Issue 13

THE AMHERST

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STUDENT VOLUME CXLVII, ISSUE 13 l WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2018

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Amherst Joins Presidents’ Alliance to Support DACA Natalie De Rosa ’21 Staff Writer

Photo courtesy of Sarah Wishloff ’19

A study conducted by MassDOT found that stops at the college on the B43 bus route, which runs from Amherst to Northampton, could be cut to save money and time, according to PVTA Director of Operations and Planning Krystal Oldread.

B43 Bus Route Reviewed for Possible Changes Emma Swislow ’20 Managing News Editor In an effort to improve traffic flow along Route 9, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has begun a study to determine if changes to the B43 bus line, which a number of people in the Five-College community rely on for transportation, could potentially make travel easier and faster along Route 9.

The B43 is run by the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (PVTA). Its route connects Amherst College, UMass, Hampshire Mall and Smith College. One of the changes MassDOT has proposed is having the bus run express from UMass to Northampton with no stops in Amherst.

The bus stop at UMass is about 1.3 miles away from Converse Hall. In order to get to the express bus, students, faculty and staff would need to take either the R29, 31 or 38 from Amherst, according to Kevin Kennedy, communications director for the Five College Consortium.

One benefit of the express bus, however, is that it would run more frequently, four times per hour rather than three.

While running more buses per hour could benefit some students, the proposal of an ex-

press bus worries others. The B43 is the only bus that connects Amherst College to Hampshire Mall, where many students shop for groceries and other essentials. It’s also the only direct bus route between Amherst and Smith.

These changes concern some students who rely on the bus to take classes or participate in clubs at other colleges in the area. Cristina Rey ’19E lives off-campus in Hadley and rides the B43 bus every day. Rey takes the bus from the intersection of Middle and Russell Streets in Hadley and typically gets off at the stop in front of Converse Hall or at Hampshire Mall.

“I don’t have another way to get around,” Rey said. “I would use the bus if they changed it to an express route, unless they cut my stops.

If they [cut my stops] I will have no way to get to class, to see my friends, to go to events, anything. I’ll literally be stuck in the middle of Hadley.”

After a decrease in state funding last year, PVTA has a budget deficit of $1.4 million. In order to reduce this debt, PVTA is looking at ways to lower the costs of various routes.

“While we are constantly tweaking our routes to maximize performance, a major driver on system-wide changes is funding,” PVTA Director of Operations and Planning Krystal Oldread said. “When funding levels decrease we unfortunately have to decrease service as

well, such as the case last summer.”

Last summer PVTA announced the cuts of four bus lines in an effort to relieve some of its debt. A trolley route that ran in South Hadley and the M40 express route that ran from UMass to Northampton were both eliminated, as were two other routes in the Springfield area. The cuts were met with protests by a number of riders who depended on the various bus routes to get around the area, according to Greenfield Recorder.

In July 2017, several bus routes were eliminated while service was reduced on others, according to an article from Mass Live.

The B43 line is one of PVTA’s most expensive bus routes. In the 2016 fiscal year, it cost over $2.1 million to operate but only collected about $186,000 in fares, according to records available on the PVTA website.

According to Kennedy, the Five Colleges compensate towns in the area for the cost of running the B43 bus line during the academic year and the 38 and 39 routes year-round.

All three of these lines are considered “Five-College routes.” At the end of the fiscal year in 2017, the Five Colleges had paid $497,368, according to Kennedy.

Since the budget deficit began this summer,

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President Biddy Martin announced the college’s membership to the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration in an email to the college community on Wednesday, Jan. 17.

Her email follows the Alliance’s Dreamer Fly-In, a conference in Washington, D.C. at which college and university presidents urged Congress to pass legislation protecting Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and are protected under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

According to the founding statement on its website, the Presidents’ Alliance aims to “[increase] public understanding of how immigration policies and practices impact our students, campuses and communities” and “support policies that create a welcoming environment for immigrant, undocumented and international students on our campuses.”

The Presidents’ Alliance formed after President Donald Trump’s decision to end the DACA program in September. The DACA program was started by an executive order passed by former President Barack Obama in 2012 to provide temporary legal status to those who immigrated to the U.S. as a minor. In addition to providing legal status, DACA allows Dreamers to obtain driver’s licenses, enroll in higher education and legally work within the U.S. President Trump said he delayed the program’s termination for six months so that Congress could develop a legislative solution. The issue is currently at the forefront of ongoing congressional negotiations.

The Presidents’ Alliance’s Dreamer Fly-In intended “to call on Congress to pass a permanent legislative solution to protect young immigrants known as Dreamers,” according to a statement made by the organization.

“I joined the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration at its inception in an effort to aid public understanding of the extraordinary impact immigration policies and practices have on our students, campuses and communities,” Martin wrote. Currently, 234 college and university presidents are members of the Alliance.

President Martin was unable to attend the flyin herself, but sent letters on behalf of the college to Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Ed Markey and Representative Jim McGovern reaffirming

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New Registrar Ewa Nowicki Joins College Community Emily Young ’20 Staff Writer Ewa Nowicki assumed the role of the college’s new registrar on Jan. 8, according to an email announcement sent by Dean of the Faculty Catherine Epstein to the college community on Jan. 5.

The search committee for the new registrar was impressed “with the skills and experience that Ewa will bring to her important role at the college, her dedication to the liberal arts mission and her commitment to the equity and inclusion of underrepresented communities in higher education,” Epstein

wrote.

According to Epstein’s email, Nowicki holds a B.M. degree in voice performance from Boston Conservatory and an M.A. degree in Central and European Studies from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.

Nowicki has held registrarial positions at Stanford and and Hult International Business School.

Prior to her new position at Amherst, Nowicki worked as the senior assistant registrar at Boston University.

Nowicki wrote in an email interview that she decided to join the Amherst community because she saw the role as a “wonderful op-

portunity to contribute to an exceptional institution and community.”

In a separate interview, Epstein said she is “confident that [Nowicki] has the technological and interpersonal skills to be an outstanding registrar.”

Nowicki will help adopt new technologies that will aid the college in course registration, record keeping and advising, Epstein added.

As registrar, Nowicki is responsible for many of the college’s academic operations, police enforcement and management of academic records.

According to Nowicki, “a key part of my role is to ensure that the amazing staff within

my office have the tools and information that they need to continue to provide service to the community.”

Nowicki said her life has been personally and professionally transformed by her experiences in higher education, which sparked her interest in pursuing a career in the field.

She is passionate about issues of equity, diversity and inclusion and aims to help make higher education available to all populations.

In her new position, she hopes to “partner with offices and individuals across campus on utilizing the current tools we have to provide better support and service to students, faculty and staff.”

News

Haile E. Cole Fresh Faculty

Dec. 7, 2017 - Jan. 19. 2018

>>Dec. 7, 2017 11:46 p.m., South Parking Lot An officer on patrol discovered a door on a car wide open. The door was closed and the owner was notified.

>>Dec. 22, 2017 5:11 p.m., Frost Library A student reported that his wallet was stolen when he left it unattended on A level for a while.

>>Dec. 8, 2017 9:43 p.m., Athletic Fields Officers responded to a report of a person screaming on Hitchcock Field.

The area was checked but no one was found.

8:22 p.m., Plimpton House Upon a report from Student Affairs, an officer, along with a Residential Life staff member, confiscated an unlicensed keg from a third-floor room.

>>Dec. 9, 2017 10:33 p.m., Seelye House A caller reported that posters and a hand sanitizer dispenser were ripped from a wall during a registered party. >>Dec. 10, 2017 1:25 a.m., Jenkins Dormitory A visitor reported her coat stolen from a suite where she left it unattended during a party. It is valued at $900.

2:21 a.m., Jenkins Dormitory A visitor reported her coat stolen from a suite where she left it unattended during a party. It is valued at $375.

2:24 a.m., Jenkins Dormitory A visitor reported her coat stolen from a suite where she left it unattended during a party. It is valued at $500.

2:26 a.m., Jenkins Dormitory A visitor reported her coat stolen from a suite where she left it unattended during a party. It is valued at $100.

2:32 a.m., Hitchcock House A resident reported that his dental retainer was vandalized and an electric razor was stolen from a restroom during a registered party. >>Dec. 12, 2017 12:44 a.m., King Dormitory An officer investigated a smoke detector sounding in a second-floor room and found it was activated by steam from a heated food pack. >>Dec. 13, 2017 9:05 p.m., Cohan Dormitory An officer received a report that a student punched a hole in a wall. The student was identified and a report was sent to Student Affairs.

10:15 p.m., Valentine Dormitory A caller reported a person who appeared to be “checking out the bicycles” near Valentine Hall. Officers responded but the person was not located. >>Dec. 15, 2017 12:00 a.m., Cohan Dormitory A caller complained about a loud party. An officer found a group of people gathered on the second floor and warned them about the noise level. >>Dec. 19, 2017 3:33 p.m., Chapin Hall An officer investigated a report of unusual mail received by a faculty member.

8:35 p.m., Plimpton House Upon a report from Student Affairs, an officer, along with a Residential Life staff member, confiscated a device used for smoking that contained marijuana residue from a third-floor room.

10:34 p.m., Plimpton House Upon a report from Student Affairs, an officer, along with a Residential Life staff member, confiscated a small amount of marijuana and materials used to process marijuana from a second-floor room. >>Dec. 23, 2017 7:49 p.m., Lipton House A resident reported that an unknown person entered his room unannounced and then quickly left. Officers checked the area but the person could not be found. >>Jan. 2, 2018 6:54 p.m., Churchill House Officers investigated an intrusion alarm and found it was activated by a bat. >>Jan. 5, 2018 6:23 p.m., South Amherst College Drive An officer stopped a car that was leaving the area at an unusually high speed and found it was being operated by a local youth who only had a learner’s permit to operate the car.

His parent was called to the scene and took charge of him. >>Jan. 9, 2018 9:40 a.m., Seeley Mudd Building Officers and the Fire Department responded to an alarm and found it was caused by an employee soldering wires. >>Jan. 16, 2018 6:23 a.m., Frost Library An officer responded to a report of a man in the vestibule drying clothes on a heater. The man, who has no association with the college, was asked to leave campus. >>Jan. 18, 2018 9:39 a.m., Frost Library An officer responded to a report of a man doing laundry in a restroom. The man, who has no association with the college, was directed to leave campus. >>Jan. 19, 2018 1:28 p.m., Jenkins Dormitory An officer responded to a report of several students outside the building possibly playing a drinking game. All students were of legal age and they were warned about engaging in the activity.

Department of Anthropology

Haile E. Cole is a visiting assistant professor of anthropology and consortium for faculty diversity scholar. She received her bachelor’s degree and master’s degree at the University of Texas at Austin.

Q: How did you begin pursuing your area of study?

A: It’s been a pretty long journey. In undergrad I studied sociology and Black Studies and I just fell in love with it. It was very interesting, and I did a lot of social justice and campus organizing stuff when I was younger. Then after I graduated, I actually went to law school for a little bit and decided that it wasn’t for me — but I was still really interested in criminal justice and things like that so I decided to go to graduate school [at UT]. I was really familiar with the professors and I knew they had a really great African Diaspora Studies program, but it was a concentration in the anthropology department. And so I knew the faculty, and I knew that they did work in similar areas that I did.

They were really socially conscious and aware, so I thought it was a good fit and applied for the program and obviously got in. That’s how I ended up getting my degree in anthropology but with a concentration in African Diaspora Studies.

Q: How would you describe anthropology and sociology, for those who are unfamiliar with the subjects? What are the differences or overlaps between the two subjects?

A: I knew you would ask that question! I feel like that’s always the question. I think there’s actually a lot of overlap, particularly when you think about some of the foundational theorists like Marx and Durkheim and Weber. Anthropology — I would describe it as the study of humans, so we have physical anthropology, we have linguistic anthropology. And I’m a cultural anthropologist, so looking at culture. I would say that one of the key differences, usually … [is] methodology ... I would say anthropology [focuses] on the details of culture instead of looking society-wide, so looking at the macro and how societies are structured.

And I think that really differentiates the two, even though there are a lot of overlaps in terms of theory.

