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Lunar Luminate | The Final Sevillian Push
HM, AFTER ORIENTATION, WITH SUDDEN old host-fam trauma and the start of classes (I shopped a total of 16 classes within 1.5 weeks 8D) I fell out of blogging. Also haven't done any Phantasy Star IV Posts since the beginning, whee @w@. BUT I feel obliged to write now just to I can catalogue the end. SO, I need to... »»MORE
inacht10 | Greg's Remainder Toothpaste Conquers Green Bay
MADISON, WI - THANKS TO one man's disregard for proper toothpaste tube usage, an army of leftover toothpaste has seized control of Green Bay and several nearby towns in Wisconsin, according to the White House press secretary. "He didn't squeeze from the bottom," the secretary said. "The accumulation of leftover toothpaste is estimated to be at least 10% of the... »»MORE
The Amherst Hamster | Simple Cocaine Bust Yields Horrifying Results
NEVER PUBLISHED. AMHERST, MA--- TUESDAY NIGHT, police responded to what seemed to be routine noise complaint call. Little did they know of the severity of the offense they were about to uncover. The police opened the door to find three students snorting cocaine and engaging in illicit sexual activities with six underage girls (there are also rumors of one underage... »»MORE
Campus Affairs | Malta?
PROFESSOR HADLEY ARKES IS LOOKING at real estate in Malta: After the election: I’ve been on the internet, looking at real estate in … Malta. Just think, a four-bedroom townhouse, near the new marina, in Zabbar, $350,000 USD (asking). Hmm. It is not only that the outcome of our election portends a moral disaster at several levels. It is that... »»MORE
Too Slow for Catenaccio | The Old Firm Just got a Bit Nastier
IF YOU'VE WATCHED THIS YEAR'S World Series, you've heard broadcasters wax eloquently on the reputation of Philadelphia fans as the toughest, nastiest fans in sports. You hear the same stories over and over again: Philly fans booed Snata Claus, they booed Michael Irvin when he injured his neck, they threw iceballs at referees, etc. Well, if Philadelphia has the most... »»MORE
One Big Holiday | Big Sky
I’M IN MONTANA FOR SIX weeks studying geology, living at a field station south of Helena and west of Bozeman. Technically it's in Cardwell, but I don't really know where that is. Right now I’m in the town of Ennis in a café/bookstore/antiques/saddle shop, and I think the table I’m sitting at and the six chairs around me are for... »»MORE
Catch the Fever! | The BCS Matchup I Want To See
THE CURRENT BCS SETUP IS stupid. Everybody knows this. Even if the whole bowl thing is pretty cool, which it certainly is, it has commonly been accepted that a playoff system would be a much better and saner way of going about things. A simple 8 team, 3 round affair would do. Nothing complicated, just a straight up single elimination tournament to keep the... »»MORE
back from the wild | a word from your resident green bean
AS THE TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO drop in the Northeast, we're transitioning into the yin season, a time for quiet introspection. Next time you're up all night frantically finishing a paper, think about what it could be doing to your inner cycle. I know this is a lot to ask - we're not humans, we're just college students, right? Wrong. College... »»MORE
Association of Amherst Students | Quickie
THIS ENTRY REFERS TO THE Senate meeting on October 27th: This meeting was the shortest one of the year so far! So this will probably be the shortest AmhPub entry too! Nick talked about the successful trustee lunch on Friday. We’re going to do it again in March, watch out. In announcements and committee reports, Trustee Committee on Student Life... »»MORE
Schultzination | Election Night in Amherst
LIVE FROM THE STONE 108 Election Center, the Schultzination is proud to present the 2008 Election Liveblog. I'll be trying to follow the election results as they come in, and see if we can make any predictions before CNN and the other networks. I will be joined by several members of the Schultzination election team, and various other guests over... »»MORE
A World made of Shapes | On Feeling Like "The Help"
SO NOT TO POTENTIALLY JEOPARDIZE anyone's job, I have decided against writing extensively about my commencement week experiences gardening at the Emily Dickinson House and--far more scandalously--a certain president's house (where we had to use the bathroom on the bottom floor. Ahem). But I will say these things, because they are certainly positive: I drank from his spigot (which just... »»MORE
Peace, Commerce & Liberty | Ay, Nay & Not on Your Life
IN THIS ELECTION SEASON, AND probably in most others in the past, we're told, sometimes directly, sometimes implicitly, that we as citizens must vote. It's a duty. It's imperative that we cast our ballots. Democracy depends on it. Well, this is simply not the case. Suffrage is a right, to be sure. If we are to have a fair election,... »»MORE
Scribbled Demons | The suspects are round and extremely delicious.
