I finally caved in January and joined basically all of my friends in the climbing club, after being a stubborn contrarian for the past few years. Turns out, climbing is actually really fun and worth jumping on the bandwagon for, + I’ve gotten unexpectedly strong! Here’s how climbing club works here! We go to Central Rock…Continue Reading Climbing Club
Hi all! I know the blog site is buzzing right now with Be A Mammoth posts, but I have nothing to contribute! I entered college during Covid closures, and so had an online Be A Mammoth where I attended a class on Zoom and a couple of Webinars—not nearly as interesting as visiting campus. So…Continue Reading My Experience with the Five College Consortium
Congratulations to those admitted to the Class of 2029! As you start imagining what life will be like here, I wanted to share a bit about one of the resources that has made my Amherst experience so much more academically manageable. You might hear the phrase “writing-intensive” thrown around when people describe Amherst’s curriculum, and…Continue Reading The Writing Center
Happy almost spring break! Other than a little blip of snow on Wednesday, we’ve had a mostly warm and sunny week, and today is totally gorgeous. Just one more assignment and I’ll be free… Unfortunately, I got sick this week, but, fortunately, Amherst has a really wonderful student health center that I wanted to highlight…Continue Reading The Health Center
Hi all, apologies for being a little M.I.A.! We’ve gotten to the point of the semester where I’m truly deep in the thesis trenches. Spring break starts in exactly one week, which always means professors are squeezing in midterms and assignments, plus most thesis writers have some form of a draft due. For this post,…Continue Reading Thesis Crunch Time
This is the sort of post that pre-college me never would have guessed I’d be writing, but that’s the beauty of college: we change, and the sorts of things we get up to change, too. I came into college considering the Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought, Latinx and Latin American Studies, Religion, and Political Science…Continue Reading Tech Resources and Education at Amherst
As I said last week, this winter has been particularly tough with perpetual snow (and ice) and winds that cut through your thickest layers. I hate having to rush from building to building, and I’ve been dreaming of warmer days, long walks and bike rides, and lingering outside. Since I started biking everywhere my freshman…Continue Reading Favorite Outdoor Places to Go (and Ways to Get There)
I need to be honest with you. For all the beauty and glory of Western Mass, we pay the price with cold, dark winters, and this winter has been my coldest yet. Coming from Baltimore, everyone around me warned about the famously freezing New England winters, but I was honestly underwhelmed by my first few…Continue Reading Snow Day at Amherst
I just opened my email inbox to see an email from the WAMH programming director about scheduling, which reminded me that I have yet to write about radio! Going into college, the only thing I was sure of was that I wanted to be part of student radio. Unlike some other schools, radio at Amherst…Continue Reading WAMH 89.3—Amherst College Student Radio
Hi all! I write to you all today with a feeling of relief that I’ve finally sorted out my class schedule after a crazy week of shopping. This is my final semester at Amherst and I have no major requirements left, so I really felt like I had to do my due diligence and get…Continue Reading Shopping Period