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Work in Progress: Campus Upgrades Alissa Rothman ’15 Contributing Writer

The revving of an engine, the crunching of concrete as it is crushed echo throughout the quads as the Facilities department pursue their list of repairs and improvements around campus. Now that renovations in Valentine Dining Hall have been completed, the Facilities department has turned to other projects ranging IURP WKH VPDOO Ă€ [ XSV DURXQG FDP SXV WR H[WHQVLYH UHQRYDWLRQV ´,Q JHQHUDO ZH KDYH D VWHZDUG ship perspective on campus,â€? said Jim Brassord, Director of Facilities and Associate Treasurer for Campus Services. “We feel that we need to ensure [that] buildings meet their intended purpose by maintaining and enhancing them with renovations and repairs.â€? 7KH )DFLOLWLHV GHSDUWPHQW LV FXU rently working on renovations in Frost Library, which should have LPSRUWDQW LPSOLFDWLRQV IRU WKH VWX dent body. ´:H DUH XSJUDGLQJ VRPH RI LQWH ULRU Ă€ QLVKHV DQG WKHUH DUH SODQV IRU D cafĂŠ. That is in design right now and not at the point that we can predict

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The Lord Jeffery Inn is currently under construction and should be completed by December. when construction will start, but we are hoping it will be done sometime this academic year,â€? Brassord said. The installment of a cafĂŠ has ERWK VWXGHQWV DQG VWDII H[FLWHG ´,¡OO SUREDEO\ FRPH >WR WKH OL

brary] a lot more,â€? Miandra Ellis ’14 said. “I already work here so I will probably go [to the cafĂŠ] all the time.â€? “I think it’s really good. It is a very positive thing that will raise the

Controversial Execution Sparks Student Activism June Pan ’13 Managing News Editor

7KH FRQWURYHUVLDO H[HFXWLRQ RI GHDWK URZ LQPDWH 7UR\ 'DYLV RQ 6HSW VSDUNHG QDWLRQ ZLGH SURWHVWV DV RSSRQHQWV RI WKH GHDWK SHQ alty took up their pens and took to the streets. Armed with signs, candles and a megaphone, local activists rallied on the Amherst Town Common at 5:30 p.m. last Wednesday. Among the 80 attendees were Five College professors, Amherst residents, as well as over a dozen students of the College. Straddling a bustling section of South

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Pleasant Street, demonstrators hoisted high signs and raised their voices to call for justice. Activists blockaded the road at one point, and town police were summoned. Once the road was clear again, passing cars drove through chants of, “Money for jobs and education, not for mass incarceration,â€? and, “Brick by brick, wall by wall, racist laws have got to fall.â€? 7KH HPSKDVLV RQ UDFLVP KDV EHHQ D GHĂ€ Q LQJ IHDWXUH RI WKH SURWUDFWHG Ă€ JKW VXUURXQG ing the Troy Davis case. Convicted for the PXUGHU RI RII GXW\ SROLFH RIĂ€ FHU 0DUN McPhail in Savannah, Ga., a state county court sentenced Davis to death in 1991. However KLV H[HFXWLRQ ZDV VWD\HG WKUHH WLPHV EHWZHHQ 2004 and 2011 as Davis’ lawyers claimed that key witnesses in the original trial had since recanted their testimonies. Amnesty International took up Davis as the face of their campaign against the death penalty as a racist institution. According a 1990 report by the U.S. General Accounting 2IĂ€ FH WKHUH LV ´D SDWWHUQ RI HYLGHQFH LQGLFDW LQJ UDFLDO GLVSDULWLHV LQ WKH FKDUJLQJ VHQWHQF ing and imposition of the death penalty.â€? The RUJDQL]DWLRQ UHSRUWV WKDW VLQFH D GLVSUR portionate number of death row defendants KDYH IDFHG H[HFXWLRQ IRU NLOOLQJ ZKLWH YLFWLPV

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SURĂ€ OH RI WKH /LEUDU\ RQ FDPSXV Âľ VDLG %LODO 0XKDPPDG ¡ WKH HYH ning circulation specialist. :KLOH WKLV LV D PDMRU UHQRYD tion process, the department is also undertaking other minor projects