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Eunice Kim | The Tricky Part About Raising Awareness
THE PEER ADVOCATES' CLOTHESLINE PROJECT, which just happened last week, occurs once a year in Amherst College. The Clothesline Project raises awareness about violence against women and enables them to share testimonies about their traumatic pasts - this involves the women expressing their emotions by decorating a shirt and hanging it up on a clothesline for all to see. The passersby read the... »»MORE
Words, words, words | Robert Frost
TO EARTHWARD 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, The scent of -- was it musk From hidden grapevine springs Down hill at dusk? I had the swirl and ache From sprays of honeysuckle That when they're gathered shake... »»MORE
Global Rights of Women | Egyptian Sexual Harasser Jailed
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Zucchinis I Grew In My Backyard | Terence Lee Runs in a Marathon! / A New Song
NEXT WEEKEND (SUNDAY, TO BE precise), the honorable gentleman Terence Lee will be running in the 2008 New York City Marathon. The marathon is Terence's third (he's previously run in Munich and Philadelphia), and he's striving to achieve an incredible time of 3:10, which would put him in the 97th percentile of all runners. Yeah, pretty decent. Anyway, a sizable... »»MORE
AAS Budgetary Committee | Who is on the BC?
THE BC JUST ADDED TWO new members, Mwanzaa Brown `12 and Katrina Gonzales `12. Mwanzaa is filling a seat that the Senate had until now set aside in order to give the new first-year senators a chance to be on the Committee. Katrina was elected to replace another BC member who recently stepped down. Welcome to the BC, Katrina and... »»MORE
Fun in the Sun | But We Was Fightin'
"YEAH, BECAUSE WE WAS FIGHTIN',” she said to me, as if repeating it would convince me that it was a perfectly good explanation for why her boyfriend had punched her in the face and sprayed her with pepper spray. “Yes,” I responded, equally frustrated, “but that’s not a good reason. Just because you were arguing doesn’t give him the right... »»MORE
Stir! Crazy! | Adam's Chicken Sandwich
I USED TO HATE FRANK'S Red Hot and Charlie's Chicken Sandwich, but with Adam Kaufman's inspiring guidance, I have overcome my aversion and now thoroughly enjoy them. Ingredients - Frank's Red Hot Chicken or a Charlie's Chicken Sandwich a toasted bun (toasting everything in Val is important, especially the croissants) four slices of cucumber a handful of red onion a... »»MORE
Astonishment | Wander in the Waitakeres
IN A TIME OF ANCIENT gods, warlords, and kings, a land in turmoil cried out for a hero. She was Xena, a mighty princess, forged in the heat of battle... Her courage will change the world. And, indeed, her courage did change the world. Let’s go back to the middle of winter: August. IFSA-Butler (the program that I’m in) planned... »»MORE
Vista Vista | Dr. Maverick (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Barack Obama)
DOES ANYONE ELSE FIND IT strange that someone who calls himself "The Maverick" takes such extreme issue with friendship with a former domestic terrorist (and I'm prepared to believe that Barack Obama and Bill Ayers actually are friends, despite the Obama campaign's denial of this fact)? I mean, how much more "Mavericky" can you be than to associate yourself with... »»MORE
Performance/Visual Arts | Of People and Places at UMASS
AS PART OF CLASS FIELD trip for a digital photography class I'm taking at Hampshire i went to see an exhibit at UMASS called Of People and Places. The show includes works from several internationally renowned photographers including Joel Sternfield and Rineke Dijkstra. In a nutshell the show deals with the presence of or the impression left by the human... »»MORE
Content, or lack thereof, goes here | California ballot measures
THIS NOVEMBER, CALIFORNIA OFFERS ITS residents twelve delectible ballot measures for their approval or rejection or apathy. Here they are, what the Dems say, what the Repubs say, and what I say. 1A: High speed trains. D: Yes, R: No. A definite boon to California's infrastructure. As someone who travels between San Francisco and Los Angeles a lot, I have... »»MORE
World Politics | Harvard's 2008 Index of African Governance
RESEARCHERS AT HARVARD'S KENNEDY SCHOOL of Government published the second annual edition of the Index of African Governance this week. The index ranks the 48 sub-Saharan states based on their governments' ability to produce particular "political goods." The researchers organized these political goods into five categories: Safety and Security; Rule of Law, Transparency, and Corruption; Participation and Human Rights; Sustainable... »»MORE
Life On Uranus | Mr. Brokaw... I'm Ready for my Close-Up
RIGHT NOW, AMERICAN POLITICAL DISCOURSE is enjoying some sort of metaphysical afterlife along with God and Punk. It's been dead for quite some time now, but only in this current election has the stench become so obvious. Much can be said about how mass media (I won't say bourgeois media) has transformed (I won't say eviscerated) political discourse, in terms... »»MORE
So What | A Moment of Bragging
A COED CONGLOMERATION OF MEN'S Ultimate (Army of Darkness) and Women's Ultimate (Sparkle Motion) took first place at McGill's 12th annual U&U tournament this weekend, going 8-0. The team, called Sparkle Cock, beat Williams in quarters, McGill in semis (in the final point!), and Dalhousie in finals. Wow. Also, the previous weekend we won Middlebury's Otter Creek Throwdown, going 7-0. ... »»MORE
Liberal Thought | VP Debate!
