debate over wearing a mask has become a politicized issue as many see it as an affront to their personal freedom.
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