DURXQG FDPSXV LQFOXGLQJ WKH UH moval of steps in the Valentine quad. “[The stairs] were at the end of their design life, and it became more costly to repair them than to replace them,â€? Brassord said. “We are replacing the bluestone steps with granite, which will be more durable,â€? %UDVVRUG DOVR QRWHG WKDW UHSODF LQJ WKH VWHSV ZLWK Ă DW SDYHPHQW ZRXOG KDYH DGGHG EHQHĂ€ W RI ´PDNLQJ WKH TXDG PRUH QDYLJDEOH IRU KDQGL cap individuals.â€? Other minor projects include the construction of steps at the Cadigan Center of Religious Life, work at the Davenport Squash Courts and improvements to the entrance of the parking lot at Newport House. “All these minor projects are proceeding apace [‌] we try to schedule the majority of projects for VXPPHU PRQWKV WR NHHS WKH LQFRQ venience of students at a minimum,â€? %UDVVRUG VDLG ´:H DUH QRW DQWLFL pating any major inconvenience for campus.â€? 7KH GHSDUWPHQW LV DOVR FRQWLQX LQJ ZRUN RQ RQH RI LWV ORQJ WHUP projects, the renovations of the Lord

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Community Celebrates Habitat for Humanity House Sarah Ashman ’14 News Section Editor

2Q 7XHVGD\ 6HSW WKH &ROOHJH FRP munity gathered at 18 Stanley Street to celebrate the completion of the fourth and Ă€ QDO +DELWDW IRU +XPDQLW\ KRPH RQ WKH WKUHH DFUHV RI ODQG GRQDWHG WR +DELWDW IRU +XPDQ ity by the College in 2005. Several individuals who played key roles in the completion of the homes gave brief VSHHFKHV H[SUHVVLQJ WKHLU JUDWLWXGH IRU WKH effort and support of volunteers. Amongst WKRVH VSHDNLQJ ZHUH 3LRQHHU 9DOOH\ +DEL tat for Humanity Board President Sanford Belden, Director of Facilities Jim Brassord DQG 3UHVLGHQW %LGG\ 0DUWLQ 7KH WKUHH RZQ HUV RI WKH 6WDQOH\ 6WUHHW +DELWDW IRU +XPDQ LW\ KRPHV DOVR VSRNH DERXW KRZ WKH RUJDQL zation impacted their lives. +DELWDW IRU +XPDQLW\ LV D QRQSURĂ€ W RUJD QL]DWLRQ WKDW ZRUNV WR ´HOLPLQDWH KRPHOHVV ness and substandard housing by making GHFHQW DIIRUGDEOH VKHOWHU D PDWWHU RI FRQ science and action for all people.â€? Students from the College have been volunteering with the organization for many years. In his senior year, James Patchett ’02 strengthened the College’s involvement by DSSURDFKLQJ WKHQ SUHVLGHQW 7RP *HUHW\ ZLWK

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President Biddy Martin spoke during a Habitat for Humanity event. the idea of donating land to Habitat for Humanity. The idea garnered much support within the Amherst community and within a IHZ \HDUV WKH &ROOHJH KDG RIÀ FLDOO\ GRQDWHG WKUHH DFUHV RQ 6WDQOH\ 6WUHHW WR WKH QRQSURÀ W EHFRPLQJ WKH À UVW SULYDWH FROOHJH HYHU WR donate land to Habitat for Humanity. :RUNLQJ FORVHO\ ZLWK WKH 3LRQHHU 9DO

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Campus Center Night

Construction Continues

Keefe Campus Center hosted the rescheduled Campus Center Night from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 23. Students enjoyed activities such as “Big Screen� bingo for “Survive the Semester� prizes, a photo-booth and laundry-bag decorating.

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Jeffery Inn, which has now been under construction for about 14 months. “It is a comprehensive renovation of the inn. It was built in the 20’s, but this LV WKH &ROOHJH¡V Ă€ UVW PDMRU UHLQYHVWPHQW in that property. We are upgrading and enhancing entire inn,â€? Brassord said. “There will be all new building systems, FRGH HQKDQFHPHQWV DQG DHVWKHWLF HQ hancements.â€? These new building systems range from waterlines to electrical distribution WR KHDWLQJ DQG SOXPELQJ V\VWHPV WR Ă€ UH DODUP DQG VSULQNOHU V\VWHPV $GGLWLRQ ally, the inn will include banquet and conference faculties, as well as a new $PHULFDQ ELVWUR VW\OH UHVWDXUDQW FDOOHG 30 Boltwood. Furthermore, the project LQFRUSRUDWHV D ODUJH DPRXQW RI VXVWDLQ able design including geothermal wells IRU WKH KHDWLQJ DQG FRROLQJ RI WKH EXLOG ing. “We hope this sustainable design