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Site Development | AmhPub Seeking Programmers!
AS ALL THE PROGRAMMERS OUT there have probably already noticed, there's a lot on this site that could use development and clean-up. Erik and I (Jimmy) need your help! If you're comfortable working with PHP/MySQL and interested in contributing to the AmhPub project, send me an email (jlaff09).... »»MORE
Film | Wanted
THIS PAST WEEKEND, I WAS unhappily forced to journey back to the snow drifts of Buffalo, New York, my hometown. The reasons were varied and sundry, but let's just say it was largely the fault of the snake pictured below. Fiona Brown, the snake whose fault this all was.Just kidding. I was overjoyed to go back. In any case, I... »»MORE
eandrews09 | testing
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Shorter, Faster, Louder | I live in a naked city.
MY HEAD HAS BEEN COMPLETELY overwhelmed by the concept of chaos. I am going to focus myself forever on just trying to not mean anything. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aYT1Pwp30M[/youtube] john cage is crazy. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kPYkoUsMqo[/youtube] jaga jazzist is cool. in total confusion, !! MAX... »»MORE
WAMH 89.3 FM | Radio Free Amherst
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The Everlasting Yeoman | Wie landed in the wrong place.
THE TIMES NAMES AND DETAILS are approximate or fabricated in order to protect those involved and due to pieces missing from my memory. 9:00pm- I have a feeling this is going to be a good night. 9:30pm-The night opens with a rousing game of "you got served". 9:31pm-Contestant #1 vomits as a result of "getting served". 9:32pm-Contestant #2 vomits as... »»MORE
Nobody's life is harder than mine | My life continues to be difficult and I continue to be hungry
MY LIFE RECENTLY BECAME EVEN more the harder when my box of Trader Joe’s Chocolately Chip Dunkers ran out. I am still in the process of recovery. If you do not know what a dunker is, do not trust your Wikipedia’s or your Google’s. If you Wikipedia the term “dunker”, you will come across a breed of dog that is... »»MORE
That's What She Said | Three Tips for Freshmen
LATELY, I'VE REALIZED HOW MEAN I've been to the freshmen. Perhaps it is the nasty annual article about the Purple Lanyard that the Student writes in the first week or my growing jealousy of the new occupants of Charles Pratt Dormitory. But after spraining my foot in tae kwon do last Friday, I thought maybe a little bit of karma... »»MORE
Grammar | "Ownership" and Knowledge
DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF classes one of my professors said something which, though two very busy weeks have followed, has kept most of its original force in my mind. The following represents my paraphrase from memory: The Invisible Man is a long novel, but to be in this class you will have to own it-to have most of it ... »»MORE
The Indicator Online | Burn Out by Don Wu
BEHIND THE SPECTACLE OF THE Beijing Olympics and the record setting performances of Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt, and many others, a brewing controversy over the exploitation of young athletes was muffled in the interests of athletic excellence, national pride and international harmony. Not that these aren’t worthy goals, even arguably outweighing the consequences of continued indifference towards unhealthy expectations in... »»MORE
Music | Iron Horse Roundup
ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS about going to Amherst as opposed to, oh, I don't know... Williams... is the fact that Northampton is the second most popular stop for musicians on tour in New England (after Boston). Although the concerts have always been great in my three years thus far at Amherst, I think this fall has a really extra... »»MORE
Conservative Thought | What to make of Sarah Palin
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ggiller10 | Um... France?