Q: Do you have a favorite ethnography, or one you found particularly influential?

A: ... I really like “The Politics of Passion” by Gloria Wekker, and it looks at women’s relationships in Suriname. It’s one of my favorites because the writing is really really good. “Harlemworld” is also a really good one, by John Jackson. He looks at class and blackness in Harlem. The writing is amazing, there’s lots of dialogue, it’s really accessible, it’s very interesting ... I like ethnographies because they read sometimes as creative nonfiction. They are academic, but they’re interesting in the way that you’re able to write and describe and depict what the researcher is seeing.

Q: What made you decide to come to Amherst?

A: I was really drawn to the small liberal arts setting. I mean obviously Amherst College has a reputation that precedes it — it’s kind of a rigorous place with smart students. And for me, I really like to teach, probably more than I like to do research. I really love working with students, so I felt that a place like Amherst would allow me to get to know my students and interact and engage with them in these really intimate ways in class that you may not be able to do in a big public university. I thought it was a really good fit in that way. Also, during the interview process when I met the department and the faculty, they were just amazing.

The anthropology department people are really, really cool so they were part of the sell for sure.

Q: Can you tell me about the classes that you are

teaching this semester?

A: This semester I’m teaching Activism and Anthropology. It’s kind of a methods course; we look at how … [to] do a social-justice-oriented research project. But it’s broader in the sense that even though it’s called Activism and Anthropology, it’s more about social justice research: what does that mean, what are the challenges, how did this become a thing, why is it complicated to do social justice research or community-based research, what does that look like? That’s one of the classes that I’m teaching, and I think it’s going to be pretty cool. The other class is Culture, Race and Reproductive Health. That class is my research focus area, so I’m really excited about it. The other thing too about the class is that I come out of community organizing work, too, so what I hope to talk about in that class is looking not only at culture and reproductive health. We look at what is reproductive justice first … What does that mean [and] how do we understand reproductive justice?

We also look broadly at health, so how culture impact[s]health, the history of it. We look at colonialism and race, and how that laid the foundation for modern-day medicine. And then we delve into the ways in which race and culture intersect and impact health, particularly reproductive health.

It’s pretty in-depth. It’s a dense class; we do a lot of activities, and it’s mostly discussion-based. We look at different topics from health disparities, so we’re going to read some public health articles, but we’ll also talk about midwifery and organizing and some really cool components and aspects of reproductive health.

Q: Are you currently doing any research? If so, could you tell me what you are researching?

A: My research looks at ... black women’s maternal health disparities in the U.S. It’s kind of a hot topic right now; everyone’s really looking at it because black women have such bad outcomes, and they’re so disparate from other races, particularly white women’s outcomes, both in maternal health/maternal mortality and infant mortality.

As a cultural anthropologist, what I do is take those statistics and look kind of culturally at the way that plays out. And I did it in Texas, which is my hometown, which you know, has a reputation for being bad for everything pretty much. It’s horrible to say, but it’s the truth. Recently, there was an article that came out that said that maternal mortality for black women in Texas was the worst in the developed world. It’s like in the belly of the beast basically. I was in Austin, looking at black women’s experiences, their day-to-day experiences and what does that mean for their reproduction … I’ve also been doing years of work with this organization, Moms of Color, who are working around reproductive health ... I look at policy, so all these kinds of social and cultural components, but to show that they actually have huge impacts on reproduction. It’s not just about prenatal care or whatever.

Q: Moving on to a lighter topic, what do you do in your spare time?

A: I hang out with my kids, which is fun most of the time. [laughs] No, they’re really cool kids. We cook and play and do things like that. But I also like to exercise; it’s a stress reliever. I do yoga. Music — I haven’t done it as much, but I like to sing.

I used to be in band, which obviously I don’t have time for anymore. But I listen to my music and things like that.

—Sehee Park ’20

The Amherst Student • January 24, 2018

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Support Skills Training Offered in New Program Shawna Chen ’20 Managing News Editor Peer Support Skills Training (PSST), a program formerly known as Student Support Network (SSN), was implemented in its new iteration this academic year. The program, created

by Associate Director of Health Education/ Mental Health Promotion Jessica Gifford, was offered in the fall 2017 term as an extracurricular course and an interterm course the week of Jan. 15.

PSST is an interactive training that uses role-playing and hands-on practice to teach students skills such as empathy and active listening in order to support peers in difficult situations. This past fall, it was co-facilitated

by Gifford and staff counselor Alex Kim in 90-minute blocks over six weeks.

Gifford said the college has provided SSN as a program since 2012. It was adopted from Worcester Polytechnic Institute but tailored over the years to “fit the needs of this campus,” Gifford said.

At the beginning of this school year, she said she felt it was time to change the name because the training no longer reflected the original curriculum.

“The major change this year that has been happening gradually but even more so this year is really to focus on the skills piece — active listening and support skills and communication skills — and be able to incorporate more practice time into sessions,” Gifford said. “It’s a little bit less presentation of information and more skill development.”

After hearing about the training from her

friends, Theresa Tian ’20 reached out to Gifford about implementing a version of the course over interterm. Tian felt that the program is of interest to many students but often conflicts with academic schedules during the regular term. Though SSN has been previously offered over interterm, Gifford said Tian was the impetus for PSST happening definitively this year.

Tian publicized the program through posts on Facebook class pages, word of mouth and an email list. She also worked out a schedule with Gifford, Kim and case manager Andy Tew that made the class available to as many interested students as possible.

Because Gifford was unable to facilitate the course for interterm, Kim and Tew co-facilitated for a group of eight students. The program took place in three-hour blocks over three days on the week of Jan. 15.

During each class meeting, the group would start off by introducing topics of the day. After some discussion, students would break into small groups to role play situations in which support skills can be practiced.

“I really loved it,” said Irene Cho ’21, who participated in the training. “It was very interesting because it taught these skills on how to communicate with people and how to support people in times of need … I think it’s especially important because it’s really hard to reach out and think of ways to help your friends when they come to you with their struggles. Everyone could benefit from taking [the class].”

Tian said Tew and Kim created a space that fostered trust and encouraged students to talk about “things people don’t normally feel com-

fortable talking about even if they want to or feel like they should talk about.”

“It proved that even in this artificially created space, people felt comfortable enough to share personal experiences,” Tian said. “It was a very real conversation that we were having.

We would try to use the things we were taught.

I feel like that’s really useful … Sometimes you have to say things for things to become habits.”

According to Tian, many of the skills discussed in the course are “somewhat intuitive,” but because they are not always explicitly at the forefront of people’s minds, people are not aware of when they are implementing them.

“Putting a name to some of these skills, getting in small groups and talking about real situations we’ve been in, trying to put those skills to use, validating people with words that are encouraging, and — it sounds cheesy, but naming emotions — it’s a really good way of showing people that you’re hearing them and not just the details but hearing how they feel and making sure they understand that.”

One particular concept discussed in the course is a universal tendency to “jump to a fix” when hearing peers talk about a problem, said Tian.

“We tend to give advice immediately, whether [because] we think they need it or we just want to help the other person,” she said.

“We need to acknowledge the fact that sometimes someone just needs to be heard and understand that someone is there for them rather than jump to a solution.”

“I found myself during paired activities catching myself, like ‘Oh, I was about to say something that might’ve been intrusive,’” Tian

added. “We’re well-meaning and we try to help but it’s not helpful sometimes.”

Kim said he hopes students in the course are able to look back on previous instances in which they felt either supported or unsupported and reflect on their values as well as how they come across when listening to friends.

“I kind of hope that that radiates out into the community, to create community where folks who are thinking about this stuff actively can talk to their friends about it … and folks will be a little more mindful about how they listen and about reaching out to folks for support,” he added.

Though she has not yet made concrete plans, Tian hopes to hold future meetings with the various students who have previously participated in PSST or SSN. “I’m happy that people signed up for it,” Tian added. “It doesn’t sound like a super fun or glamorous interterm course or anything …

I’m really glad people were interested enough to sign up and come to all the trainings in the snow — I’m glad that people got something out of it.”

The transition from conceptual information to skills practice has benefited the program, Gifford said. “It has made it stronger because the feedback even from SSN is that that piece — the skills piece — is what students value the most,” she said. “They see how it changes their relationships with friends, partners, how it changes their communication style. That is the piece that has had the most impact.”

PSST will be offered again this spring semester though dates have not yet been finalized.

B43 Bus Route Under Examination Following Funding Cuts Continued from Page 1 representatives from the Five Colleges have met with the administrator of the PVTA four times in an effort to determine how the they can better cover the costs of the routes.

“PVTA recently provided us documentation for the first time showing that it recently has been charging the towns several hundred

thousand dollars less than what it costs PVTA to run the Five-College bus routes,” Kennedy said in an email. “We are exploring with FiveCollege administrators and PVTA various strategies for increasing Five-College contributions for the Five-College bus routes to ensure [the] Five Colleges pays appropriately.”

The PVTA advisory board is meeting on Jan. 24 to vote on which route changes to bring

to public hearing. Throughout February and March, public hearings will be held on service changes, after which PVTA will decide on the changes to present to the advisory board for a final vote on April 11, according to Oldread.

Until then, none of the changes proposed by MassDOT will take effect, and it is ultimately up to the public and PVTA to determine which routes stay, said Oldread.

Kennedy added that the Five Colleges will make sure that student and staff voices are heard throughout this process.

“If PVTA does propose making changes to the B43 or any of the other Five-College routes, we will work with the campuses administrators to encourage student and employee riders to share their opinions with PVTA,” Kennedy said.

President Martin Reaffirms Dedication to Dreamers Continued from Page 1 the fly-in’s mission.

“I am writing to follow up on our letter calling on Congress to pass a Dreamer solution immediately, and before Jan. 19,” Martin wrote in her letters. “The time to act is now … a solution for Dreamers is urgent and essential and should not be encumbered by larger immigration issues.”

Though DACA remains heavily discussed in Washington, Martin emphasized the significance of the program to both Amherst and higher education as a whole.

“Amherst’s DACA and undocumented students, along with hundreds of thousands of others across the country, were raised as Americans and have the right to remain in the place they call home,” she said. “The education they receive at Amherst and colleges and universities across the country is a critical part of their dreams for a bright future.”

Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Norm Jones and Associate Director of Diversity and Leadership Tenzin Kunor stated that the college will continue to offer resources for DACA and undocumented students.

“We continue to fully support our DACA and undocumented students by providing a multitude of resources, including the services of an immigration attorney, individual counseling, legal advocacy and opportunities to be in community on campus and to connect with communitybased organizations, among others,” they wrote in a joint statement by email.

They also noted that these resources are listed on the college’s DACA webpage, which is updated frequently with links to local, regional and national resources.

On Jan. 19, Congress’ failure to come to an

agreement on the fate of DACA prompted a government shutdown. On Monday, Jan. 22, Congress began a vote to reopen the government after Senate Democrats agreed to advance a stopgap bill and the G.O.P. pledged to continue immigration talks, according to The New York Times.

President Martin encouraged the Amherst community to take action in protecting DACA. “I urge members of our community to contact our lawmakers and ask them to do the right thing: find a legislative solution to the Dreamers’ predicament, immediately,” she said.

Hitchcock Fellowship The Department of Physical Education and Athletics invites applications for the Hitchcock Fellowship for the 2018-2019 academic year. The Hitchcock Fellowship is awarded to a graduating senior who wishes to pursue a career in the field of athletics, primarily teaching and coaching. The Hitchcock Fellow will be an Assistant Coach in at least two intercollegiate programs and may be assigned/elect other duties. Individuals interested in the position should send a letter of application and current resume no later than February 16, 2018 to: Jen Hughes Assistant Athletic Director Women’s Soccer Coach jhughes@amherst.edu

Opinion Dangers of Climate Change

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Early in January it snowed for the first time in 28 years in Tallahassee, Fla. It was part of a massive cold front that went on to sweep the entire nation this winter and indicative of an even broader trend of climate change and extreme weather. Here in Amherst, temperatures reached 15 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, according to AccuWeather. This drop in temperature may be shocking to many, especially following an unseasonably warm fall and an even hotter summer prior to that, but it is in fact in line with the way climate is changing.