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will be recognized through Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design /((' FHUWLÀ FDWLRQ ,I LW LV DSSURYHG it would be one of the few hospitality VHUYLFHV WKDW DUH /((' FHUWLÀ HG ¾ Brassord said. ,W LV H[SHFWHG WKDW WKH SURMHFW ZLOO EH completed sometime in December. The other major project in the works is the new science center, which is still in the early planning and design phase. The week of Oct. 3, the architect of the science center will be visiting campus and will participate in an open meeting so that the public can get information on that project. Most of the projects are initiated RQFH IDFLOLWLHV OHDGHUVKLS SHUIRUP SUH liminary assessments of buildings and grounds and implement projects based RQ WKHLU À QGLQJV 6WDII IDFXOW\ DQG VWX dents, however, are also welcomed to propose their own projects through the $VVRFLDWLRQ RI $PKHUVW 6WXGHQWV UHVL GHQWLDO OLIH FRXQVHORUV DFDGHPLF GHSDUW ments or direct proposals.

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The Cadigan Center is undergoing construction for a new set of steps.

THE CAMPUS CRIME LOG Entries from Sept. 19 to Sept. 25, 2011 September 19, 2011 4:25 p.m., Hamilton House 2IĂ€ FHUV UHVSRQGHG WR D FRPSODLQW RI VRPHRQH \HOOLQJ LQ D WKLUG Ă RRU URRP 8SRQ DUULYDO LW ZDV GLVFRY ered that two students were playing D YLGHR JDPH DQG H[SUHVVLQJ H[FLWH PHQW 7KH\ ZHUH QRWLĂ€ HG DERXW WKH complaint.

tion equipment parked nearby. No RQH ZDV IRXQG ZKHQ RIĂ€ FHUV FKHFNHG the area.

September 22, 2011 12:47 a.m., Pond Dormitory 2IÀ FHUV DQG WKH )LUH 'HSDUWPHQW UH VSRQGHG WR D À UH DODUP DQG IRXQG LW occurred when popcorn was burned LQ D PLFURZDYH LQ D À UVW à RRU VXLWH The resident responsible for it was À QHG IRU WKH DODUP DQG IRU the microwave.

10:52 a.m., Morrow Dormitory $Q RIĂ€ FHU LQYHVWLJDWHG D VPRNH GH WHFWRU VRXQGLQJ LQ D VHFRQG Ă RRU room and found it activated when the resident use a hair dryer too close to it. The system was reset.

1:24 a.m., Hamilton 2IĂ€ FHUV UHVSRQGHG WR D QRLVH FRP plaint and found chocolate cake smeared over basement walls. It also appeared that someone urinated in a clothes dryer. No one was present at the time. Case open. 1:38 a.m., Valentine Quad 2IĂ€ FHUV UHVSRQGHG WR D UHSRUW RI WKUHH PDOHV WDPSHULQJ ZLWK FRQVWUXF

2:09 a.m., Coolidge Dormitory $Q RIĂ€ FHU UHVSRQGHG WR D FRPSODLQW RI SHRSOH \HOOLQJ VLQJLQJ DQG FKDQW LQJ RQ WKH Ă€ UVW Ă RRU 1R DFWLYLW\ ZDV KHDUG XSRQ WKH RIĂ€ FHU¡V DUULYDO

6:04 p.m., Beneski Earth Science and Natural Museum $Q RIĂ€ FHU LQYHVWLJDWHG D FDOO IURP the elevator emergency phone and found it was activated by a child. September 23, 2011 2:03 a.m., Pond 2IĂ€ FHUV UHVSRQGHG WR D QRLVH FRP plaint of very loud music and had it shut off. 5:32 a.m., The Quadrangle 2IĂ€ FHUV UHVSRQGHG WR D UHSRUW RI D