OK, SO AFTER DAYS OF promising an update of my France exploits, finally, here it is. So: I am in Paris! But I’ve only been here since Saturday afternoon. The first 2 weeks were spent in Bordeaux; everyone in the group (about 35-40 students) took an intensive language class (between 3-5 hours a day, plus some excursions); we used the... »»MORE
sgrausz09 | Introduction
HI EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS Sam Grausz and I helped found the Amherst Public. I will have more thoughts shortly about the project as a whole, but for the time being I would like to encourage everyone to get registered, explore the site, comment on a few posts, and, if you are really bold, post something on your blog. The... »»MORE
news of the day. yes...this day | again
CHAD DOESN'T SEE THE TRUCK pulling across his path in time, his bike plowing straight into its blank white side, leaving a violent dent and helmet residue streaked across the cold november sheet metal. an eon of mindless dark separates the collision from the concerned eyes now peering down on him from a cool blue sky. muffled voices pry his... »»MORE
The Aaron Heilman Fan Page | Week 1 College Football Roundup
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Random Ramblings | Joe Biden's Mantra
AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION Tonight: "That's not change, that's more of the same." -Joe Biden's mantra while listing McCain's policies, explaining how similar they are to the Bush administration's and the Republican's policies of the last eight years. Continually getting more of the crowd to shout the response phrase, "that's more of the same." Sounded like a church reading... »»MORE
Much Musing | "Major" Problem
HEY, EVERYONE. HAS ANYONE EVER STOPPED to consider the 1599 other kids attending their fair institution? Not so much? How about the other 399 in your year? Getting warmer? Okay. Well, I have, at least in terms of my major and then I realized: I don't really know who my fellow English majors are. Okay, so that's somewhat of a... »»MORE
I'm Running My Inkpen | Indicator covers, etc.
FOLLOWING ARE ALL THE PIECES I did last semester that made it onto the cover of a campus publication. THE INDICATOR For my Indicator illustrations, I typically did ink drawings on paper first, scanned them, and then colored them in Photoshop using a graphics tablet. Coloring digitally is a lot more time-consuming than just filling in the original drawing with... »»MORE
Ted's Blog | Update on the Graham Program
I STUMBLED ACROSS TWO VERY interesting books this summer (both available for free online): David MacKay, Information Theory, Inference and Learning Algorithms (available here) James P. Sethna, Entropy, Order Parameters and Complexity (here) They remind me of the program that Graham postulated in How To Do Philosophy: start with the useful and crank up the generality. For what I absorbed... »»MORE
My Body is My Canvas | Subway Soundtracks
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What's the word? | So I spent the summer in Sierra Leone...
...ALONG WITH SAM GRAUSZ, SABRINA Dorman, Josh Nathan, and, for a brief time, Anna Mullen -- basically saving the world. Since I still don't really have a great answer to what exactly we did for our seven weeks over there, I figured I might just post a few photos... The standard sunset shot. Freetown street scene. Susie, one of our... »»MORE
The Purgatory of Thoughts | Beauty and the Geek...All in One
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO think of the "new breed" of Nerd Girls (these are two different links, by the way), almost supernatural girls that are geeky and smart and socially adept and hot! What's not to like, right? Hmm, well, it depends. Certainly, we don't want to foster the false dichotomy that women can either be smart or beautiful,... »»MORE
Chapman Revolution | I dreamt of Chapman..
LAST NIGHT. I DON'T REMEMBER much. But, Megan painting ceramic tiles on our kitchen wall. Raw excitement to be back living with my ladies. The common room had expanded to twice its size - Selena and I contemplated putting in two coffee tables. Rose was around... This morning I told my dad, "Oh, Chapman was so beautiful in my dream!"... »»MORE
Madame Lamb | pretty little girls & Guerrilla Gardeners
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NewUserTest | Some new tags?
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The Hype | The Lollapalooza Countdown Alooza
ALTHOUGH I LOVE THE IDEA of Amhpub, the lack of features is killing me. So until amhpub becomes more customizable and attractive, I will be on blogger at www.vernaculardisease.blogspot.com which, henceforth, will also be known as "the vd". check it out (also, if you are going to lolla, holla at me)... »»MORE
Wild Animals | Prestige Whores!
