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Amherst Wire

The digital-first, student-run online magazine at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst Wire

The digital-first, student-run online magazine at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst Wire

The welcome banner for UMass Sex on the Lawn 2025.

Sex on the Lawn? It’s not what you think

Laura Slafka, Entertainment Editor October 7, 2025

On Sept. 26, student volunteers, coordinators, and local/national health and safety organizations set up shop at the South Lawn for Sex on the Lawn, a sex-ed event that ran from 12 to 4 pm. The event was...

B'Shara performing at a local concert (bsharamusic on Instagram)

Becoming B’Shara: Embracing your musical identity

Lance Airasian, Contributor May 10, 2023
Within the past year, senior UMass engineering major Eli Feldman began performing across UMass under his stage name, Bshara. However, Bshara wasn't always backed with a full band of passionate musicians pooling their talents and skills together to bring a friend’s project to life. Originally it was just Feldman in a bedroom with a laptop, passion, and a drive to be different.
Kim Petras and Sam Smith receiving Best Pop Duo Performance (Pitchfork)

A recap of the 2023 Grammy Awards

Rachael Dufault, Writer February 19, 2023
As it does every year, the Grammys have good, bad, and shocking moments. From Kim Petras being the first transgender artist to win a Grammy, Beyoncé being robbed of the album of the year, and Harry Styles’ controversial remark in his acceptance speech, it is nearly impossible to make everyone happy. Although there is voting that determines the winner of the Grammys, some say that it is a rigged system and a premeditated program.
Dating as a Woman of Color at UMass Sucks

Dating as a Woman of Color at UMass Sucks

Raksha Pokharel, Writer November 14, 2022
Navigating the dating scene has its challenges for everyone, but this process can be especially arduous for women of color at predominantly white institutions (PWI) like UMass. All women face similar issues, but it's often heightened for women of color. Issues of cultural differences, existing outside of the beauty standard, and oversexualization are problems too familiar to WOC. 
Midnights Album Cover (Spotify)

Pop Taylor Swift is back!

Mohit Ahuja, Contributor October 28, 2022
With the release of "Midnights," Swift broke the all-time record for the largest streaming week for an album by a female artist.
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