PDQ RQ WKH JURXQG RQ WKH Ă€ UVW \HDU quad. The man, who is a student, was awakened, and it was determined he ZDV Ă€ QH 11:46 p.m., James Dormitory $Q RIĂ€ FHU REVHUYHG D VPDOO Ă DPH LQ D VHFRQG Ă RRU URRP 8SRQ LQYHV tigated, several people were in the URRP DQG WKHUH ZDV DQ RGRU RI PDUL juana. A small amount of marijuana and a pipe used for smoking were FRQĂ€ VFDWHG 7KH PDWWHU ZDV UHIHUUHG WR WKH 'HDQ¡V 2IĂ€ FH shower stall. 11:47 p.m., James :KLOH LQ D VHFRQG Ă RRU URRP DQ RI Ă€ FHU FRQĂ€ VFDWHG D ERWWOH RI KDUG DO cohol. The matter was referred to the 'HDQ¡V RIĂ€ FH 11:55 p.m., Wieland Dormitory $Q RIĂ€ FHU FRQĂ€ VFDWHG DOFRKRO IRXQG unattended in the kitchen. September 24, 2011 1:09 a.m., Seelye House Two women, who were students at another college, were told to leave a party as it was underway because they were suspected of urinating in a

10:50 p.m., James 2IÀ FHUV UHVSRQGHG WR D FRPSODLQW RI ORXG SHRSOH RQ WKH IRXUWK à RRU 1R QRLVH ZDV IRXQG ZKHQ RIÀ FHUV LQYHV tigated. 11:37 p.m., Valentine Dining Hall $Q RIÀ FHU HQFRXQWHUHG D VWXGHQW XUL nating outside the building. He was À QHG IRU WKH RIIHQVLYH EHKDYLRU September 24, 2011 12:03 a.m., Waldorf-Astoria $Q RIÀ FHU FRQÀ VFDWHG DOFRKRO IRXQG unattended in the common room.

September 25, 2011 12:51 a.m., Crossett Dormitory 2IÀ FHUV UHVSRQGHG WR D UHSRUW RI D À JKW LQ WKH VRXWKZHVW HQWU\ ZD\ RI WKH EXLOGLQJ 8SRQ DUULYDO WKH HQ WUDQFH DQG VWDLUZD\ ZHUH IXOO RI SHR ple, a window was smashed, and two men were being restrained by others. The people who were involved were not totally cooperative, and no one ZDQWHG WR À OH D IRUPDO FRPSODLQW The matter was referred to the Dean’s 2IÀ FH 12:52 a.m., Hitchcock House $Q RIÀ FHU FRQÀ VFDWHG DOFRKRO IRXQG unattended in the common room.

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College Makes Landmark Donation to Habitat Continued from page 1

ley Habitat for Humanity, the College chapter of Habitat for Humanity began FRQVWUXFWLRQ RQ WKH Ă€ UVW KRXVLQJ XQLW LQ September of 2006. The homes were GHVLJQHG E\ $PKHUVW EDVHG .XKQ 5LG dle Architects, who sought to create homes that were highly ecologically HIĂ€ FLHQW \HW VLPSOH LQ GHVLJQ 7KH idea of simplicity in home design is H[WUHPHO\ LPSRUWDQW WR +DELWDW IRU +X manity, as it relies on volunteers to carry out all of its construction. 0DQ\ RI WKHVH YROXQWHHUV DUH LQH[ perienced when it comes to such work. Phyllis Keenan, the newest Habitat for Humanity homeowner recalls working with a group of girls from the College ZKR ´EDUHO\ NQHZ RQH HQG RI D KDP mer from the other.â€? She said that it

was only later in the day that “the girls wanted to work on their own window QH[W WR WKH ZLQGRZ , ZDV ZRUNLQJ RQ 7KH\ KDG DOUHDG\ JDLQHG FRQĂ€ GHQFH LQ their own abilities.â€? To Keenan, the assistance provided by the students was the most valuable asset Habitat for Humanity has to offer. ´7KRVH JLUOV ZHUH JLYLQJ VRPH thing to me by coming and working on my house and I’m glad I could give WKHP VHOI HPSRZHUPHQW LQ UHWXUQ Âľ VKH said. $VKOHH &DQFLR %HOOR RZQHU RI WKH second Amherst Habitat for Humanity home, agreed with this sentiment. “I’ve always felt like Habitat for Humanity is like love in action,â€? said &DQFLR %HOOR ´3HRSOH DUH FRPLQJ DQG JLYLQJ WR WKH FRPPXQLW\ DQG WKH FRP PXQLW\ LV JLYLQJ EDFN WR WKHP ,W¡V UH ally something wonderful.â€?

