The End of History?

December 26th, 2008 · 10 Comments

Err…AmhPub, rather?
Actually, those of you who have taken a class with Professor Pavel Machala will recognize the title: neocon-turned-Obamacon Francis Fukuyama famously declared that the end of the Cold War represented the end of history, at least in the sense of ideological competition.  Well, there’s been a bunch of history since then, and guess what: [...]

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Pre-Thanksgiving Round-Up

November 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Congratulations to new the Student Editor-in-Chiefs Robyn Bahr and Haley Castro.  The first issue is fantastic; I’ll be commenting on a bunch of goodies from the issue.  Kudos as well to the new Indicator EICs Karl Teo Molin and David Vaimberg.  Looking forward, boys!

President Marx:

We have something like one-third less endowment and so we [...]

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Alcohol at Amherst

September 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

I want to alert everyone about an upcoming event this Thursday, September 25th at 8PM in the Red Room in Converse Hall. Following President Marx’s recent decision to forgo signing the Amethyst Initiative to reconsider the drinking age, The Indicator and The Amherst Public are sponsoring a student-moderated panel discussion: “Forum on the Amethyst Initiative and the College’s Drinking Policy.”
We’ll be live-blogging the event on this very site. You all can, as well. Additionally, students will be able to post comments on AmhPub and have their comments read in the forum.

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