According to Andrew Freedman, the Senior Editor for Science and Special Projects at Mashable, several digital computer models detailing weather patterns across the Northern Hemisphere predicted that they would become extremely amplified. This means that high altitude winds created “blocking” ridges that are virtually immovable, setting the perfect stage for a display of extreme weather.

Besides reminding us of the variability of weather, this cold front also reminds us that climate change can affect our lives in ways that we might not expect. President Trump tweeted amid the bonechilling weeks of late December and early January that “Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good

old Global Warming.” Not only does this display a nonchalant, mocking attitude towards the very serious and imminent issue of climate change, but it also betrays an ignorance of the distinction between climate and weather. Climate — that is, weather over time — is what is changing in a consistent way towards warmer temperatures. According to NASA’s Jan. 18 press release, 2017 was the second hottest year on record globally. The trend towards warmer weather isn’t always controversial or that interesting, but that doesn’t mean the fight against climate change shouldn’t be a high priority for us.

Given the warm fall and a lack of snow because of it, this cold front did not set as many record temperatures as it might have otherwise. As Andrew Freedman explains, snow cover across the country was unusually low at the time of these below-average temperatures. So, despite it being very cold, Trump actually has global warming to thank for it not being colder.

It is important to keep thinking, talking and most importantly doing something about climate change.

With extreme weather, disastrous hurricanes and increasingly hotter summers, not doing anything might be, ironically, the last thing we do.

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Letters Policy

If I May: I Love the Burger Bar Jake May ’19 Columnist The longer I have been at Amherst, the more my opinion of Valentine Dining Hall has soured. This is not to say that I have a problem with the way the dining hall is run, and of course it is not to say anything derogatory about the incredible Val staff. I have simply become tired of the limited food options. Our cyclical meal schedule is the main culprit for my weariness of Val’s food; I like most of the “Traditional” lunch and dinner options, but many of them occur so often that they’ve lost their zeal. Furthermore, when I do not like the “Traditional” options, there is not much else I am interested in at this point.

Of course, these complaints are pretty much not important at all. The fact that each day I get to walk into a room filled with prepared food of which I can take as much as I want is an immense privilege for which I am greatly thankful. Furthermore, Val has taken measures to increase food options, like the upgraded panini presses and the stir-fry station. It is also clear that the Val staff and

those in charge of making changes are aware that increasing the choices of food is a great way to increase the overall quality of the dining hall. That is why I was so pleased to see, over the past couple of lunch periods, the addition of the Burger Bar (located where the pasta station normally is).

Before I speak very positively about the Burger Bar, I will admit that I am not sure that it’s a permanent addition, so this whole article could be moot if they decide not to continue with it. However, from what I’ve seen, it seems like it has been well-used by students so far, so I am hopeful.

If you haven’t checked out the Burger Bar yet, I strongly recommend doing so. It has a meat burger (one day it was chicken-quinoa, the next it was a standard hamburger) as well as a veggie burger option. In addition, it has onions, mushrooms and peppers, all sautéed, to use as toppings for the burgers, or for whatever other Val creations you can come up with. This addition to the Val menu is huge for many reasons. First, it adds another hot food option, which is always a plus. Second, and perhaps more significantly, it adds an-

other hot food option for vegetarians. While I am not a vegetarian (and I know from talking to some vegetarian friends that Val does have a decent selection of non-meat choices), I can imagine that adding a significant aspect of a meal (a veggie burger) makes a significantly positive difference. For me personally, the sautéed veggies are the best part of the Burger Bar. Not only are these toppings delicious on a burger and are not normally served on traditional burger days, they also can be great additions to other Val meals.

I am often one to be fairly critical of Val (sometimes unfairly so, I’m sure). Often, these complaints boil down to a lack of options, especially when compared to other college dining halls. However, I also know that the Val staff — both those in charge of preparing the food and those in charge of making conceptual changes — work tirelessly to make our dining experience as positive as possible. The addition of the Burger Bar is another example of the Valentine staff understanding that students want a variety of options, and that any increase in variety is an increase in quality.

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The Amherst Student • January 24, 2018

Opinion

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The Mascot That Amherst College Deserves Craig Nicholson ’75 Contributing Writer My apologies if any of this has been discuss already ad nauseam, but I came into the selection process for your new mascot quite late. I imagine that the issues regarding the previous ‘Lord & Lady Jeffs’ have been eloquently articulated, and given these concerns, I must admit there is a certain humor and irreverence to choosing the Mammoth as an alternative. I am sure the irony of a mascot that epitomizes something that is enormous, hairy, lumbering and extinct to represent a small, dynamic, adaptable, thriving liberal arts college is perfectly clear to everyone.

This is not to say that there isn’t a certain understandable attraction to the loveable Mammoth. The Department of Earth Science at Santa Barbara City College adopted ‘Wooly’ as their mascot quite some time ago. He adorns all the department t-shirts and is a reflection not only of the abundant Pleistocene-age fossils in the region (think La Brea tarpits), but also the acknowledged contributions to Pleistocene paleontology the department has made, like its interest in one of the most famous once-living oxymo-

ron, the Pygmy Mammoth.

My concern is whether future generations of Amherst students and alumni will continue to feel the same way as you currently do and appreciate the logic and humor of this choice. Although they also would be free to change the mascot, given the many alternatives from which to choose, it might have been wise to consider a mascot that offers a more enduring acceptance and legacy rather than the ever-engaging woolly mammoth.

One possibility, given the previous concerns with Lord Jeff, could have been to adopt a totem in honor and respect of a local Native American tribe. The principal tribe that inhabited the upper Connecticut River Valley around Amherst was the Pocumtec, a sub-tribe of the Mohicans. Although it is not appropriate or permissible to use tribal names as a mascot, using a native totem might be considered suitable and proper amends in this regard. For example, favorite mythological figures of the Mohicans included ‘Moskim’, a benevolent and somewhat foolish rabbit, and “pukwudgies”, a magical little people, mischievous but benign, somewhat similar to the familiar Irish leprechauns. The busy beaver mascot of MIT becomes “amusk” or “amisque”, eagle

becomes “migisso” and fox becomes “waugoosus.” A thoughtful discussion with local tribal leaders and a careful consideration of their language and word connotations may well reveal a perfectly unique and suitable name that Amherst might have been able to adopt.

There are also a number of other animal alternatives besides the woolly mammoth that could have offered Amherst students a whole range of attributes for which they could be justly proud. The attributes of the beaver, elk, eagle, falcon, wolf and wolverine come to mind, which is why many schools have adopted these as mascots.

My preference for a more suitable Amherst mascot is the peregrine falcon. The peregrine is small, as is Amherst. The peregrine is the fastest animal on Earth. Its stoop hunting dive has been clocked at over 240 mph. It is thus fast, nimble, flies high and is known to attack from unexpected quarters.

The peregrine’s vision is unusually far-sighted, not myopic as is believed to be the mammoth’s. Peregrines are found in almost all terrains from the arctic tundra to the tropics, as are Amherst students and alumni.

The peregrine has strong hunting abilities and can be fiercely independent, but also

highly trained and versatile — all attributes that I would think most Amherst students would be proud to emulate. The peregrine is distinctly different from other generic hawks, falcons or eagles, as Amherst is distinctly different from other eastern schools.

Most peregrines have a distinctive dark blue and white coloring that under certain lighting conditions or with a little artistic license can easily become the purple and white of Amherst.

Compare these attributes of a fierce, independent, living peregrine with the typical attributes of a big, enormous, lumbering, extinct, woolly mammoth that most often follows the herd. I always thought of Amherst graduates as leaders, not followers. In addition, the mammoth was never a hunter.

Would you rather be a hunter or the hunted?

Regardless, we all know that adopting a mascot is not the most serious decision we can make and one that should be made in all good humor and fun. To the extent though that the choice can equally reflect a measure of school pride, inspiration, and worthy ambition, it seems to me, a living purple and white Amherst Peregrine would seem to have a bit more charm and endearing qualities than an extinct Amherst Mammoth.

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Cleaning Our Stuff: Thoughts on the AAS Crossett Christmas Letter Bryan Doniger ’18 Contributing Writer Following the Amherst administration’s uncharacteristically stringent presence at parties during the last weekend before finals period, the Association of Amherst Students (AAS) wrote an open letter to President “Biddy” Martin, Dean Dean Gendron, and Dean Suzanne Coffey. The letter condemned the school’s “heavy-handed monitoring of select dormitories”: “As students, we recognize that the administration wants to promote a safe campus environment by eradicating instances of sexual misconduct and vandalism. We want that too.

However, there is a difference between trying to create a cohesive, respectful campus, and policing all facets of student social life. Sending administrators, including Dean Coffey, to conduct walkthroughs of residential buildings demonstrates that Amherst views itself as a boarding school rather than a college. This creates an environment in which students feel as though they are being babysat rather than treated as equal members of the community.

These walkthroughs, as well as those conducted by ACPD and a contracted security service, worked to discourage students from gathering in so-designated public spaces, and

hence, however inadvertently, promoted closeted underage alcohol consumption.”

The letter proved to be wildly popular. It turns out that “not being treated like an infant” is a political stance that most Amherst students can get behind. Furthermore, there is much to laud in the letter. Dean Coffey’s presence at Hitchcock on Saturday was, indeed, inappropriate and ridiculous. Though I have no clue whether it’s actually true that Amherst College Police Department supervision of parties does little to eradicate “instances of sexual misconduct and vandalism,” this seems like a very plausible hypothesis. I was also interested by the letter’s implication that an adult community should require less policing. The notion that adult humans can live peaceably together without the domination of police officers is near and dear to my heart. The letter doesn’t quite say this, but it comes tantalizingly close.

Perhaps most intriguing of all is the idea that we can leverage our power as students to reimagine the common areas owned by the college as genuinely “public spaces.” I remain perhaps a bit too impressed by Jedediah Purdy’s argument in ‘For Common Things’ that tending to and caring for shared places could be “among the great sources of inspiration and purpose, giving shape to many lives.”

Our spaces may be owned by the college (and thus vulnerable to police presence), but there could be tremendous value in learning to care for them collectively — running, as Purdy puts it, “cohesive, respectful” and clean social gatherings, no cops necessary.

I read the AAS letter while standing on the sticky, beer-covered floor of my suite’s common room in Jenkins. The 10 of us who live together have done a patently terrible job cleaning our space for the past four months.

Frequently, beer cans sit out on pong tables for close to a week. Though our custodian is not required to mop our floor for us, he’s done so at least once because of our negligence. At the beginning of the year, a brand-new carpet was installed. That carpet is now infested with a massive ant colony. Looking down, I saw what appeared to be a half-used cigarillo beside me on the floor. I picked it up, and hundreds of ants flew off and scurried toward the corner of the room. The cigarillo, it turns out, was actually a half-eaten fry.

Scrolling through Snapchat on Sunday, I watched a chain of videos detailing the damage done to Hitchcock the night before. Predictably, the building was filled with trash. As Brian Zayatz ’18 pointed out in 2016 on the Amherst Disorientation Guide, Amherst frequently hires groundskeepers and custodians

to work overtime hours on Sunday morning cleaning up parties.

I can only hope that students resent this form of infantilization as greatly as they detested the slightly enhanced police presence the night before.

To put it bluntly: the AAS’ letter is commendable insofar as it clearly and directly affirms that many Amherst students desire not to be treated as infants. However, it is hard to think of a more infantile behavior than making a mess in a room and expecting someone else to clean up. No doubt, a large number of administrative decisions contribute to this infantile behavior (the difficulty of acquiring permission for off-campus housing, the lack of adequate party spaces, the college’s extraordinary willingness to clean up after its students and so on). However, those of us who live in party spaces at Amherst should recognize that we have at least some agency with regard to infantilization. We can refuse to be coddled by cleaning our spaces, self-regulating our parties and looking out for our fellow students without the unwanted aid of police.

Lobbying the administration certainly isn’t a bad idea. However, if we desire to live in adult community with one another, we’d do well to tend to our common spaces and to one another in a truly adult way.

