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Rebecca Duffy

Package delivery limit lifted to acommodate on-campus students during self-sequester

Rebecca Duffy, Campus News Editor February 10, 2021
Self-sequester and package delivery limit left students waiting for necessities. Residential Life warned those who did not comply.
Introspective Ramblings: Enveloped in Hope

Introspective Ramblings: “Enveloped in Hope”

Joanna Buoniconti, Managing/Copy Editor February 10, 2021
In this week's poem, student poet, Joanna Buoniconti reflects on the duality that words can have and the power that they hold.
Person administering shot courtesy of discoverysociety.org

UMass Amherst begins administering the COVID-19 vaccine at it’s new clinic

Talia Heisey, Writer February 10, 2021
UMass' COVID vaccine clinic opened on Jan. 14, and continuing throughout the spring semester, this clinic is one of 49 other vaccination sites across the state, which has been administering a two-dose Moderna vaccine. 
Theta Chi house courtesy of thetachiumass.com

UMass fraternity throws party against COVID-19 restrictions

Nicole Biagioni, Writer February 9, 2021
The UMass community reacts to the COVID-spreading party that took place at the Theta Chi fraternity this past weekend.
UMass implements stricter guidelines as COVID-19 cases rise

UMass implements stricter guidelines as COVID-19 cases rise

Ethan Brayall-Brown, Writer February 5, 2021
With the rising number of cases, the operational posture of the campus has been changed to elevated. This means that there are a number of stricter rules students must follow.
Nietzsche and teenage angst

Nietzsche and teenage angst

Anay Contractor, Contributor December 29, 2020
In Friedrich Nietzsche’s magnum opus, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, he says that our life takes place in three stages: the camel, the lion, and the child. The camel is the initial stage where one begins their quest that is life. The stage of the camel can be considered the most arduous one, where one will experience the most physical and mental stress, a time where we may want an easier path to fulfilling our existence. 
Saving yourself for the vaccine

Saving yourself for the vaccine

Brie Bristol, Writer December 9, 2020
Estridge has seen more of the university hook-up life than most people. Being an ex-sorority sister, she is not shy about the horror stories from her friends. But lately, she and her friends are all committed to occasional celibacy in order to stay healthy. 
Artwork by Kacey Connolly.

The Zoo Report: Things to do during winter break

Kacey Connolly and Chloe Lindahl November 20, 2020
Tune in to hear the girls argue over which celebrities they would choose to spend the holidays with.
(Steve Walser / Flickr)

Should Christmas music be listened to before Thanksgiving?

Ethan Brayall-Brown, Writer November 19, 2020
A highly-debated topic in a year unlike any other.
(Patrick Kline/Amherst Wire)

Students grapple with mental health as first fully-remote semester draws to a close

Rebeca Pereira, Writer November 18, 2020
College students at UMass Amherst, many of whom expected nothing more than a two-week extension of spring break at the onset of remote learning, were thrust into a purgatory of uncertainty commandeered by a novel contagion. 
Pictured: Samet with 2 of her hand painted bags. Photo from @cutelilbaggies on Instagram

Meet the NYU student running a small business from her dorm room

Isabel Guilmette, Writer November 18, 2020
Since opening the shop on July 26, Samet has sold around one hundred bags and expanded her business, which originated on Instagram, on several different online shopping websites, including Depop and Etsy, and she isn’t slowing down.
Introspective Ramblings: Lavender

Introspective Ramblings: “Lavender”

Celina Rivernider, Writer November 18, 2020
In this week's poem, Celina Rivernider, ponders about the process of reconnecting with yourself and finding unlikely history as you go.
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