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AAS Picks Up Administrative Slack Amro El-Adle ’13 Editor-in-Chief

For the third consecutive year, the Association of Amherst Students (AAS) has shored up budgets for programs that were previously stewarded by the administration. Following the 15 percent budget cuts LPSRVHG E\ WKH DGPLQLVWUDWLRQ LQ WKH PLGVW RI WKH Ă€ nancial crisis in 2008, the AAS established a fund to help defray some departments’ budgetary shortfalls. 7KH 7DNH <RXU 3URIHVVRU 2XW 7<32 DQG )DFXOW\ Tea programs were among a bevy of programs that requested AAS aid when the fund was established, in addition to the Health Education branch of the Health Services Center. “We did this when the economic disaster was in its prime, which was also before the school received WZR DQRQ\PRXV JLIWV IURP DOXPQL WRWDOLQJ PLOOLRQ Âľ H[SODLQHG $$6 3UHVLGHQW 5RPHQ %RUVHO lino ’12. “So while this was unprecedented, we decided that a desperate time called for a desperate measure.â€? 7KH $$6 PDGH D GRQDWLRQ WR WKH &RO OHJH WKDW \HDU Âł URXJKO\ RQH WHQWK RI WKH $$6 EXG JHW Âł RI ZKLFK ZDV HDUPDUNHG VSHFLĂ€ FDOO\ for the programs and departments that had applied IRU IXQGLQJ %XW HYHQ WKRXJK WKH &ROOHJH¡V HQGRZ PHQW KDV UHFRYHUHG WR SUH UHFHVVLRQ OHYHOV WKH OLQH where the administration’s governance of student life ends and the AAS’ begins has continued to shift. The Health Education branch of the Health 6HUYLFHV &HQWHU ZLOO VSHQG URXJKO\ RQ FRQ WUDFHSWLYHV WKLV \HDU DFFRUGLQJ WR 'HQLVH 0F*ROG rick, the Director of Health Education. Most of that money will be spent on condoms, which are bought LQ EXON DW D FRVW RI VL[ FHQWV DSLHFH Âł D PLQLVFXOH fraction of their retail cost. Resident Counselors 5&¡V FDQ WKHQ Ă€ OO RXW DQ RUGHU IRUP IRU WKHLU

dormitories, specifying the amount and type of contraceptives they would like to distribute to their residents. The contraceptives purchased by Health Education are also available in the Rainbow Room, WKH +HDOWK 6HUYLFHV &HQWHU DQG WKH :RPHQ¡V &HQ ter, in addition to being used as part of educational demonstrations. +HDOWK (GXFDWLRQ FRQVLGHUHG PRYLQJ WR D GLI ferent model three years ago in light of the budget cuts. “Other places either provide them for free, or sell them to residence halls, so that the RC’s can purchase them out of their residence budgets,â€? said McGoldrick. “I am not sure whether or not as many students DV FXUUHQWO\ UHO\ XSRQ WKH FRQYHQLHQFH RI IUHH FRQ doms would be proactive about making sure they KDYH DFFHVV WR SURWHFWLRQ ZKHQ WKH\ QHHGHG LW Âľ H[ plained RC Nick Berns ’13 about the importance of IUHHO\ DYDLODEOH FRQWUDFHSWLYHV ´, VXVSHFW WKDW WKH greatest impact would be an increase in the number awkward requests made on a Saturday night.â€? But according to McGoldrick, when it comes to contraceptives, the College would rather be safe than VRUU\ ´,W¡V LQFUHGLEO\ FRVW HIIHFWLYH Âľ VKH VDLG ´$ ORW of research indicates that if you have them widely available students are much more likely to use them. And our statistics on condom use back that up.â€? Borsellino, who is a Student Health Educator (SHE), reiterated in an email that “While many Senators felt that this is something that the Dean of 6WXGHQWV¡ 2IĂ€ FH RU DQRWKHU EUDQFK RI WKH DGPLQLVWUD tion should pick up the tab on, we faced the reality that if they were simply not willing or able to, then the students would be the ones paying the price.â€? The issue will probably come to a head in the FRPLQJ ZHHNV DV D UHTXHVW IRU XSSHUFODVV PHQ 7<32 IXQGV KDV PDQ\ VHQDWRUV ZRQGHULQJ LI the administration has left the AAS stranded with the check.