Arts&Living

“Urinetown” Illuminates Social Issues Through Satire and Parody

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The musical features a cast of Five-College students who worked 9 hour days through interterm to put on their production of “Urinetown“in the Powerhouse.

Olivia Gieger ’21 Managing Arts and Living Editor Picture a world plagued by massive drought and ruled by an evil dictator — this may not require much imagination. Now, envision that world, but filled with song and dance, parodying some of Broadway’s greatest musicals. To do that, you may need some help from Amherst College’s upcoming production of “Urinetown.”

The show will take place this weekend in the Powerhouse on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. each night. The performance will be the culmination of nearly a month of work from a group of Amherst and Five-College student cast and crew members. The group began practice on Jan. 3 and followed a professional theater schedule, meaning they rehearsed for nine hours a day, five days a week, rather than in the evenings after classes, as is more common for college productions.

The long days and intense time together made for a unique cast bond. “I think the cast bonded on a level I haven’t seen in a lot of other productions. Even if people weren’t called they would still come and hang out,” said student producer Paola Garcia-Prieto ’18.

The schedule also facilitated an environment that allowed students to fully dedicate themselves to their acting. “I love working on a professional schedule. I love working all day, every day on the show. I find that if you have people who want to do that, if they want to be here all day every day, they’re going to put on something spectacular,” said director Megan Healey.

This is Healey’s first year at Amherst, but she boasts a long history in theater and the experience of directing UMass’s recent production of “Spring Awakening.” She also brought with her

choreographer Susan Dresser and music director Anthony Ferreira, a UMass junior, both of whom she knew in the past but are new to working on an Amherst production.

For Ferreira, the new experience of working at Amherst has been a rewarding one. “I am impressed anytime I work with people my own age; it’s hard for me to expect for them to treat me like I’m not their age, but they always do. Amherst College has been no exception. They’re really respectful, and I’ve been so impressed,” he said.

Not only has Ferreira found himself impressed by the cast, but by the musical score itself. He described coming into the production feeling unenthused about the music. However, he said “Once I sat in front of the score and played through it, I realized ‘this is genius’. I realized every piece, every song satirized a work that came before it, and I was like ‘this is the best piece ever written.’ I ended up loving it. I love performing it.”

After falling in love with the written score, Ferreira aimed to be faithful to the written music in his musical design for the show. “I always try to be really true to what was written on the music front,” he said. “There are a lot fewer liberties to take out of respect. I’m a composition major, and I think I would want my music to be done the way I wrote it. I think I’m trying to be as true as possible, taking some liberties here and there, but on the whole, I’m trying to do what’s written.”

Choreographer Susan Dresser addressed similar questions of staying true to the original work while maintaining her individual touch in her design of dances. “I’m really passionate about not copying. I want to come up with my own, independent vision,” she explained. “Some of the challenge is ‘how do I reinvent that and how do I reinvent not just for reinvention sake?’ If there

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The people of Urinetown stage a rebellion against their corporate opressors.

are things that work, I do need to stick to the story. Again, [we must remember] we are telling a story. That’s where in the dance numbers, for this particular show, the song and dance numbers become the sarcastic parody.”

Dresser went on the explain that in this case, she and Healey decided that to help the progression of the parodical nature of the play, it would be best to stay true to the style of dance used in the original musical numbers, which the satirical songs were based on.

Underneath the satire and silliness of the musical, however, lies a salient message about greed, poverty and environmental issues. Healey explained that this is what she hoped would really emerge in Amherst’s production of the play.

“I feel like every time I’ve seen this show, it comes off a little creepy and a little campier than it needed to be for how relevant the topics are. I really wanted to focus on finding the genuine character rather than playing up the campiness of it. I think that all of our actors, without even asking them too, have remained loyal to the characters and the plot without overdoing it for laughs,” she said. “I hope what the audience takes away from it is that there is a bigger picture, there is a bigger issue going on in our country. Twenty years ago [when the show was written], it was being talked about and it’s still being talked about now; there has been no resolution. There is no real answer in this, other than kind of shedding light on the tragedy that it is. I definitely think these guys do a really good job at bringing the issues forward appropriately.”

Despite the show’s origin in 2001, the cast and crew are moved by the pertinence the messages hold in today’s world. “You would think they wrote it now; it’s very relevant,” said GarciaPietro. “It’s a lot about capitalism and corporate

greed. Even in the first song, the poor people sing that if you don’t do what you’re told, you will be sent off the Urinetown, and then you have the rich people singing that this is the oldest story: masses are oppressed, rich folks get the good life and poor folks get the woe. It’s relevant in the same way that many stories about how environmental problems affect poor people the most are.

I think that’s what the story is trying to get across, while still having fun with the sense of revolution and mocking musicals.”

The show ends with a somewhat disheartening conclusion — or lack thereof. The townsfolk find themselves still stuck in drought without a system to address their issues. However, the show’s lack of conclusion did not lead the producers to see the same end; inspired by the social relevance of the play, Garcia Prieto sought out charities that address issues of drought and clean water access so that the musical could fundraise for such groups. “The whole premise of Urinetown is that they’re in a drought and they have to pay to pee, and it’s kind of joked about that we don’t talk about the bigger issues of water, but I thought it would be a bit tone-deaf to do a silly play about not having water, when there are plenty places in the world that don’t have access to clean water, so I wanted to dedicate this performance and make it partly a fundraiser for a charity that helps other places in third world countries or even in rural areas get access to water,” she said.

After some research, she found the group Water for People, a non-profit that works with communitues to create long-term, sustainable access to water. 50 percent of ticket sales will go towards this charity, and patrons are invited to give donations as well. Tickets are available online, free for Five College students and staff, $15 for adults and $10 for seniors and children.

Photo courtesy of Paola Garcia-Prieto ‘18

Susan Dresser drew inspiration for the dances from classic Broadway musicals.

The Amherst Student • January 24, 2018

Arts & Living 7

Unpacking Winner Predictions for the 2018 Grammy Awards

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In a stellar year for music, the Grammys have a vast selection of deserving artists, including Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar and Childish Gambino for Record of the Year.

Jack Klein ’20 Staff Writer It’s that time of the year again — awards season. Huddled in blankets to avoid the bitter cold of winter, viewers across most of the U. S. excitedly watch their stars and idols gracefully stride down the red carpets of Hollywood in 70-degree weather. Unfortunately, for those who enjoy debating the merits and detriments of each work, politics within these entertainment industries dominate the decisions of awards shows like the Oscars and Emmys. For weeks after the telecast, movie and television fans are left scratching their heads in confusion as to why certain productions won and others lost, unaware of the negotiations and conversations happening behind closed doors. However, unlike awards shows in other industries, politics play less of a role in determining the outcome of the Grammys. Although controversies inevitably arise (see: Taylor Swift vs. Kanye regarding 2010 Album of the Year), the best music wins more often than not. Even though the Recording Academy voters do an adequate job, these are my picks for the winners of several popular Grammy categories.

Category: Best Rap Performance (Singles or Tracks only) Nominees: “Bounce Back” (Big Sean), “Bodak Yellow” (Cardi B), 4:44 (Jay-Z), “HUMBLE.” (Kendrick Lamar), “Bad And Boujee” (Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert)

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“Bad And Boujee” is the clear winner here for me. The two most likely challengers, “Bodak Yellow” and “HUMBLE.” fall short. Despite the massive commercial success of “Bodak Yellow,” it offers little lyrical value. “HUMBLE.,” perhaps unfairly, will be compared to Kendrick’s previous hits and not live up to their reputation. “Bad and Boujee,” however, elevated Migos to superstar status

by providing a platform to showcase their stop-and-start flow replete with ad-libs. The single also generated interest in their album, “Culture,” which has been nominated for other awards.

Category: Best Rap/Sung Performance Nominees: “PRBLMS” (6LACK), “Crew” (Goldlink feat. Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy), “Family Feud” (Jay-Z feat. Beyoncé), “LOYALTY.” (Kendrick Lamar feat. Rihanna), “Love Galore” (SZA feat. Travis Scott)

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“Love Galore” lacks chemistry; Travis is much better suited to play off of another rapper on a fast-paced trap beat than SZA’s singing, and “Family Feud” is not even the best song on its own album. Therefore, “Crew” takes the cake, especially with Brent Faiyaz’s soulful and smooth crooning during the chorus to which everyone can sing along “But I was down and out like last week / Tell me where have you been?” His singing flawlessly transitions to Shy Glizzy and Goldlink expertly trading lyrical blows; “Stop that madness, I’m a savage, in traffic with MAC 11’s / Baddest b***h and she Spanish, I fly her to Calabasas.” “Crew” might not win at the Grammys because of its lack of popularity compared to what it’s up against, but it was one of my favorite songs of the year and it undoubtedly deserves to win this award.

Category: Best Rap Album Nominees: “4:44” (Jay-Z), “DAMN.” (Kendrick Lamar), “Culture” (Migos), “Laila’s Wisdom” (Rapsody), “Flower Boy” (Tyler, The Creator) Selecting the winner of this category will be a tall task for the Recording Academy. Every one of these albums is deserving, each in its own way. While “DAMN.” contained some quality songs, it failed to live up to the transcendental greatness of “good kid, m.A.A.d.

city” and “To Pimp a Butterfly.” “Culture” is a deserving album, but some of the songs on it sound and feel homogenous with one another, a problem that Migos must constantly address. “4:44” wins here, but just barely.

After “Magna Carta…Holy Grail,” many assumed Jay-Z had declined and that his career was coming to a close. In “4:44,” he reminds us that wisdom comes with age. Throughout the album, he eloquently discusses the black struggle in America, especially in “The Story of O.J.” He shows his maturity by apologizing to his wife for cheating on the title track, “4:44.” He offers himself advice on “Kill JayZ” and reminisces about his hustling days on “Marcy Me.” Gone are the days of the gangster smoking cigars and ordering hits on “Reasonable Doubt.” “4:44” shows us that experience, at times, can trump youth.

Category: Record of The Year Nominees: “Redbone” (Childish Gambino), “Despacito” (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat.

Justin Bieber), “The Story of O.J.” (Jay-Z), “HUMBLE.” (Kendrick Lamar), “24K” Magic (Bruno Mars)

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Many will posit that this award should go to “Despacito” on account of it being the most-watched music video on YouTube ever with 4.73 billion views. These same people should not forget that sitting fourth in that ranking is “Gangnam Style” with 3.07 billion views. While “Despacito” was wildly popular and is a quality song, “The Story of O.J.” deserves this award. Jay-Z effortlessly and creatively exposes the listener to the struggle of his race in America by reminding listeners that despite his fame, he still faces the struggles of being black. He also offers business advice in an amusing and self-deprecating manner, complete with the dry humor that defines his rap style. This song is one of his best works to date.

Category: Best Urban Contemporary Album Nominees: “Free 6LACK” (6LACK), “Awaken, My Love!” (Childish Gambino), “American Teen” (Khalid), “Ctrl” (SZA), “Starboy” (The Weeknd)

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This is a seemingly random category given the ones that have been reviewed so far. However, it must be examined given the quality of work that it encompasses. Every single album in this category has a chance to win. In a year of nostalgia, though, “American Teen” is the best. As Apple Music effectively describes his style, Khalid’s “soft-lit ’80s synths and heartfelt, raspy vocals” are present on every song in the album. Combined with the heartfelt and relatable storylines of each song that take the listener back to their own teenage years, Khalid’s album makes us feel like we’re back at a house party or falling for the girl from down the street again.

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The Amherst Student • January 24, 2018

Arts & Living 8

“Twin Peaks: The Return” Revives Lingering Questions of its Past

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Agent Dale Bartholomew Cooper, portrayed by Kyle MacLachlan, comes back to the screen after 25 years away from the fictional community of Twin Peaks.

