It’s time that faculty-student relationships, in all forms, are prohibited at UMass Amherst
Joanna Buoniconti, Copy/Managing Editors
September 15, 2020
Other colleges within the five-college-consortium have taken the initiative to ban faculty-student romantic relationships, while in a Masslive article it was stated that at UMass they are only “strongly discouraged.”
Why you should give Selena Gomez’s Rare Beauty a try
Nasya Blackshear, Assistant Lifestyle Editor
September 15, 2020
Selena Gomez's new makeup line is a versatile collection of reasonably priced products worth trying.
Judging Books By Their Covers: YA novel, “Say What You Will,” highlights a nuanced perspective on mental and physical disabilities
Joanna Buoniconti, Copy/Managing Editor
September 14, 2020
The novel offers a refreshing perspective on the genre that features two main characters learning to cope with their mental and physical disabilities.
The ostentatious debate of mail-in voting
Chloe Lindahl, Writer
September 14, 2020
Mail-in voting dates all the way back to the Civil War when both Union and Confederate soldiers were allowed to submit their votes through mail amidst the ongoing war. Since then, over 30 states have established a “no excuse” absentee ballot rule meaning anyone can request to vote by mail whether they are able to make it to the polls or not.
App of the week: Ground News
Julian Mendoza, Writer
September 11, 2020
Ground News is a must download for the educated news consumer.
Introspective Ramblings: “Temp girl, college girl”
Elisabeth Morgan, Writer
September 9, 2020
In this week's poem, student poet, Elisabeth Morgan reflects on the benefits as well as the highly relatable challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought into her life.
Long-distance love during a global pandemic
Abbie Gracie, News Editor
September 5, 2020
As if COVID-19 doesn’t suck enough, try being in a relationship with your significant other being half-way across the country.
Virtual community forum held to discuss UMass and Town efforts to reduce spread of COVID-19
Rebecca Duffy, Campus News Editor
September 4, 2020
With the number of COVID-19 cases rising at universities across the country, officials from UMass and the Town of Amherst held a virtual community forum to discuss how they are working to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
App of the week: AllTrails
Emma Sammuli, Lifestyle Editor
September 2, 2020
AllTrails is the perfect app to download this fall for hikers of all experience levels.
Judging Books By Their Covers: “Brave New World,” a futuristic novel, might not seem that far-fetched in 2020
Joanna Buoniconti, Copy/Managing Editor
August 31, 2020
The heart of the story exposes the unnerving truth buried beneath this utopian society.
No one’s upset with The Hails’ debut
Nasya Blackshear, Assistant Lifestyle Editor
August 27, 2020
“When we graduated we all kinda scattered.” Solari pointed out, “We had been living this socially distanced lifestyle making music for like a year kinda before we were forced to. So in a weird way, I kinda feel like we had been preparing for this before we had to do it now.”
“Back to the Woods” Taylor Swift and the New Trend of Rugged Authenticity
Joe Lancaster, Contributing Writer
August 20, 2020
In some ways, it may seem odd or disingenuous to suddenly get sincere by going “back to the woods”—the way songsters of the 1990s feigned artistry simply by going “unplugged.” In reality, as John Mayer and Justin Timberlake have shown, this is simply another step in the evolution of the modern pop singer-songwriter.