Activists, Students Rally for Troy Davis Continued from page 1

though about half of all homicide victims in the same time period were $IULFDQ $PHULFDQ 7KURXJKRXW WKH \HDU VWUXJJOH WR GLVSURYH KLV JXLOW 'DYLV FRQWLQX ally maintained his innocence. On 6HSW WKH *HRUJLD %RDUG RI 3DU dons and Paroles denied Davis’ last appeal for clemency. Davis was set to be die by lethal injection at 8:00 p.m. on Sept. 19. $W S P RQH $PKHUVW UDOO\ goer proposed a minute of silence for Davis, but was shouted down. Hope returned anew as the Supreme Court RI WKH 8QLWHG 6WDWHV 6&2786 GH layed Davis’ death to deliberate on a ODVW PLQXWH VWD\ RI H[HFXWLRQ UHTXHVW Protestors around the country cheered WKH QHZV 0DQ\ JURXSV EHJDQ WR GLV VLSDWH EHOLHYLQJ WKH H[HFXWLRQ KDG EHHQ SXW RII XQWLO D ODWHU GDWH 'HPRQ VWUDWRUV RQ WKH $PKHUVW 7RZQ &RP mon dispersed at 8:30 p.m. $W S P WKH 6&2786 UH OHDVHG D RQH OLQH RUGHU VWDWLQJ WKDW Davis’ request had been denied. The H[HFXWLRQ SURFHHGHG $W S P Davis was pronounced dead. $QQD 4XDQ ¡ DQG )D\LVH $EUD KLP ¡ ERWK SUHVHQW DW WKH :HGQHV day rally, described the confusion FDXVHG E\ WKH 6XSUHPH &RXUW GH cision. “I was told that there was D VHYHQ GD\ ZDLWLQJ SHULRG Âľ VDLG Abrahim. ´, WKLQN WKDW WKH\ ZDQWHG WR GL vide people so we couldn’t organize,â€?

VDLG 4XDQ RI WKH 6&2786¡ IRXU KRXU GHOD\ ´$W WKH\ PDGH WKH GHFL VLRQ QRW WR VWD\ WKH H[HFXWLRQ EXW E\ that time everyone had gone home. %HIRUH WKH UDOO\ HQGHG ZH ZHUH SODQ ning to continue the protests for seven days.â€? Once the decision came down, however, activists were unsure of how to continue and mobilize. ´,W ZDV WU\LQJ WR GLVVHPEOH SHR ple,â€? said Quan. 7KH KHDG RI WKH &ROOHJH¡V $P nesty chapter Kinjal Patel ’13 was OHVV FHUWDLQ RI WKH 6&2786¡ PRWLYD WLRQ EXW DJUHHG WKDW WKH JHQHUDO VHQWL ment was that of suspicion. “People were saying the only reason [the court] did delay was so that everybody would go home ... and ZRXOGQ¡W H[SORGH RQ WKH VWUHHWV Âľ VDLG Patel. “Imagine if Troy Davis had been killed at seven. It would’ve been louder, I think.â€? ,Q WKH SODFH RI ZHHN ORQJ SUR tests, local activists and students held vigils for the Thursday and Friday LPPHGLDWHO\ IROORZLQJ 'DYLV¡ H[ ecution. A second rally occurred on Saturday, Sept. 24, to protest mass LQFDUFHUDWLRQ DQG WR FDOO IRU WKH DER lition of the death penalty in the United States. Only a handful of students from the College attended these events. As a student activist leader on FDPSXV 3DWHO LV LQWLPDWHO\ DFTXDLQW HG ZLWK WKH VLQJXODU GLIĂ€ FXOW\ RI URXV ing troops at the College. In 2009, Patel and AI invited Davis’ sister, .LPEHUO\ 'DYLV WR VSHDN DW WKH &RO lege. Ten people attended the event.