Youngkwang Shin ’19 Staff Writer “Twin Peaks: The Return” tells the story of FBI agent Dale Cooper, who in the original series was assigned to solve the murder case of Laura Palmer, the high school homecoming queen in the town of Twin Peaks, Wash. Over the course of the original two-season run on ABC, Agent Cooper unraveled the mystery of the killer only to find himself entangled in a greater, older, cosmic mystery involving demons, hell and heaven; a mystery whose indelible images constantly refused to cleanly classify themselves as reality or metaphor. By the end of the original run, Cooper found himself trapped in one of these literal/allegorical hells. Now, 25 years later, he is released under mysterious conditions and circumstances to a changed world, armed only with the knowledge that his doppelganger is wreaking secret havoc. Ever the upstanding agent of the law, Cooper navigates his return to the world, and his inevitable return to the deceptively comely town where all this chaos began.

“The Return” and its forerunner are, by design, impossible shows to summarize, but perhaps the best place to begin is with the latter and that subtitle. It is difficult to speak of “Twin Peaks: The Return” without talking about the idea of the ‘re-

turn,’ and it is doubly difficult to speak of returns without speaking of origins. The influence the original two seasons of “Twin Peaks” have exerted on American television is as overwhelming as it is surprising. It was an eclectic show, possessing little to none of the grit and tonal control of contemporary prestige television, preferring to hit every viable beat within every viable genre. Writer Mark Frost brought the tunes of his “Hill Street Blues”, headquartering the drama once more in a single police station beleaguered by a many-faced mystery. Frost’s police procedural was but a chassis for the eccentricity of co-writer and occasional director David Lynch.

Lynch’s fixation on the insect-ridden underside of the white-fenced, white-faced, post-war American prosperity all but confirmed that the town of Twin Peaks was but a lost highway away from the sordid affairs of his earlier work “Blue Velvet.” The heart of this mystery was yet another of Lynch’s beautiful blonde femmes, except this time she was dead. The FBI agent assigned to resolving her murder had neither the training nor interest in forensics — he skims the corpse for immediate clues with his naked eyes, then closes them, famously transporting himself into the nightmarish Red Room in the first season’s third episode, making clear his preference for dreams, demons and dop-

pelgangers in solving the mysteries of the waking world. In true Lynchian fashion, though, that waking world was never quite awake either.

Despite the show’s reputation as a forerunner of contemporary prestige television, the dialogue in “Twin Peaks” cheerfully creaked and croaked with words spoken less for their real meaning and flow than for their soapy sounds and textures. The tone slipped woozily and breezily from the legalese of a corporate takeover to the melodrama of two teenagers falling in love and back again; the composition of “Twin Peaks” wowed because it was so composed. And it was this quality that vanished when Lynch and Frost did. The last 10 or so episodes are best compared to an unfortunate stain on the velvet, to nuts and bolts flying everywhere in search of a lodestone. The machinery would only reassemble in the last episode of the initial run of “Twin Peaks,” perhaps the most troubling and terrifying hour of network television yet seen, least of all because it would hang the narrative on the proverbial cliff for a quarter-century.

Now, 25 years later, “Twin Peaks” reemerges as “Twin Peaks: The Return.” In many ways, this 18part series stems directly from the seed of that final episode. If anything, “The Return” signals Lynch’s permanent repossession of his pet project from the network authorities that wrested creative control from him so many years back. Aided this time by collaborator Showtime and longtime collaborator Frost, Lynch directs and writes 18 hours of his famous and familiar surrealism, 10 years after his last feature, “Inland Empire.” But in many ways, something has not come back with the director.

For all its innovation, “Twin Peaks” was very clearly designed for broadcast television, each episode having its dramatic beginning, middle and end that, over the course of a season, congealed into the bigger story. “The Return” does not return to this format. It makes total use of the crucial differences that make streaming services like Showtime viable today and consequently feels much more like an 18-hour feature film, split into episodes only out of perfunctory regard for the traditions of television.

This awkward formatting, this formal tension between new and old is the heart of this new and by all accounts final season of Lynch and Frost’s landmark project. What does it mean to return? Is a return really possible? “Twin Peaks: The Return” greets modern audiences among numerous kin.

“Fuller House”, “Friends” and to an extent “Stranger Things”: these shows exist to revive an aesthetic and perspective, situating the waning decades of the 20th century as homely days, when housing

was affordable, every movie and game was a magical adventure and the world was safe and innocent.

Lynch as a filmmaker came to the cultural fore during the Reagan administration, when similar efforts were made to sanitize the fifties. Naturally, these selective chroniclers omitted key experiences: those of queer folk, of women and of people of color. Lynch stands faraway from explicitly engaging with such social issues (he’s far away from explicit engagement in general). But a significant dimension of “Twin Peaks” was the gendered nature of physical and emotional abuse, silenced and sublimated into the stiff picturesque American town. To answer the first question, perhaps “The Return” means the return to the oblique and Lynchian treatment of these issues that earned him and his work such titanic praise in the first place.

But this third season is not just a return to the ideas of “Twin Peaks” — it is the return to the show, its reputation, its place in history and the fandom that has only burgeoned between then and now. So one arrives at an interesting thought: does “Twin Peaks,” a show single-mindedly dedicated to exposing the “Upside-Down” of Americana, need its own exposure and subversion? The answer of the “Return” is a resounding ‘yes’, and the answer to that second question, “Is a turn really possible,” is a doubly resounding ‘no’. “The Return” throughout its run adamantly refuses to answer lingering questions and actively sabotages its own sense of world. The lovable ensemble cast of “Twin Peaks” has been curtailed to one Cooper. Their emotional troubles and extramarital affairs, fester in the margins of the story, occasionally peeping to sadly point out how their subjects are aging without wising. But Cooper himself is punished the most severely. The once incorruptible crusader seeking to deliver justice to the killer of a traditionally beautiful woman is haunted by a doppelganger who looks just like him. Is it him?

Is it an evil part of him that he has suppressed for so long because its revelation would disturb the clean distinction between detective and criminal?

These are new lingering questions that embolden the aforementioned tension between new and old, a dialectic that threatens to resolve itself in abject, meaningless despair as the possibility of return to any innocence evaporates, episode by episode.

All of this culminates in a two-part finale that resounds in my mind to this day. For all the baggage this 25-year-old show has, it is a recommendation easily made. A subversion of a subversion, television about television. To miss out is to miss out on the possibilities of the medium that can contradict itself.

Binging Your Way Through 2018: A Guide to this Year’s Best TV Olivia Luntz ’21 Staff Writer It’s a new year and that means one thing: new TV shows to binge. Although 2018 may initially seem to be a disappointment to TV fans — it’s the first year since 2011 without a new season of “Game of Thrones” and fan-favorite “Stranger Things” also won’t be on the air — there are many shows that will return this year for viewers to look forward to. Here are four you should not miss.

“Jane the Virgin” Season 4B Release Date: Jan. 26 Available On: The CW This American telenovela never fails to make me laugh and brighten my day. Although the show is based on a series of ridiculous circumstances — the titular Jane Villanueva is accidentally inseminated during a clinic visit and ends up pregnant with the child of her boss — the show itself is not silly or lacking in substance. Rather, it deals with the questions of what defines a family, how immigration influences America and what happens when life does not follow the plans we set for it, all while maintaining its signature witty tone.

This season is especially exciting considering the last season shocked viewers with an episode that featured both the death of a major character and a three-year jump forward in the show’s timeline.

With the loss of this major character, I’m excited to

see what new characters the show will introduce and how the jump in the timeline will end up affecting the characters’ lives. Whatever happens, I’m excited to let the Villanueva family grace my TV screen again with their characteristic humor and resilience, even in the most trying of circumstances. If you’re looking for a show to watch after a hard day, “Jane the Virgin” would be my first recommendation — plus the first three seasons are available to watch on Netflix.

“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” Season 5 Release Date: Feb. 18 Available On: HBO, excerpts on YouTube Thankfully for us, this Emmy-award-winning talk show is not going anywhere soon. HBO just renewed the show for three more seasons, guaranteeing Oliver stays on our screens until 2020. In “Last Week Tonight,” Oliver either examines the events of the past week or dives deep into an issue that affects current events today, all the while serving his viewers a heavy dose of satire. Oliver is able to somehow balance being both informative and extremely hilarious, and he will not only provide you with laughs in the moment, but information pertinent to today. The show has also become surprisingly influential. Not only do hashtags in the show regularly go viral, but the show has caused viewer’s to flood the Federal Communications Commission with comments in support of net neutrality and even reinvigorated the campaign

against smoking. In a time in which the news seems even more confusing and frightening than ever before, Oliver serves as both a humorous and practical presence that is able to explain the intricacies of current events without them being overwhelming. When “Last Week Tonight” is on break, I miss Oliver’s ability to both break down the news and make me laugh. I especially appreciate that for the majority of episodes, HBO will post the main segment (usually over 20 minutes) on YouTube, so anyone can access it for free.

“The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 2 Release Date: April 25 Available On: Hulu The first season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” was my favorite show of last summer, and this opinion seems to be universal: the show just took home the Golden Globe for Best Drama Series. Based on Margaret Atwood’s revolutionary 1986 novel, the show explores a dystopian future in which women have been stripped of all of their rights after a religious cult overthrows the American government and transforms the United States into the Republic of Gilead. However, the show does not just retell Atwood’s story, but rather expands on it, adding in the perspective of other characters that were largely unexplored in the novel. I am usually opposed to large changes to a book’s plot in an adaptation, but because the writers of the show worked closely with Atwood, the alterations made in the show are

done masterfully and keep the theme of the show true to Atwood’s intentions. I’m especially excited for the second season “The Handmaid’s Tale,” as the novel itself lacks a sequel and has a cliffhanger ending. After over 30 years, the fate of the novel and the show’s protagonist, Offred will become clear. As Atwood is also highly involved in this second season, I am excited to see how she and the creators of the show choose to continue Offred’s story, introduce new characters and further explore Gilead in ways the novel was not able to.

“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” Season 5B Release Date: To Be Announced Available On: Fox I recently discovered this hilarious workplace comedy, and it skyrocketed its way to becoming one of my favorite shows. With a similar feel to sitcoms like “The Office,” the show follows a diverse, mismatched group of cops trying to deal with their jobs and each other. The show is especially strong at creating and developing an ensemble of unique and lovable characters. The fun-loving and goofy Jake perfectly bounces off his studious and serious partner Amy, and although they hate each other at first, a joy of the show is watching their relationship evolve. Additionally, Captain Holt, who is a gay and black police captain, allows the show to confront issues of racism, homophobia and how prejudice can prevent many people from receiving the recognition they deserve.

The Amherst Student • January 24, 2018

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Women’s Track and Field Shines Women’s Hockey Dominates in Interterm Tournaments Interterm Behind Strong Goaltending Julia Turner ’19 Managing Sports Editor The Amherst women’s track and field team enjoyed a successful interterm, posting two impressive finishes to start the 2018 indoor season.

The Mammoths set the tone in their first meet of the year with a second-place finish at Little III Championships, the team’s best showing since the 2011 season. Amherst scraped by Wesleyan with a five-point gap, but ultimately fell to Williams, who posted a score of 152 to the Mammoth’s 105.

The women posted consistently strong performances across the board, earning points in sprints, hurdles, mid-distance, and distance races, as well as in field events. In the 60-meter sprint, first-years Sarah Tam and Sophia Friedman finished with times of 8.35 and 8.45 to secure the fourth and fifth spots and earn seven total points.

Friedman continued her impressive day with a second-place finish in the 200 meters with a time of 27.47. The first-years continued to shine for Amherst, as Ella Rossa ’21 claimed the top spot in her first ever 60-meter hurdles event with a time of 9.24, adding another seven points to the Mammoths’ total.

The upperclassmen cleaned up for Amherst in the mid-distance events, with Leonie Rauls ’18 and Molly Carleton ’19 recording times of 1:38.54 and 1:42.20, respectively, to earn second and third place in the 600-meters. In the 800 meters, senior standout Danielle Griffin beat her next-closest opponent by seven seconds to take the gold with a time of 2:22.98 In the distance races, Jenny Mazzella ’20 claimed third for the Mammoths in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 3:08.33, while Lela Walter ’19 took eight seconds off her seed time of 5:25.00 to cross the finish line in 5:16.96 and place second

in the mile run. Amherst swept second through fourth in the 3,000-meters, with first-years Hayley Greene and Olivia Polischeck and sophomore Kristin Ratliff running to times of 10:49.49, 10:49.84 and 10:57.56, respectively.