SO I HAVE A CLOSE friend who attends an East Coast liberal-arts college of very similar academic caliber and prestige to Amherst--I'll refer to it as Bleecker College. Because he lives down here in DC, I've had the opportunity to meet a few of his friends from Bleecker. When the subject has come up that I go to Amherst, the... »»MORE
The Engaged Citizen | Welcome to the E.C.
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One Immense Jabber | Real life investigations
LET ME SET THE SCENE. This Wednesday, I went to the Jose Gonzalez show at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and on our way back, I lost my cell phone on the E line of the Green Train.So like any good investigation, I have been following up on multiple leads. I called the MFA, the MBTA, the Boston... »»MORE
Scrambled snark, sentiments, and silliness | Save their souls or save the world?
ONE THING ABOUT BEING IN India is being surrounded by my Indian family, most of them rather religious Hindus. Many of the problems I have with Hinduism that caused my break from the religion are the sorts of problems I have with religion in general (not that I have a problem with religious people, I just can't fit it into... »»MORE
Don't Panic | Happy politics and the Bookmill
FRANK RICH MAKES ME HAPPY TODAY. I'm not going to crunch his numbers, but the simple use of a heart in his title is enough to make me swoon. This passage helps too: The only figure in the McCain camp who has candidly acknowledged any glitches is his mother, the marvelous 96-year-old Roberta McCain. Back in January she said that she didn’t... »»MORE
Tails of Tubby the Mouse | Hm.
ON SECOND THOUGHT, PICTURES ARE huge. So I'm not going to put them up here. Find me when I get back...... »»MORE
Deipnosophy | In The News
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Life beyond the bubble | Stranger
IT'S AN ODD POSITION TO be in, really. I was at Amherst for a whole year, and I made friends. I made connections. I became part of a community. Certainly has its problems, but man, that all that "Amherst is better than any school in the world" stuff they pounded into our brains during orientation (and every time is was... »»MORE
Bonsai Riot | Fun, Pain, and Wii Fit - Some Impressions
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Land of Peace: A Year in Tanzania--coming soon | Good Music and Good Fun or Why I Like Mormons
PEOPLE WONDER WHY I ALWAYS defend Mormons. I think it’s because since elementary school, my Mormon friends have introduced me to the most wholesome good times. In fourth grade, Mary Lindquist taught me how to play four square and make daisy chains. Last night, she invited me to an open-mic night at Chanel Twelve25, a music academy and performance venue... »»MORE
postcards | Most of my point, put much better
HERE IS AN ARTICLE I just read in the Christian Science Monitor, putting much of what I said in much clearer terms...enjoy.... »»MORE
Zapiski Sumashedshevo, or Diary of a Madman | A bit of nothing
I MAINTAIN A FREQUENTLY UPDATED blog dealing with things that are important to me (Russian literature, leftist thought, video games, delicious food...and more! Yeah, okay, mostly I just ramble about what I did on any given day) at http://neon.note.amherst.edu/planworld/index.php?id=rruskin10 Read that if you're interested; join planworld even if you are not particularly interested in my blog. Many cool people write... »»MORE
Charlie's Chicken Sandwich | Pro-Choice?
ALMOST EVERYDAY AT VALENTINE, BEFORE I take my requisite bowl of Kashi Heart-to-Heart, I head over to the pizza station and survey the scene. I like to see what ridiculous creation is on tap for the day. Potato pizza? Pineapple, pepper and pepperoni? Chicken and pesto? How about plain cheese pizza? I am generally completely overwhelmed and do not take... »»MORE
Notes from Underground | Oh hai.
THIS IS A BLOG. I just made it. Maybe I'll post soon. Check back and find out!... »»MORE
Peter Le Has a Blog | Tuna of the Sea
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, I HAD a heated argument with some friends over tuna and chicken. I was eating a tuna sandwich and remarked aloud that the tuna tasted kind of like chicken and perhaps that was why they called it Chicken of the Sea. I was met with a torrent of opposition by my fellow diners and we became engorged... »»MORE
Hoodrat Stuff | Got caught stealin'
TODAY I GOT CAUGHT TRYING to walk out of Val with a bowl full of noodles and cup of Coke. As I made my move into the tray-returning-station-hallway, one of the card swipers gave me the stinkeye. It was then that I first saw trouble brewing. The road ahead would be a rocky one. I paused in the tray-returning-station-hallway to... »»MORE
Changing titles | This must be a cosmic joke...
