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Amherst celebrates India and Pakistan’s 75th Independence Day

Abbie Gracie, Co-News Editor October 2, 2021

AMHERST--Last Friday, Sept. 24 from 4 to 5 p.m., Town Councilor Shalini Bahk-Milne and her town sponsors/event organizers, Dr. Ambreem Bawa, Dr. Sanjay Nawalkha and Alina Durrani put together a celebration...

Beans Bops: Pilot

Bean’s Bops: Pilot

Emma Calnan October 1, 2021
Emma Calnan recaps the best and worst of the summer releases in her pilot episode.
Almost Healthy: Ballin on the Budget

Almost Healthy: Ballin’ on the Budget

Emilee Klein and Sam Bozorgzadeh September 24, 2021
Sam and Emilee talk about their favorite ways to save money on food.
Credit: New England Patriots on Twitter.

Patriots defense dominates the Jets in Mac Jones’ first career win

Taylor Lee, Sports Editor September 22, 2021
Patriots pick off Jets’ quarterback Zach Wilson four times and welcome him to the NFL and win 25-6.

Sexual assault on campus: The numbers

Celina Rivernider September 22, 2021

AMHERST, Mass. — One in five women in college experience sexual assault, according to the U.S. Office on Women's Health. For a university with a high student population, such as UMass Amherst, the...

Protester in front of Theta Chi by Abbie Gracie

UMass protests to ban Theta Chi after alleged assault

Abbie Gracie and Zach Steward, Editors September 20, 2021
Amid allegations of a woman being roofied at the fraternity, UMass students took the streets to protest against frat culture.
Cred. Aliana Liz Tavares

Invisibility, My Superpower

Aliana Liz Tavares, Contributor September 14, 2021
My first year at UMass was very challenging, being a young Black and Hispanic woman. Here I talk about situations I encountered, what I observed and how I navigated it all.
A UMass tailgate courtesy of Google Images

UMass cancels first tailgate of the 2021 football season

Nicole Biagioni, Co-News Editor September 9, 2021
Increase in positive cases forces UMass to cancel the first tailgate of the season
The University of Massachusetts Amherst Skyline from South Field/ Wikimedia Commons user Eraboin

An oral history of UMass’s only remote school year

Rebecca Duffy, Campus News Editor May 13, 2021
A first-year student versus a senior's experience.
The Dutch Room after the heist, photographed by the FBI on March 18, 1990 / This Is a Robbery (Netflix)

Netflix’s “This Is a Robbery” Director Colin Barnicle decodes the greatest art heist of all time

Julia Donohue, Managing Editor May 7, 2021
“You hear, ‘Oh, you can't move the art because it's very iconic,' but it's only iconic if people know what it is. If there's no coverage on it, and all the pictures are in black and white, when they are covered, then they're not iconic, and they can be moved.” 
SmashUMA Logo

Inside SmashUMA: the past, present and future of smash

Ethan Brayall-Brown, Writer May 7, 2021
SmashUMA is a university club that was approved by the Registered Student Organization back in 2013 with the intention of just getting a group to play some smash. But with COVID-19, arguably the most fun part of the game was taken away; the in-person couch play.
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