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
Hello everyone! I’m writing from a cold, snowy Amherst moving at half speed. We’re still a week out from the start of classes, and the only people on campus are those either doing research, working campus jobs, or writing theses. We’re very fortunate that Amherst allows us to stay on campus with a meal plan…Continue Reading January Thesis Work
Hello from Amherst! I’m back on campus for J-term as of Friday evening. In this post, I’ll be writing more about my study abroad experience from the spring 2024 semester (my junior spring). I spent the semester in Lisbon, Portugal with CIEE Lisbon. I stopped in Germany en route to Lisbon to visit a friend,…Continue Reading Study Abroad Part Two: Arrival, Getting Settled, and Academics
Happy New Year! About this time last year, I was packing and prepping (and stressing) for going abroad to Portugal. Since even before enrolling in college, I had always been sure I wanted to study abroad, so I thought I’d share with you today how I made it happen and how the process works here…Continue Reading Study Abroad Part One: Prepping
One thing that’s vastly different about high school versus college is the length of time you get for breaks. It’s typical to get almost all of January off, making winter break about 4-5 weeks long (my freshman year, we had a late start to the second semester due to Covid, so the break was six…Continue Reading Winter Break in Baltimore and J-Term in Amherst
We’re now in the thick of finals period, so I thought I’d take a step back to let you all know how this whole thing works. Some high schools might have final exams, but mine didn’t, so the concept of finishing classes almost two weeks before you actually end the semester was foreign to me…Continue Reading Finals Period at Amherst
Happy Sunday! I’m sitting by the fire in the living room, avoiding both my work and the cold outside. This week, I wanted to write about one of my favorite Zü traditions, Wine and Cheese. The Zü, officially called Humphries House, is one of the theme communities on campus. We live a bit further away…Continue Reading Wine and Cheese at the Zü
Happy (late) Thanksgiving, everyone! Today was a harsh awakening to reality, as I arrived back from break at 2 AM this morning and had to get right back into the busy rhythm of school. This year, we just have a week and a half left of classes after break, then five days of reading period,…Continue Reading Traveling Home for Thanksgiving
Hi everyone! My name is Sylvie, and I’m a senior (class of 2025) from Baltimore, Maryland. I am an Environmental Studies major currently working on a senior honors thesis about highway building in my hometown. I also have taken lots of classes in the Portuguese department at UMass through the Five College Consortium and studied…Continue Reading Sylvie Wolff ’25 — Introduction