.... BECAUSE IT SEEMS THE universe is laughing at us. Just in time for finals, articles about procrastination are dangled in front of the eyes of procrastinators so that we can procrastinate by reading about procrastination.... »»MORE
Captain's Log | On SciFi and Scientology(?) - Musings and Battlefield Earth
THE PURPOSE OF THIS POST is found at the bottom. It is more important to me that you get to that than read all the junk before hand, especially if you find you can help me out. So if you're not interested otherwise, scroll down just past the picture. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Back in high school I was walking down Hollywood Blvd... »»MORE
The Unicorn | For those of you who don't remember one of the most important albums in rock history...
I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT today. And I notice there's a new Rhino two-disc collection coming out: Forever Changes I first wrote about this album eight years ago and I wanted to do so again today. Love review... It's remarkable, and deserves to be heard by a new generation of listeners. It was one of the first albums that truly... »»MORE
100% about the frustrations of a Writer | On Inspiration
INSPIRATION PLAYS GAMES WITH ME sometimes. She does not understand that I need her, that when she is off on vacation, I am quite lonely. Truth is, I’m greedy. Planning a novel is way easier than writing one so I devote considerable time to the easier task. This is why I have a complaint against Inspiration. She gives too little and expects... »»MORE
Life, the Universe and Everything | Life, the Universe and Everything--AKA Scott is Already Using Don't Panic As His Blog Title
AHH, AMHPUB. WHAT ANOTHER wonderful forum for discussion, musings, connections, and purposeless ramblings. (Ok, seriously we all know it is simply another wonderful procrastination tool.) However, as it appears to be a procrastination tool with a purpose, meaning, and soul (or at least some attempts at intelligent observations and witty commentary,) I'm officially hooked. As I currently have an absolutely... »»MORE
Shakespeare Got to Get Paid, Son | Hey guess what?
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Dirty Word | Exhibit A: Slut if you do, prude if you don't
A READER SUBMITTED TEXT MESSAGE exchange edited to protect texters’ identities-- XY: Hey whens ur bedtime tonight? XX: Early enough not to [hook up with you again] XY: [omitted] I wont date you so stop playing hard to get XX: [omitted] I'm not playing hard to get, sweetheart. Don't flatter yourself. I'm just saying no. Don't bother texting back. You'll... »»MORE
Parting Shots | Dear Gender Trouble: Grow a Pair
(OF OVARIES, OF COURSE.) FOR THOSE who missed it, the first issue of Gender Trouble hit foreheads across campus today, and the staff editorial was a long, anguished call for the Waaahmbulance. Money quote: "Others feel that this magazine is unnecessary and idiotic; after all, (these naysayers maintain), those with "alternative" gender views can [technically] [Ed: sic] express themselves in... »»MORE
Shoes and ships and sealing wax | "Sometimes you just have to bow to the absurd"
I HAVE BEEN URGED TO post, and thus I am posting. Unfortunately (mostly for you), I'm not certain I have anything to say at the moment. I can only wish whoever stumbles across this well, and provide a bit of levity (courtesy of my desk calendar) amidst the grim reality of exams and papers. And so, with many thanks to... »»MORE
Circus | New Circus coming out this Friday (May 9th)
DON'T WORRY, YOU'LL SEE THEM all over campus. We've made quite a few changes for this issue, so be sure the check it out!... »»MORE
Eating the whole apple, stem & all. | When a man loves a woman - Frost gets busy
ROBERT FROST OFTEN PROFESSED THAT family and friends should not be made a subject matter for poetry, that we should resist the temptation. In "Putting in the Seed", though, he does just the opposite, whipping it all out into the open. While it is unclear as to whether it's his own garden or his wife's that he tends to, there... »»MORE
Tom's Emporium of Fun Things | Advertising on a different kind of airwaves
FLOGOS THIS COMPANY, BASED IN NORTH Alabama, has developed a machine that pumps out foam clouds in custom shapes which float in the air and last as long as an hour, depending on the weather. The sample images on their website show Macintosh apples and Nike swooshes, among others. I think the idea is that they could be used to... »»MORE
Student Health Educators | Finals... and tips for overcoming test anxiety
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The Soul of Wit | Brevity Is The Soul of Wit
BAH TO YOU WHO HAVEN'T gotten my Polonius reference. But I guess it's a sign that I should change my blog's title, lest people think this is "Pompous Thought."... »»MORE
Idiot Wind | How are things?
