
Wire News Round Up – 3.1.21
Massachusetts enters new step of re-opening phase, in-person dining resumes, this week's weather and more
Nicole Biagioni, Brie Bristol, and Rebecca Duffy
• March 1, 2021

Texas winter storm spares no one
Frigid temperatures and an electric grid rigged for profiteering plunged Texas into week-long dark age, startling UMass and other college students with little recollection of the system’s previous lapses.
Rebeca Pereira, Writer
• March 1, 2021

Major layoffs leave the Daily Hampshire Gazette “overwhelmed”
Current and former Daily Hampshire Gazette contributors fight for local journalism on a community forum
Julia Donohue, Managing Editor
• February 25, 2021

Wire News Round Up – 2.22.2021
New campus operational posture, this week's weather and more.
Nicole Biagioni and Ethan Brayall-Brown
• February 22, 2021

Campus operational poster set to lower from “High Risk” to “Elevated”
New email by Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy goes over the new conditions and plan for UMass students
Ethan Brayall-Brown, Writer
• February 19, 2021

Salvaging a semester: SGA, a COVID calamity and where we go from here
A frustrated student body and fatigued Amherst community turns to the Student Government Association as trust in administrators runs its course
Rebeca Pereira, Writer
• February 19, 2021

UMass Amherst community reacts to Student Union Building reopening
Daily Collegian and WMUA 91.1 among first to move in
Paris Saenz, Contributor
• February 16, 2021

Employed students sacrifice basic needs for new sequester policy
UMass posture changes students sent scrambling and created an uproar out across numerous social media platforms
Talia Heisey, Writer
• February 14, 2021

A timeline of UMass Amherst’s changing guidelines for off/on campus student workers
Mandated student sequester resulted in a week that left students fearful if they could work at all.
Talia Heisey, Writer
• February 13, 2021

Package delivery limit lifted to acommodate on-campus students during self-sequester
Previous package delivery limit left students waiting for textbooks and necessities
Rebecca Duffy, Campus News Editor
• February 10, 2021

UMass Amherst begins administering the COVID-19 vaccine at it’s new clinic
Clinic planner explains the process of vaccination and clinic procedures
Talia Heisey, Writer
• February 10, 2021

UMass fraternity throws party against COVID-19 restrictions
Students express strong emotions against first documented large gathering
Nicole Biagioni, Writer
• February 9, 2021
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Rebeca Pereira, Writer
A frustrated student body and fatigued Amherst community turns to the Student Government Association as trust in administrators runs its course.
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Nicole Biagioni, Writer
The UMass community reacts to the COVID-spreading party that took place at the Theta Chi fraternity this past weekend.

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