“I feel like a lot of people are very apathetic,â€? Patel said. “There are so many people who were interested, but then they thought about it and decided they had too much work,â€? said Abrahim. Though she acknowledges the importance of studies, Abrahim argues that students could stand to gain from a more KDQGV RQ DSSURDFK ´<RX¡UH VLWWLQJ here doing all this homework, but \RX FDQ¡W H[SHULHQFH DQ\WKLQJ OLNH this. Just being there [at the rally] was so transformative. I was learning in a completely different way.â€? Quan was also frustrated with the College’s academic culture. “It’s

SUHWW\ IUXVWUDWLQJ WR OHDUQ DERXW SURE OHPV DIĂ LFWLQJ WKH ZRUOG EXW QHYHU feel like I’m situated. I never feel like the teacher makes it known that we have a responsibility to do something — not just when you’re old and rich, but right now. Right now, you have a responsibility to the people around \RX <RX¡UH QRW MXVW VRPHRQH ORRNLQJ DW WKH ZRUOG VOLGH E\ <RX¡UH LQWHJUDO to the picture.â€? “That’s the problem when you intellectualize all these issues,â€? said Rachel Bass ’13, who was at all the events held in honor of Davis last ZHHN ´<RX WKLQN WKDW LW¡V HQRXJK to know about these issues and talk

about them in Val ... when really it’s very different. Even making a decision to go out there and stand on the street and talk to people [is important].â€? All may not be lost, however, DV 'DYLV¡ H[HFXWLRQ KDV VSDUNHG DQ XQORRNHG IRU UHVSRQVH IURP VWXGHQWV 6LQFH ODVW :HGQHVGD\ 3DWHO KDV UH FHLYHG QXPHURXV HPDLOV IURP VWX GHQWV LQWHUHVWHG LQ $PQHVW\ DQG LV sues of human rights. While the death penalty has not been a major focus of the College’s Amnesty chapter in the past, Patel plans to make the issue a focus for the group this coming year.

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Association of Amherst Students Senate Elections

Candidate Statements

CLASS OF 2013 Alex Propp ’13 With a new president, major changes to social policy on campus and new regulations, I think it’s clear that the College is in a time of transition. As RC of Davis and Stone, I’ve seen how these changes have affected student life. I’d like to represent the class of 2013’s perspective on issues of student life, as well as help develop environmental sustainability initiatives across campus, and I would appreciate your support.

CLASS OF 2015 Amani Ahmed ’15 Hi, my name is Amani Ahmed, and I’d love to be one of your class of 2015 representatives in the [AAS]! I’ll be a fantastic representative because I will guarantee that every voice that wants to be heard is heard. My SULRULW\ LV WR PDNH VXUH WKDW P\ IHOORZ Ă€UVW \HDUV IHHO FRPIRUWDEOH DSSURDFKLQJ PH DERXW DQ\ GLIĂ€FXOWLHV WKDW they are experiencing. The class of 2015 needs someone to lead them, and I will do that. The accomplishments that I’ve made in P\ SUHYLRXV OHDGHUVKLS SRVLWLRQV KDYH PDGH PH IXOO\ FRQĂ€GHQW that I won’t disappoint you. Vote for me! %HQ\DP $VKHQDĂ€ ¡ Hello! My name is Benyam, and I believe that my bold desire to run for Senate this year stems from my passionate dedication to ZRUN IRU WKH EHQHĂ€W RI DOO RI \RX P\ GHDU friends and for a wonderful four-year long adventure that lies ahead of us. Yes! Using my high school experience as president of student government, I hope to serve as the main link between your problems and their solutions, between your questions and their answers. By organizing main campus events too, I would like to bring us all together as a united, spirited and unforgettable class! Peace. Dvij Bajpai ’15 I’m from Mumbai. I love music, mathematics, painting and the outdoors. I want to make artistic expression as easy as possible on campus. I plan to do this by making the council more accessible to students — which will be both easily achievable, in my opinion, by redesigning the AAS website and will have an array of other EHQHĂ€WV VXFK DV HQFRXUDJLQJ OLYH PXVLF DQG DGRUQLQJ WKH FDPpus with student art. I think I’m a good candidate because I’m enthusiastic and approachable. You’re at Amherst College: you have the ability, the equality and the resources. Express yourself! Elson Browne-Low ’15 Fellow Jeffs! Enjoying late nights and endless mounds of reading? Me too! My stay has been short, but it’s been enough for me to appreciate that Amherst, late nights or no, is something special. As a candidate for the Senate, it’s my aim to preserve as best I can this environment. I want to stand up for improvement. This may VRXQG OLNH SROLWLFDO Ă XII EXW LW¡V Ă XII , LQWHQG WR UHPDLQ GHGLcated to. So vote Elson. Thank you.