Finally, in the field events, Becki Golia ’18 and Kaitlyn Siegel ’20 claimed third and fourth in the high jump with heights of 1.59 and 1.54 meters.

The women were back in action only a week later, placing fourth at the local Smith Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 20.

Tam impressed once again, placing sixth in a competitive 60-meter dash with a time of 8.25, the top Amherst finish. Friedman held her own in the 200-meter race to finish in third-place with a time of 27.15 seconds, while Kristen Ratliffe ’20 and Haley Green ’21 both made the podium in the mile run, placing second and third, respectively.

Rossa gave the undisputed standout performance of the weekend, however, finishing the 60-meter hurdles in a time of 8.25, securing first overall and setting a new Amherst record. “I didn’t feel like my prelims race was super strong, so I went into the finals wanting to get out of blocks fast and to attack the hurdles,” said Rossa. “I am very excited for the rest of the indoor season and to continue to improve my time.”

Rossa, whose record-breaking finish at Smith is also currently the third-fastest time in Division III women’s track, also paced the Mammoths in the long jump, finishing fourth with a distance of 5.02 meters. Rounding out the field events and the day was Golia, who put forth another third-place showing in the high jump with a leap of 1.53 meters.

The Mammoths return to the track on Jan. 27 when the team will compete at Tufts University in the first annual Branwen Smith-King Invitational.

Men’s Swimming Continues Undefeated Season Over Break

Connor Haugh ’21 Managing Sports Editor

The men’s Swimming and Diving Team continued their undefeated season, posting three wins over the interterm period against Union College, Conn. College and Williams.

A squad of Tristan So ’19, Eric Wong ’19, Sean Mebust ’19, and Jack Koravos ’20 took first in 200-yard freestyle relay, earning 11 points towards the team total. Amherst placed another two teams ahead of their opponents, a trend which continued throughout the day. Amherst took the top three positions in every event, except for the three-yard dive, in which Sam Hoyt placed first.

In the 1,650-yard races, Ang Li ’21 took first in the freestyle, while Craig Smith ’20 took first in the backstroke. In the breaststroke, Elijah Spiro ’18 touched the wall first in the 50 and 100yard races. The 100-yard backstroke came down to the wire, as Jack Fergus ’20, Sam Spurrell ’18 and Brandon Wang ’20 finished within a second of each other. Fergus, despite competition from his teammates, claimed first for the Mammoths.

The freestyle races also went well for the Mammoths. In the 50-yard freestyle, Koravos took first, while in the 100-yard race, Bobby Meyer ’21 placed first. Spiro took first in the 500-yard race, while Li, Wong Koravos, and Charlie Seltzer ’19 took gold in the 800-yard relay, finishing in just over seven minutes.

Smooth sailing against Union turned to choppier seas as the Mammoths faced off against rivals Williams. Amherst, however, triumphed against the Ephs and set three new Pratt Pool records in the process. Smith, Spiro, Spurrell and Mebust set the new benchmark for the 400-yard freestyle, combining to finish the race in just under three and a half minutes. Smith broke the record in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:52.19, while Mebust finished his 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:04.92. The Mammoths won the meet by a narrow margin

of 136-101.

Two weeks later, the Mammoths faced the Conn. College in a NESCAC heavyweight bout in the Jane Cadwell Lott Natatorium. The team maintained their perfect record, rolling over the Camels by a margin of 165 points to 129. This time, the quartet of Smith, Spiro, So and Koravos won the 200-yard freestyle medley. In the other freestyle races, So placed second in the 50-yard free, Wong took second in the 100 and 200-yard freestyle races, Seltzer finished third in the 500-yard free, and Flanagan Waldherr ’21 placed third in the 1,000-yard freestyle.

Smith took home first place in the 100 and 200-yard backstroke races, dominating the Camel competition. Mebust and Spiro won their respective breaststroke races. The Mammoths dominated the diving events, as the Camels did not field any divers.

The Mammoths have a week break before taking the pool again against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Springfield College on Feb. 3 and 4.

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Jake Meyer ’18 completes a dive against Williams.

Mary Grace Cronin ’18 Staff Writer The Amherst women’s ice hockey team had an exciting interterm, notching a record of 4-1-2 against a lineup of tough opponents. The Mammoths opened 2018 with a 4-2 loss against perennial NESCAC powerhouse Middlebury. In the loss, senior Alex Toupal picked up a goal in the second frame, while fellow senior Emma Griese added a goal of her own in the third period.

However, Amherst’s defense fully recovered for the next day’s rematch. With the first two periods scoreless, both teams entered in the final stanza ready to go. With an onslaught of exciting offensive opportunities for both teams, Middlebury finally scored the first goal of the game eight minutes in. Seven minutes later, though, Toupal sent a puck to first-year Emma Flynn who tied the game at one goal apiece. Bailey Plaman ’18 registered 25 saves in net, helping to preserve the tie despite a late offensive surge by the panthers.

The Mammoths’ next game was against Southern Maine University, against whom they put forth a stellar offensive performance in a 4-0 win. Katelyn Pantera ’19 got on the board first with an assist from Laura Schmidlein ’19, before Griese notched the second goal of the period. Flynn then registered an unassisted goal, before Kaitlin Hoang ’21 sealed the win with a late goal assisted by first-year Mia Del Rosso.

Next, the team would capitalize on their homeice advantage against NESCAC rival Bowdoin, picking up two wins against the Polar Bears. In their first matchup, Amherst bested their Maine foes by a score of 3-1 and outshot their opponents 32-22. Amherst got out to an early lead as they notched three unanswered goals within seven minutes of each other in the first period. Ava Simoncelli ’20 struck first off a pass from Griese on a power play, followed just one minute later by a strike from Flynn. Miriam Eickhoff ’19 added the third and final goal of the game with an as-

sist awarded to Flynn. The Mammoths managed to hold onto the momentum for the remainder of play.

In their next match, Amherst bested Bowdoin once again, winning 4-1 with two goals from Toupal and a goal each from Flynn and Hoang.

Amherst moved on to their next conference matches just a week later against Colby. The Mammoths tied the Mules 0-0 despite outshooting them 47-28. While tough goaltending was the story of the teams’ first meeting, the next day Amherst put its offensive prowess on full display.

Jamie McNamara ’19 struck first off an assist from Hoang, and Katie Savage ’19 added a goal of her own less than a minute later. After Colby cut the lead to 2-1, Jocelyn Hunyadi ’19 added an unassisted score of her own to swing the momentum back toward the Mammoths.

In the second period, Colby once again cut the deficit to 3-1, but senior Brenna Sullivan clinched the win off a pass from Hoang in the second period.

Amherst next plays on Wednesday, Jan. 24 at home aginst Plattsburgh State at 7 p.m.

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Emma Flynn ’21 has 15 points through 16 games this season.

Men’s Hockey Struggles for Offense in Interterm Competition Delancey King ’18 Staff Writer Despite their strong start to the season, the Amherst men’s hockey team found themselves in a bit of a rut, concluding their interterm schedule with five losses and two wins and dropping to 7-6-3 overall.

“We’re creating a lot of quality chances,” junior forward Stanley Brenner said. “Sometimes the puck just doesn’t bounce your way. We’ll start finding the back of the net; we just have to be patient.”

Amherst concluded 2017 play with a nonconference tilt against Endicott College on Dec. 31. Ranked second in the country, the Gulls were heavily favored in the matchup. However, it was the Mammoths who struck first, as Jack Fitzgerald ’19 notched his first goal of the season early in the second period. Amherst maintained their one goal lead into the third period, but a goal from Endicott’s Jack Kilty ultimately forced overtime, where the Gulls found the back of the net once again to secure the 2-1 victory.

Two days later, the Mammoths traveled to New England College for another non-conference game. The Pilgrims got on the board first, but an impressive effort from Max Roche ’19 on the forecheck allowed Amherst to tie things up before the end of the first period. New England, however, proceeded to notch three unanswered goals, and Amherst walked away with 4-1 loss.

On Jan. 5, the squad traveled to Brunswick, Maine to face off against Bowdoin. The game was a turning point for the Mammoths, as they found the back of the net four times in the conference victory.

Back to back goals from Nick Bondra ‘21 in

the first period sparked the Amherst offense, while Connor Girard ’18 made 32 stops in net in a 4-2 Amherst victory.

That success was short-lived, however, as Colby dealt Amherst its first conference loss of the season the following day. The Mammoths went up early, as senior captain Tyler Granara recorded his first goal of the season in the opening four minutes. Maintaining their one goal lead through the second period, Amherst seemed to be in a good position. Unfortunately, the third period was an entirely different game, as the Mules scored four times in the final period to earn the 4-1 win.

The next weekend, Amherst took on Tufts, which had not won a game in the NESCAC. Despite outshooting Tufts 33-23, Amherst once again found themselves in the loss column, falling 4-0.

The Mammoths then traveled to Conn. College the following day, and, at the end of the second period, Amherst was down by three.

In the third period, the Mammoths came out firing, scoring an early power play goal from Fitzgerald before a short-handed goal from Joey Lupo ’20 brought Amherst within one of the Camels. Despite the effort, the Mammoths fell 3-2.

This past weekend, Amherst was scheduled to take on national powerhouse Hamilton.

Three goals in the third period allowed Amherst to overcome the Continentals 4-1.

Amherst faced Babson on Tuesday in a nonconference tilt. The teams traded goals in the first period, but the Mammoths eventually won 3-1.

Amherst will next face off against Wesleyan on Saturday in an away contest, with an away game against Trinity the next day.

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The Amherst Student • January 24, 2018

Women’s Swim and Dive Rebounds from Narrow Williams Loss With Win Matthew Sparrow ’21 Staff Writer Despite suffering their first loss of the season to Williams, who are currently ranked fifth in the nation, the Amherst women’s swimming and diving team rebounded this past Saturday to top No. 23 Conn. College in the Mammoths closest meet of the season by a score of 167-127. The trip to New London bookended a three-meet schedule over interterm that started with a dominant 226-53 victory for Amherst over Union College.

The Mammoths finished 2017 in style, winning 14 of 15 events on their road trip to Schenectady, NY The team of Geralyn Lam ’18, Stephanie Moriarty ’18, Natalie Rumpelt ’20 and Ingrid Shu ’20 set the tone in the 200-yard freestyle relay, capturing first with a time of 1:38.44. Amherst also had teams finish second, third and fourth in the event, representing their first of 11 sweeps on the day. One such sweep was in the 1,650-yard freestyle, where Julia Ruggiero ’21 swam past the competition to take first with a time of 18:18.56. Her teammates were not far behind, with Jayne Vogelzang ’19 placing second at 18:40.12 and Marie Maxwell ’18 winding up in third at 18:48.98. Other highlights included Lindsay Ruderman ’21 diving her way to first-place triumphs in both the one-meter and three-meter events with scores of 293.92 and 285.67, respectively. Jacqueline Palermo ’19 and Nina Kiley ’21 finished in second and third place for both events.

Unfortunately, Amherst’s four match win streak came to an end the following week on their home turf against their archrival. The Ephs proved to be too much to handle, winning the first three events of the day, led by star first-year Laura Westphal. It wasn’t until the fourth event, the 100-yard backstroke, that Amherst was finally able to notch a win thanks to Bridgitte Kwong ’19, who finished with a

time of 58.84. The Mammoths had an impressive showing in the 100-yard breaststroke, where Nina Fitzgerald ’21 was able to out-touch teammate Katie Smith ’19 by less than 0.4 of a second to claim second place.

The most spectacular performance of the day, however, went to Ruderman, who broke the onemeter pool record by more than 13 points to win the event. Moreover, Rumpelt, Moriarty, Livia Domenig ’19 and Lam placed second in the 400yard freestyle relay. Despite these numerous second place finishes, Amherst wasn’t able to rack up enough first place finishes, resulting in its 181-117 defeat.

