Amherst Wire 360: The Botanic Garden of Smith College
Morgan Hughes and Joshua Murray
March 19, 2017
Filed under Around the Valley, Current Affairs, Showcase, Travel
Free and open to the public, anyone can visit the Botanic Gardens of Smith College and walk from greenhouse to greenhouse to explore the exotic rainforests, crisp tulip gardens and rows of precious succulents.
Read more »The Derek Kellogg era at UMass comes to a close
Cameron Merritt, Writer
March 10, 2017
Filed under Campus, Current Affairs, Showcase, Sports
Derek Kellogg's nine-season stint as the head coach of University of Massachusetts Amherst men's basketball is over
Read more »Amherst Wire 360: The new Design Building
Matthew Saburo Hachisu, Contributor
March 7, 2017
Filed under Campus, Current Affairs, Multimedia, Showcase, Technology
A new Design Building on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst officially opened last week.
Read more »Reporter S.P. Sullivan speaks about the ethics of covering sexual assault
Juhi Dasrath, Contributor
March 7, 2017
Filed under Campus, Current Affairs, Showcase
Reporter at NJ.com and University of Massachusetts Amherst journalism alum S.P. Sullivan spoke to a group of journalism students about ethical coverage of his recent piece on sexual assault inside a New Jersey prison.
Read more »Former NAACP president speaks at UMass
Allyson Morin, Contributor
February 27, 2017
Filed under Campus, Current Affairs, Showcase
The lecture, “The Forgotten Origins and Consequences of Race in America” came at a time of uncertainty and political turmoil in America. A mix of university students, faculty and community members attended the lecture on the evening of NAACP founder W.E.B. Du Bois’ 149th birthday.
Read more »Divest UMass holds teach-in on building solidarity networks and economies
Caeli Chesin, Assistant Travel Editor
February 24, 2017
Filed under Campus, Current Affairs, Showcase
A panel of local and national leaders at the forefront of a grassroots movement for a ‘solidarity economy’ spoke Wednesday at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Commonwealth Honors College Events Hall.
Read more »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.
Read more »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.
Read more »Amherst mourns death of citizen journalist Larry Kelley
Morgan Hughes, Campus News Editor
February 21, 2017
Filed under Around the Valley, Current Affairs, Showcase
Roughly 30 friends, family and community members gathered Monday in the Amherst Town Common to mourn the loss of the established town figure, who died Friday afternoon in a car crash.
Read more »SLIDESHOW: Words of love cover Student Union at student strike
Julie Shamgochian, Managing Editor
February 19, 2017
Filed under Campus, Current Affairs, Showcase, Student Life, Uncategorized
Students held a strike Friday to make UMass Amherst a Sanctuary Campus.
Read more »WATCH: UMass ROTC hosts cyber warfare expert
Jon Decker, Writer
February 16, 2017
Filed under Campus, Current Affairs, Showcase, Technology
The UMass ROTC Minuteman Battalion saw a new light shined on the new and growing battle ground of cyberspace by Andre Golden, a force integration specialist of the U.S. Army’s new cyber division.
Read more »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.
Read more »Multimedia
Heads Up: How a concussion feels
Julie Shamgochian, Managing Editor
Students who have suffered from concussions describe a loss of consciousness and a "fuzzy-brained" feeling.
Amherst Wire 360: The new Design Building
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Politics
U.S. strikes back at Assad for use of chemical weapons
John Coakley, Writer
The United States launched 59 tomahawk cruise missiles at a Syrian airfield late Thursday night, targeting “Syrian fighter jets and other infrastructure.”
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