Amazon contract ending will impact local businesses
Amanda Levenson, Video Editor
November 15, 2017
Filed under Broadcast News, Showcase, Uncategorized
Before students searched Amazon for textbooks, they searched through bookshelves. Amherst Wire’s Amanda Levenson tells us how this shift impacted a local bookstore.
Halloween hype doesn’t impact local cemeteries; but homeless do
Amanda Levenson, Video Editor
October 30, 2017
Filed under Around the Valley, Broadcast News, Showcase, Uncategorized, WireTV
West Cemetery is a peaceful landscape. The space is quiet except for the sound of chirping birds, and empty except for the occasional resident passing through as they walk their dog — perfect for those who want to veer away from the public eye.
Turning up the demand for vinyl
Amanda Levenson, Video Editor
October 23, 2017
Filed under Around the Valley, Broadcast News, Features, Music, Showcase, WireTV
Of all the trends the 21st century has brought, consider the revival of vinyl the one thing grandma won’t complain about.
W.E.B. Du Bois Library takes on the digital age
Meghan Parsons, Contributor
October 20, 2017
Filed under Broadcast News, Campus, Showcase, Student Life, Technology, Uncategorized, WireTV
A library without books was once unthinkable, now it seems inevitable. Amherst Wire’s Meghan Parsons explains how college libraries adapt to the digital age.
Just add water: Stockbridge students explore the future of farming
Maria Manning, Writer
October 19, 2017
Filed under Broadcast News, Campus, Showcase, Uncategorized, WireTV
In the past two years, the University of Massachusetts Amherst took great strides to invest in sustainability on campus. Its most recent investment? A student organized hydroponic farm.
How Elliot Kalb went from undergrad to MLB statistician
Michael Antonellis, Contributor
May 7, 2017
Filed under Broadcast News, Showcase, Sports, Student Life, WireTV
"They call me 'Mr. Stats' and I made my living as a statistician ... Sometimes I tell a story through stats, sometimes it's through interviewing athletes, sometimes it's just adding perspective."
Graduate students march for wage increase, benefits
Maria Manning, Writer
May 2, 2017
Filed under Broadcast News, Campus, Current Affairs, Showcase
The UMass GEO is asking the university to increase wages by 18 percent over three years, reduce health and childcare costs, eliminate graduate fees and create broader anti-discrimination protections.
Third time’s the charm: UMass hires Matt McCall as head coach
Cameron Merritt, Writer
April 3, 2017
Filed under Broadcast News, Campus, Showcase, Sports, WireTV
University of Massachusetts Amherst Athletic Director Ryan Bamford welcomed Matt McCall their third men's basketball coach of the month at a press conference Thursday night.
WATCH: UMass students strike for sanctuary campus last week
Jon Decker, Writer
February 23, 2017
Filed under Broadcast News, Campus, Current Affairs, Showcase
Students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst held a strike to further demand the UMass system become sanctuary campuses.
Southwest Express halts delivery service
Michael Hickey, Contributor
February 23, 2017
Filed under Broadcast News, Campus, Current Affairs, Showcase, Student Life
In a sudden upset move, Southwest Café’s delivery service Southwest Express has been discontinued, leaving some on-campus students unhappy.
UMass students to walk out, strike Friday for a Sanctuary Campus
Wei Cai, Writer
February 16, 2017
Filed under Broadcast News, Campus, Current Affairs, Showcase
On Friday, Feb. 17, students and community will go on strike at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s in hopes of having the campus become a Sanctuary Campus.
VIDEO: Berkshire DC serves Super Bowl-inspired menu
Morgan Hughes, Campus News Editor and UMass News Now Producer
February 8, 2017
Filed under Broadcast News, Campus, Food/Health, Showcase, Uncategorized, WireTV
Hear about a Super Bowl special menu from Berk staff and hungry students in this video by UVC-TV19 News Now staff Jackson Cote and Morgan Hughes.
Brian Choquet, Campus News Editor
“If there are no student voices in the discussion, then how well are you doing your job.”
From Bangladesh to UMass: a graduate’s reflection
How one soon-to-be UMass grad views her time in Amherst.
Should UMass Build a Nuclear Power Plant?
There’s a very clear threat that if something isn’t done soon, the damage done will become irreversible.
Joe Biden: The Reality Behind “Good Ol’ Uncle Joe”
Biden was born 1942 in Scranton, Pennsylvania which would make him the second oldest candidate in the race at 76 years of age. Biden was elected to the New Castle County Council in 1970 at 27. Two years later, he pulled off an impressive victory to unseat the Republican incumbent Caleb Boggs and was elected to the U.S. Senate. He would go on to represent the state of Delaware for 36 years in the Senate, serving as both chair of the Judiciary Committee and the Foreign Relations Committee in that timespan.