Wiping the sour taste out of their mouths, the Mammoths bounced back with a massive victory over Conn. College. Vogelzang posted a 10:42.18 in the 1000-yard freestyle to start Amherst off with the first win of the day, and Rumpelt kept the momentum going with a time of 1:54.59 to win the 200-yard freestyle. Shu then outraced the competition to take the top spot in the 50-yard freestyle with a blazing time of 24.56, and Zoe Pappas ’19 picked up some points thanks to her solid time of 25.06.

Ruderman continued her dominance in the one-meter diving, an event that the Mammoths swept thanks to Palermo and Kiley finishing second and third. Kwong and Heather Grotzinger ’20 claimed the top two spots in the 200-yard individual medley, and the team of Lam, Shu, Rumpelt and Moriarty made sure Amherst went out on top by winning the 200-yard freestyle in just 1:36.31.

The Mammoths will enjoy a week off from competition before embarking on their last weekend of regular season action when they will face Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge on Saturday, Feb. 3 and Springfield College at home the next day.

ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT

Madeline Eck ’20 Favorite Team Memory: Last season when we beat Tufts to win the National Championship Favorite Pro Athlete: Antonio Brown Dream Job: CEO of a successful business Pet Peeve: Slow walkers or excessively fast walkers Favorite Vacation Spot: Anguilla Something on Your Bucket List: Travelling to Australia Guilty Pleasure: Chocolate chip cookies Favorite Food: Sushi Favorite thing about Amherst: How the campus looks after it snows How She Earned It: Eck has started every game at guard for the undefeated Mammoths and has recently registered four straight games with double digit points. On Jan. 12, Eck scored a season high 19 points in a 72-40 win over Conn.

College, and in the Mammoth’s most recent game against Hamilton, Eck led the team in scoring with 15 points, while simultaneously leading the team in assists with five, as Amherst dominated the Continentals, 72-34.

Craig Smith ’20 Favorite Team Memory: At home we managed to outscore Williams, and it was a super intense meet where our entire team swam out of their minds.

Favorite Pro Athlete: Matt Grevers Dream Job: Professor of Comparative Literature Pet Peeve: When people chew really loudly Favorite Vacation Spot: Paris Something on Your Bucket List: I really want to visit the ancient ruins and Parthenon in Greece Guilty Pleasure: Disney movies Favorite Food: Sushi Favorite thing about Amherst: My major’s department. It’s so small, so it’s easy to get to know every professor personally.

How He Earned It: Smith was part of the 200-yard medley relay that won first overall in the Mammoth’s recent meet against Conn College. He also helped the 400-yard freestyle relay team set a new pool record against archrival Williams. Individually, Smith also placed first overall in the 100yard backstroke.

Men’s Track and Field Takes Second Place in Season-Opening Little Three Championship

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Yonas Shiferaw ‘20 was Amherst’s top finisher in the 60-meter hurdles.

Veronica Rocco ’19 Staff Writer In their first meet of the 2018 season, the Amherst men’s track and field team stormed to an impressive start, finishing second to Williams at the Little Three Championships, an annual tri-meet between Amherst, Williams and this year’s host Wesleyan.

The Mammoths totaled 124 points in the meet to the 151 scored by the Ephs, far ahead of the 76 points earned by the Cardinals in third place.

The 124 points earned by the Mammoths were the highest for the team in many years, an indication that the team is stronger than years prior and is ready to send shockwaves in regional and national competition.

The Little III meet has a unique scoring system, as only two athletes per team can score in an event.

The day began for the Mammoths in the field events, where Jordan Edwards ’20 set a new personal best in the triple jump with a hop, skip and a jump of 13.76 meters to win the

event. Edwards also placed fourth in the long jump, right behind teammate Theo Bates ’20, who placed third with a leap of 6.25 meters with limited training.

Edwards also finished fifth in the high jump, just ahead of teammate Jack Dufton ’20 who also cleared 5’ 8”, but Edwards prevailed on misses. Dufton also led the Mammoths in the pole vault, clearing 7’ 0.5”, as did Stadler Thompson ’19.

In the throws, Sam Amaka ’19 finished fourth in the weight throw with a throw of 13.24 meters.

The action on the track roared off to a great start in the mile with the one-two finish of Cosmo Brossy ’19 and Clark Ricciardelli ’20E. Brossy pulled away from Ricciardelli over the last lap, where the junior used a sub-30 second clocking to win the event with a time of 4:22, only two seconds ahead of Ricciardelli who finished in 4:24.

In the 60-meter hurdles, Yonas Shiferaw ’20 and Theo Bates ’20 finished just 0.01 seconds apart, coming across the finish line with times of 8.94 and 8.95 seconds, respectively, times

that qualified both hurdlers for DIII New Englands.

Captain Harrison Haigood ’18 placed second in the 400-meter dash with a new personal best of 51.32 seconds, while in the 600 meter run, Andrew Swenson ’21 finished second with a time of 1:25.

Elijah Ngbokoli ’20, fresh off a successful football season, finished second in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.18 seconds, with teammate Mayowa Tinubu ’20 right behind him in fourth with a time of 7.26 seconds.

After toying with the pace in the first two laps of the 800-meter run, Vernon Espinoza ’19 and Ryan Prenosil ’21 finished first and second, crossing the line together in a time of 2:05.

Brossy came back for the 1,000 meters, his second event of the day, where he placed second in a time of 2:33, with teammate Spencer Ferguson-Dryden right behind him in a time of 2:34.

After being limited to three meets in his first year of collegiate competition due to injury, Stanley Dunwell ’20 made a triumphant return to the track, claiming second in the 20-meter dash with a time of 23.27 seconds.

Cross country All-American Ricciardelli doubled in the 3,000-meter run, finishing second with a time of 8:45, while teammate Tucker Meijer ’19 finished fourth in 8:55.

The meet concluded with two exciting relays, as the 4x800 meter relay of Espinoza, Estevan Velez ’20, Jamie Mazzola ’21 and Ermias Kebede ’19 chased the Ephs the whole race to finish second in a time of 8:07.

The 4x400 meter relay team delivered a victory, as Dunwell, captain David Ingraham ’18, Kyland Smith ’21 and Prenosil dominated the event with a winning time of 3:27, nearly six seconds ahead of second place Wesleyan.

At the Smith Pioneer Invitational on Jan. 20, the Mammoths sent fewer athletes to compete, with many choosing to train in preparation for larger and more competitive meets at Tufts the next two weekends.

Prenosil ran a solid 400-meter dash, posting

a time of 51.43 seconds that qualified him for DIII New Englands.

In the 800-meter run, classmates Jacob Silverman ’19 and Jack Malague ’19 returned to the track in impressive fashion, as Silverman won the event with a time of 1:58, qualifying him for DIII New Englands. Malague finished third in 2:02.

Bates had another standout day in the 60-meter hurdles, finishing second with a time of 8.47 seconds, both a new Amherst record and personal best for the sophomore.

Braxton Schuldt ’21 and captain Justin Barry ’18 led from the gun in the 3,000-meter run, with Schuldt running to victory in his first ever collegiate track race in 9:01, with Barry not far behind him with a time of 9:09. The pair were nearly a full minute ahead of the next closest competitor.

The next two weekends, the Mammoths will travel to Tufts to compete at the Branwen Smith-King Invitational on Jan. 27 and the Cupid Challenge on Feb. 3, with DIII New England qualifying times in sight.

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Harrison Haigood ‘18 took second at Little Threes in the 400-meter race.

The Amherst Student • January 24, 2018

Men’s Basketball Bounces Back from Losses to Finish Interterm 3-5 Katie Bergamesca ’18 Staff Writer Over interterm, the Amherst men’s basketball team took to the court in eight contests, finishing with a record of 3-5 over the break.

After a two-week reprieve from game play following the end of finals period, the Mammoths were back in action. Escaping the frigid temperatures in Amherst, the team traveled to Florida to take on Southeastern University.

Southeastern dealt the visiting Mammoths just their second loss of the season, winning 76-65.

Just a few days after the tough loss, Amherst returned to LeFrak for yet another nonconference game against Eastern Connecticut State. Despite impressive offensive performances from co-captains Johnny McCarthy ’18 and Michael Riopel ’18, the Mammoths could not put the game away. In the high scoring contest, the Warriors pulled off a narrow 95-92 victory.

Amherst headed into its first NESCAC game against Trinity looking to snap the losing streak. Although the contest remained close throughout the 40 minutes of play, the Bantams managed to pull away at the end with a 69-63 win, leaving Amherst with the bitter taste of a three-game losing streak.

First-year Grant Robinson led the Mammoths in scoring against the Bantams and tied his career-high with 19 points in the loss.

Still searching for their first victory of the new year, the Amherst men returned to out-of-conference play with a game against Brandeis University and finally earned a win the team desperately needed.

The Mammoths controlled the action from the start, scoring 102 in the contest. J. McCarthy and Riopel were forces on the offensive end once again, tallying 22 and 19

points, respectively.

Instilled with new confidence, Amherst returned to NESCAC play aiming for its first conference win. The Mammoths were successful in their endeavor, topping Conn. College 72-57.

Amherst’s next three games went significantly worse, facing three top-15 programs in a one-week span. First up were the thenNo. 14 Wesleyan Cardinals. Despite putting up a good fight, the Mammoths came up just short, losing 70-66. After a short respite from game play, Amherst faced another ranked foe.

The Mammoths challenged Williams in Little III action, but once again came up short of the victory losing only by three points 7269.

Amherst finally managed to end their two-game skid against No. 14 Hamilton in spectacular fashion. The unranked Mammoths upset the visiting Continentals 75-49.

Amherst established its dominance from the first whistle, holding a lead for all but the first couple minutes of the game. Solid shooting and suffocating defense proved to be a recipe for success for an Amherst team in need of a big win.

Riopel shot lights out from beyond the arc, going 5-9 and totalling 15 points against the Continentals. While Riopel paced the offense, J. McCarthy was strong on the boards tallying 15 rebounds. Sellew and J. McCarthy also had notable offensive performances with 14 and 12 points, respectively.

Following inter-term play, the Mammoths currently stand at 10-6 on the season overall and 2-2 in NESCAC play. Amherst will look to continue the momentum from their win over Hamilton this weekend with two NESCAC games. The Mammoths will travel to Maine to take on Colby on Friday, Jan. 26 and the Polar Bears of Bowdoin the following day.

Women’s Squash Halts Losing Skid with Victories at the Pioneer Valley Round Robin Zoe Atoko ’21 Staff Writer The Amherst women’s squash team faced a busy schedule over winter break, staring down a lineup of seven tough competitors. The first match on the docket was played on Jan. 7 at home on the Davenport Courts against Yale, which handed Amherst its first loss of the season.

Yale, ranked sixth in the country, handily swept the Mammoths, who only managed to steal two sets from the Bulldogs the whole day, both of which came from Jenna Finkelstein ’20.

Despite the tough loss, the Mammoths had to face another stiff test against Middlebury on Jan. 10. However, the day unfortunately ended in another defeat for the Mammoths. The match was projected to be a hard-fought battle, with Amherst and Middlebury both ranked in the top 20 entering the meeting.

After falling in straight sets at the first and second positions, the Mammoths got on the board with Kimberly Krayacich ’18 notching a straight set victory on court three (11-4, 11-5, 11-8). Margaret Werner ’21 later captured another victory at the ninth position (1-11, 11-2, 11-9, 11-6).

However, the Mammoths fell in each of the remaining matches, highlighted by strong four-set efforts by Katy Sabina Correia ’20 and Pierson Klein ’20. These losses ultimately resulted in the Mammoths second consecutive defeat, this time by a score of 7-2.

Amherst’s next match was again on the road, facing No. 11 Brown on Jan. 16. The team scored two victories in the seventh and ninth positions by Priya Sinha ’19 and Finkelstein, respectively. Sinha walked away with her win after a rousing five-set battle (7-11, 12-10, 1210, 8-11, 11-4), while Finkelstein came back

from a first set loss to dominate her opponent in four sets (9-11, 11-9, 11-2, 11-7). Despite the two winning efforts, Brown’s dominance at the top of the lineup led to another 7-2 defeat.

Returning to the Davenport Courts, the Mammoths looked to staunch the bleeding and end their losing streak when they hosted the Pioneer Valley Round Robin tournament, their final four opponents of the winter break.