SPURRED ON BY SCATHING CRITICISM from the honorable Aaron Nathan (check out his blog--it's like Slate without all the cool images!), I've decided to finally become an active AmhPubber. This is the requisite first post, in which I make claims about what might come later and then hopefully follow up with meaningful posts sometime during finals week. My major preoccupations/fascinations... »»MORE
Inconvenience Store | Ratings: Transportation
BICYCLE: 8 FOOT: 8 IT'S A DRAW––YOU can see more on bicycles, but you get a better feel for places by foot. Car (gas powered): 4 Car (solar powered): 6 (predicted) Even if cars didn't pollute, they would still kill people. And they'd still make people assholes.... »»MORE
listen. | lil' wayne - lollipop
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Grumpy Grump | amhpub vs. planworld
I WAS INTRODUCED TO PLANWORLD late last year. I've used it pretty regularly since then, and will continue to (despite it's every dwindling participation level) in addition to amhpub and likely check that more often. Amhpub no doubt has significant technological advantages over planworld, and allows for a level of public dialogue that is not possible there, but at the... »»MORE
jamie's blog | Get in Gear
LEARNING TO DRIVE STICK IS interesting. I'm learning on "the best car ever," a 1989 Acura Legend, and so far I've stalled twice. Even though I always thought those stick drivers who refused to drive automatics were little bitches, I can start to see where they're coming from. It's sort of intoxicating. ... »»MORE
Grovaries | Whatup Athletes
EVER SINCE SOMETIME IN THE middle of high school I've had to walk a fine line between athlete and academic. On any team I've ever been on I've been the de facto nerd and in most social groups outside of sports I've been the jock (GK1, as of late). I've always been pretty aware of this balancing act, and in... »»MORE
I've been really busy with choir! | The Facebook Gays: An Epiphany
YOU KNOW THOSE MOMENTS WHERE, in a period of about five seconds, you're forced to sum up and reflect on a thought process that been going on for months, even years? I'm a big fan of those moments, partially for their comedic effect; they make you realize how things that you thought had no meaningful relevance to your life actually... »»MORE
Old Man on Campus | the photos in west
TALKING OF OLD STORIES OF the College, someone brought up coeducation in the comments. No i'm not that old. However, one thing has been bothering me ... not so much bothering as ... pestering maybe? The photo exhibit in Valentine's west wing (the easternmost section of the student dining area, for those of you keeping score at home) is entitled... »»MORE
hats are very important things | oh really?
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Why CMS Sucks | Hello world. Cruel, cruel world.
REPLACING BLACKBOARD WAS A GOOD idea, and a homegrown solution isn't a terrible notion. But then it got out of hand. So, so far out of hand. What seemed to start as a Good Idea became worse and worse, farther and farther from what it should have been, just waiting to collapse under its own weight. And the IT department... »»MORE
Chick Lit and Women's Issues |
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Oh Shit! | A BLOG!
FIRST! OH.. WAIT. EHH. I don't know why I'm doing this. Blogs have always seemed so pointless to me, since I never have anything significant or witty to say. I just feel like I'm talking to myself... Over and over again. So much for what should be an exhibitionist endeavor. And to make up for the err... paucity of words... »»MORE
The Amherst Element | The Amherst Element to release spring issue Thursday, May 1.
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PEPPER: a literary review, online | Roth Doesn't Rise to the Occasion, by Tim De Santa
VOL. 1, ISS. 1EXIT GHOST, by Philip Roth What happens when America’s most phallocentric novelist destroys his protagonist’s penis? He writes a bad book. It is almost incredible that the very man who penned Goodbye, Columbus, Portnoy’s Complaint and American Pastoral, among other gems, could produce the tired, stale prose in Exit Ghost. Ironically, Philip Roth reminds us of his own... »»MORE
La Causa | What is La Causa?
LA CAUSA IS THE ESTABLISHED cultural, political, and service organization at Amherst College for students interested in Latino issues and cultural awareness. We meet every Wednesday at 9pm in the José Martí Cultural Center located in the lower level of the Campus Center. The José Martí room contains a recently updated library of Latino works of literature, history, and music.... »»MORE