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Featured Blogs:


Egyptian Sexual Harasser Jailed

grow · October 21st, 2008

An Egyptian man has been jailed for three years with hard labour for sexual harassment of a woman in the street.
Sharif Gommaa was also ordered to pay 5,001 Egyptian pounds ($895) damages to Noha Rushdi Saleh for the attack in Cairo’s Heliopolis district.
Women’s rights activists welcomed the ruling saying it was the first known case of prison for such an offence.

Robert Frost

Rachel Edelman · October 25th, 2008

To Earthward offers a glimpse at the Robert Frost who didn’t seem quite as content in his place as our dear statue of him on the freshman quad might make us believe.

Love at the lips was touch
As sweet as I could bear;
And once that seemed too much;
I lived on air
That crossed me from sweet things,
[ . . . ]

Astrophotography with a Canon Elph and binoculars

Jonathan Tucker · October 10th, 2008

October 21st, 2008

Bill Taylor

Town Select Board Election

Dave Ullman · October 26th, 2008

So far, I’ve avoided any type of election analysis or opinion - that is not the place of this particular blog, after all - but I do feel compelled to make a note of one that could significantly impact the College.
Residents of the Town of Amherst may be aware of a competitive race for a seat on the Town Select Board. Four contenders are vying for the spot - a brief description of each can be found at the Amherst Bulletin.
Two particularly noteworthy candidates for the election are Aaron Hayden and Dave Keenen.


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December 26th

The End of History?

Dave Ullman: Campus Affairs
September 4th

What to make of Sarah Palin

Sam Rudman: Conservative Thought
September 18th

“Ownership” and Knowledge

Ryan Milov: Grammar
October 2nd

VP Debate!

Aaron Nathan: Liberal Thought
September 29th

Wanted

Woody Brown: Movies
September 3rd

Iron Horse Roundup

Emily Moin: Music
October 16th

Of People and Places at UMASS

Colombina Valera: Performance/Visual Arts
October 29th

The suspects are round and extremely delicious.

Bill Taylor: Scribbled Demons
December 2nd

Apologies

Doug Eickman: Sports
October 9th

Harvard’s 2008 Index of African Governance

Meredith Case: World Politics