The first battle in the series was on Jan. 19 against Dickinson College, which proved to be a comfortable win.

The Mammoths swept the Red Devils 9-0, with a particularly impressive effort coming from Riddhi Sampat ’21, who had just returned to the lineup and triumphed in a five-set game at the seventh position.

The victories continued the next day, when the women’s team dominated St. Lawrence University in another 9-0 shutout. The sweep began with Haley McAtee ’18 leading the way on the first court, winning resoundingly in three sets. The trend continued up and down the lineup, with the Mammoths not giving away a single set to the Saints.

Amherst stormed into the last day of the tournament on Jan. 21 ready to handle its last two challengers, NESCAC foes Colby and Hamilton, and build on its win streak.

The first match of the day was against Colby and despite a tough losss for McAtee in the first position, the Mammoths rallied to win the rest of the games in the lineup, besting the Mules 8-1.

To close the tournament, Amherst easily swept aside Hamilton, dominating on all nine courts to cap an undefeated weekend.

The Mammoths will head to Wesleyan next Saturday, Jan. 27 to face off against both Wesleyan and Williams in the Little III Championships.

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The Hot Corner Jack Malague ’19 Columnist Jack Malague dishes out his opinions on the bubbling stew of referees, catches, instant replays and general drama surrounding this year’s NFL playoffs.

The final weeks of the NFL season offered football fans some compelling drama, of both the sports and middle school variety. The Vikings made a near impossible comeback to earn a spot in the NFC championship, thanks to a missed tackle reminiscent of a blindfolded child whiffing at a piñata. And in Foxborough, we have seen glimpses of humiliating palace intrigue. Tom Brady apparently has introduced the Patriots to their Yoko Ono, a quack ‘doctor’ who makes Tony Bosch look like Rosalind Franklin and has pushed the — shall we say ‘interesting’ — claim that drinking water might prevent sunburn (the Patriots have denied these stories of infighting). In between the brief moments of intrigue, however, fans have mostly been confused.

Football’s most perplexing issue has recently been the shrouded definition of a ‘catch.’ In the days of grainy, zoomed-out television footage, referees simply decided whether the player had secured possession of the ball in bounds. Since then, however, slow-motion replay has made football organizations apt to second-guess these rulings.

Since 2010, the NFL has tinkered endlessly with the wording in its definition of a catch. Now there is a “process of the catch,” a step by step formula that sounds a lot more like filling out a 1040 than catching a football. After first securing possession of the ball, the player either fulfills one of a set of obtuse qualifications to become a “runner” or remains a “faller,” a status either more or less enviable depending on the situation. Distinguishing between a “runner” and a “faller” is difficult business, especially given that a player may be deemed a “runner” without doing anything that we in everyday life would think to call ‘running.’

Predictably, the increasingly bizarre definition of football’s most foundational act has led to considerable controversy. Catch-related furor struck most recently in the matchup on Dec. 17 between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots. Pittsburgh tight end Jesse James (not to be confused with the nineteenth-century outlaw or the modern television personality) appeared to catch a pass that, following video review, was ruled incomplete. In one moment, just about every football fan realized the absurdities of the NFL’s 30step catch criteria. And since then, broadcasters and spectators alike have hesitated to predict the outcome of these video reviews. If the Jesse James play is not a catch, what is?

This hesitation reveals the NFL’s real problem.

The action on the field has been divorced from any sense of finality. A jaw-dropping touchdown reception now is met with tepid applause, and then a lengthy video review. The viewing audience, along with the players, coaches and broadcasters, sit listlessly as a referee stares at a Microsoft Surface held aloft by a technician in a brightly colored jumpsuit and talks on a headset to a faceless, wizard-of-Ozstyle review chief “back in New York.” After some time, he returns with a verdict that is rarely accompanied by compelling explanation.

Video replay has been around for a while, but its use is now so frequent and its results so inexplicable that fans have become jaded. The triumphant exclamation from the Music City Miracle, “There are no flags on the field, it’s a miracle!” has turned into, “Well, for now, it’s been ruled a touchdown.”

Many might say that a delay of gratification is a slight price to pay for a greater chance of correctness. This past season, however, has hardly been an endorsement for the idea that replay review can fix the NFL’s problems with rule confusion.

Replay reviews often end with infuriating and seemingly incorrect decisions. In an Oct. 15 game between the New York Jets and Patriots, Jets tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins caught a pass from Josh McCown around the Patriots’ five-yard line.

Three New England defenders attempted to down the 6’6”, 258-pound Seferian-Jenkins as he powered across to the pylon. Seferian-Jenkins knocked

over the pylon, the referee signaled a touchdown and the Jets celebrated. However, the instant replay came with its trademark bucket of cold water.

The slow-motion replay showed that New England corner Malcolm Butler had, for the briefest of moments, jarred the ball loose. Seferian-Jenkins clearly regained possession, but exactly when was incredibly difficult to discern from the video. Perhaps it was before he crossed the plane, perhaps after and, it is possible, after he had gone out of bounds. Regardless, it was almost impossible to argue that the evidence clearly overturned the call on the field. Nevertheless, the replay official shocked the audience. Seferian Jenkins, apparently, had fumbled through the end zone and caused a touchback. What was originally Jets touchdown became a turnover. Pats’ ball on the 25.

This was a clear example of overzealous behavior from the replay official, whoever that may be. Replay’s inadequacies, however, can go the opposite direction as well. Failure to review calls in important moments can have a massive impact on the outcome of the game. In the wild card game between the New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers, Carolina safety Mike Adams intercepted a fourth-down pass from Drew Brees 16 yards downfield from the line of scrimmage. Adams’ mental fixation on what almost always is his job cost his team almost 20 yards of field position. The Panthers in that moment needed to score with time winding down, and the 16 yards likely affected their play-calling (the Panthers went on to lose, 31-26). At some point in the “process of the catch,” however, it looked as if the ball might have come loose, meaning the play would only be an incomplete pass. All turnovers in the NFL are supposed to be reviewed, but this one for some reason was not. The Saints may well have caught a break, and the call stood as it was. Only a couple plays later, replay’s weaknesses came in again to help the Saints. Carolina quarterback Cam Newton was flagged for a questionable intentional grounding violation, a call with which other officials reportedly disagreed. Replay review, however, cannot be used to confirm penalties, and the call, however controversial, stood.

The end of the Saints-Panthers game became about fickle rules as much as the play on the field.

This was partially due to replay review, but also to an embarrassing error on the in-game officials’ part. Following the intentional grounding call, the officials should have run 10 seconds off the game clock. However, before the replay people in New York stepped in to remind them, they did no such thing. Even for these officials, whom the NFL pays fairly handsomely to be its arbiters, the rules are just too much to handle.

The referees from another wild card matchup that day would sympathize with their rule fatigue.

Tennessee Titans’ quarterback Marcus Mariota took a brutal hit from Kansas City Chiefs’ linebacker Derrick Johnson during the second quarter of the afternoon game. At some point following the initial contact the ball had come loose and was recovered by the Chiefs. Yet the officiating crew blew the play dead, ruling that Mariota’s forward progress had been stopped and he was down before the ball left his hands. Perfectly reasonable, save for the obvious fact that he was standing still — there was no progress to arrest. It was a very obvious error, and anyone viewing the replay could correct it. Nobody, however, would get that chance. Forward progress is not a reviewable call.

In the NFL’s quest for perfection, it has lost sight of what it should value. It has created a set of rules that are impossible to understand, defying common sense and basic intuition. And it has started a system of review that “fixes” errors that do not exist and fails to correct others that do. All the while, the NFL has taken away the finality that makes sports so exciting. In sports, scrutiny is not always the best approach. Sometimes you can let the kids play.

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Maeve McNamara ’19 impressed against archrival WIlliams, scoring eight points for the Mammoths with two late threes to help hold the Amherst lead.

Women’s Basketball Claims New Program Record with 51-Game Win Streak Kelly Karczwesci ’18 Staff Writer The Amherst women’s basketball team put together a dominant run over interterm, setting a new program record winning streak with 50 consecutive wins after defeating rival Williams. The Mammoths then extended this run to 51 wins with another victory this past Saturday against Hamilton.

Interterm kicked off with an exciting trip out west, which included matches in Las Vegas and a trip to California to face Chapman University and University of Redlands. One especially standout match was a narrow victory against top-ranked Trine in late December, the second game of the Nevada trip. With both teams in the top-five in defensive scoring, a low-scoring, high-intensity game was inevitable for both the Mammoths and the Thunder.

The first quarter witnessed normal scoring on Amherst’s end, putting up 15 to Trine’s 11, but the Mammoths scored only four points in the second quarter, a season low, as Trine surged back to lead 24-19 at the half.

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Play evened back up in the third quarter with both teams exchanging three-pointers as a result of malicious defense under the hoop.

The teams entered the final 10 minutes tied at 31, but sophomore Emma McCarthy, who led the team with an impressive double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds, gave Amherst the lead with an easy bucket in the first minute of the quarter.

After the final whistle blew, a 41-36 score in Amherst’s favor handed the Mammoths a 9-0 record for the season and gave Trine its first loss.

Other standout Mammoths in the competition included Hannah Fox ’20, who put up 10 points for Amherst, while fellow sophomore Madeline Eck grabbed nine rebounds and dished out three assists.

Cam Hendricks ’20 tallied eight points and eight rebounds, swiped three steals and managed two blocks.

“It is difficult to compare this year’s team with last year’s team, partly since the personnel and playing style of our team along with every team is different,” Fox said. “But we are continuously improving and love playing together.”

The remainder of the west coast trip panned out smoothly for the Mammoths, who took down Chapman and Redlands relatively handily, with wins of 73-58 and 67-44, respectively.

Amherst’s next tough competition came from Williams, who was standing in the way of the Mammoths’ record of 50 consecutive wins.

It was an uphill battle for Amherst, shooting just 16 percent in the first quarter and trailing the Ephs for nearly three quarters. But the Mammoths persevered to earn a 52-43 victory, fighting back in the fourth quarter to clinch both the record and the Little III crown for the 2017-18 season.

Williams’ Amanni Fernandez led all scorers with 18 points, while Eck led Amherst with 15 points, nine of them coming in the first half to keep the game tight. Despite Eck’s performance, Williams took a 22-19 lead to the locker room. Amherst, however, started the second half with 10-0 run which included two three-pointers by Fox. The Mammoths were finally able to take the lead with 1:19 left in the third quarter. They would not relinquish the lead through the final 10 minutes,

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Women’s Ice Hockey

Men’s Track and Field @ Branwen Smith-King Invitational, TBD

Women’s Ice Hockey vs. Plattsburgh St., 7 p.m. vs. Williams, 7 p.m.

Women’s Basketball vs. Colby, 7 p.m.

Men’s Basketball @ Colby, 7 p.m.

but Williams got within one point with 4:12 to play, before Amherst closed the door on the comeback bid.

Amhrest then faced off against Hamilton seeking a program-record 51st straight victory. Amherst has not lost a game since March 19, 2016, when they lost in the NCAA Tournament Semifinals. Coming into the contest, the Continentals had a record of 125, but proved to be no match for a potent Mammoth offensive attack.

The Mammoths shot 46.4 percent from the field, and led from the outset. Amherst closed out the game with a dominant fourth quarter, holding Hamilton to a single bucket in the period, eventually winning by a score of 72-34. Amherst remains the top-ranked team in the country.

With this victory, Amherst now owns the sixthlongest winning streak ever in women’s DIII basketball.

Amherst will next take on Colby this Friday at 7 p.m., before turning around for another home matchup against undefeated Bowdoin the next day.

SUN Men’s Squash @ Wesleyan, 11 a.m.

Women’s Squash @ Wesleyan 11 a.m.

Women’s Track and Field Women’s @ Branwen Smith-King Basketball Invitational, TBD vs. Bowdoin, 3 p.m.

Men’s Basketball @ Colby, 3 p.m.

Women’s Ice Hockey @ Williams, 7 p.m.

Men’s Ice Hockey @ Wesleyan, 7 p.m.

Men’s Ice Hockey @ Trinity, 4 p.m.