Starbucks attempts to serve coffee and race dialogue: How should we race together?
Nia Decaille, Writer
March 27, 2015
"Race together” is written on Starbucks cups. Buying into social justice convictions can seem meaningless if it only goes as far as buying a cup of coffee.
Read more »The dangers of political apathy
March 6, 2015
Filed under Opinion
by Afnan Nehela “Dude, who cares why Obama went to India last week, I want to know where Angelina and Brad went for their anniversary.” A peer said this to me as I was rambling about how funny it was that the Indian Prime minister welcomed Obama by wearing a pinstripe suit with his own nam...
Net Neutrality is the new Freedom of Information Act
March 5, 2015
Filed under Opinion, Technology
By Taylor Gilmore Imagine your life without Internet access. It is a difficult thing to picture. We live in a world where technology gives us access to unlimited information and instant communication. But what if corporations started to monitor and restrict the information we could access, or...
The solution to “Blarney Blowout”
Taylor Gilmore, Writer
February 25, 2015
"The negativity the administration expressed about their students set an example for newscasters, reporters and other public figures."
Read more »UMass students react to new guest policy: did it prevent another “riot”?
Kaitlin Corbett, Contributor
February 4, 2015
So did the new policy do the trick?
Read more »A lack of awareness for a tragedy in Mexico
Estefania Marti Malvido, Contributor
November 13, 2014
Human rights violations in Mexico have reached its limits. When is it enough?
Read more »Fearbola strikes UMass Amherst
Kristin LaFratta, Writer
October 28, 2014
Its symptoms include unnecessary panic, and perhaps the most lethal of them all: unnecessary e-mails.
Read more »Does James Bond have to be white?
October 23, 2014
Filed under Opinion
by Zack Tobin In a recent interview promoting his new film "The Equalizer," actor Denzel Washington said his dream role would be to play James Bond. Fans have been talking about it on Twitter with the hashtag #DenzelisJamesBond. In a lot of ways, the role would make sense for Washington. He has all the ...
Five things we can do to change racial ignorance at UMass
October 23, 2014
Filed under Opinion
by Nia Decaille Some students were shocked when the news broke about the October 14 incident in which University of Massachusetts Amherst sophomore Josh Odam found the graffiti, “Kill these n----" on the door of his room in Coolidge, in Southwest. Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy who spoke at an ...
How to get away with being racist
September 29, 2014
Filed under Opinion
by Nia Decaille In an article in the New York Times called “Wrought in Rhimes’s Image,” Alessandra Stanley commends screenwriter, director and producer Shonda Rhimes on creating characters of color that transcend stereotypes of black women in entertainment. What Stanley miscalculates along w...
Wage Gap Wages Dumbest Politics Ever
Kristin LaFratta, Writer
September 29, 2014
Women in the United States still earn an average 77 cents to every dollar a man makes.
Read more »I hate those tiny orange juice glasses
September 29, 2014
Filed under Opinion
by Mia Bornstein Breakfast at Hampshire Dining Commons is undeniably a big deal since it is the only dining hall in the Southwest residential area that serves breakfast to the roughly 5,500 students living there, which I’m sure, is nothing the DC takes lightly. So why then, has my satisfaction ...
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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.
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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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