to get to know you and have the chance to serve you in some way over these next four years. Samanta English ’15 Rather than make thousands of empty promises and unrealistic plans for the year, I will promise to represent you in the best way I can. I promise that I will try to get to know PRUH RI \RX DQG Ă€QG RXW ZKDW \RX DUH LQWHUested in. I can use all of the resources in my reach to improve what you need. A vote for Samanta is a vote for honesty and improvement. Zhengyuan (March) Fan ’15 HAPPINESS! What a wonderful word! It’s my philosophy for the student government: I am here to make you happy! I am sure that is what you want! Tired of food in Val? Tired of the tedious extended orientation speeches? Complaint can’t make us happy. Let’s make a change! Zhengyuan is not only “the guy with a happy face;â€? he cannot wait to serve you, to make you happier. As your senator, I am happy only when YOU are happy! YOUR happiness is my highest priority! Are you happy at Amherst? You will be, when we make a change together! Wilfredo Gomez ’15 Although I’ve never been involved in student government, I’ve always thought of myself as a person in tune with the wishes of my peers. I have already been advocating on behalf of the class of 2015 as the only freshman on a newly-created Social Life Task Force, talking about how to improve the party/recreational scene on campus. In the short time that I’ve been here, I’ve come to think of this place as a home and, with your support, I want to make sure that in the coming years it gets better. Vote W.G. for the class of 2015. Andrew Hurn ’15 To become one that stands out amongst many, there must be something that you can bring to the table that no one else here can. I bring experience, leadership, compassion and fortitude that makes me a leader. I bring a passion for all the people that have congregated under the pines and oaks to share and experience we, KDSS\ IHZ DUH SULYLOHJHG WR EH D SDUW RI $QG Ă€QDOO\ , EULQJ D mind bursting with new ideas, and I’m not afraid to hear those ideas of my peers to help better our four years together. Brian Ingram ’15 I’m Brian Ingram, and I’m the right choice for Senate because I am a genius. My life experience gives me an edge over the other candidates because I know how to represent a diverse group of students. I’m in good with the administration; Biddy Martin was in my room... that’s all you need to know.

Peter Crane ’15 Hello! My name is Peter Crane, and I’m running for the AAS. I decided to run after seeing examples of the disconnect between our freshman class and the administration, notably in the inopportune scheduling of E-Or. But instead of being a candidate who promises big things, I’d like to be the senator who helps you out in the small ways — more late-night food options, better scheduling of mandatory events (like E-Or) and more reliable internet service. If you’d like to see something done, feel free to talk to PH EHFDXVH ,¡OO Ă€JKW IRU \RX ZKHWKHU , ZLQ WKLV HOHFWLRQ RU QRW

Jonathan Jordan ’15 In his previous years, Jonathan Jordan has served as a councilman on his school’s student committee. In addition, he had also been involved in his school’s Student Leadership Team. [Having served] as a student representative in the past, Jonathan is also interested in helping his community, taking accountable roles within his school’s Community Service Student Leadership Team and wishes to bring his passion for helping to create effective change with him to the Amherst Community. Lastly, in terms of educational distinction, Jonathan is a professional geophyschoneuroanalyst who graduated with honors from Jordan University.

Kyra Ellis-Moore ’15 Hello! My name is Kyra Ellis-Moore, and I am running for class of 2015 Senator. I’m from Albuquerque, N.M. and live in Williston. I’m having an incredible time here at Amherst so far, and I am hoping that being a part of the Senate will give me a chance to get to know this school and its remarkable student body in new and better ways. I’m organized, responsible and motivated. But more importantly, I’m open-minded, far too positive and excited

Yosef Negussie ’15 Yosef Negussie, a valedictorian in high school, has had perfect attendance since WKH ÀIWK JUDGH 7KURXJK VLFNQHVV DQG health, Yosef dedicated his time not only to school, but to his friends, peers and the American Cancer Society. For four years, he has helped the American Cancer Society by fundraising through car washes and sales, participating in events like Strides Against Cancer and Relay for Life, and being an

overall positive human being. In fact, Yosef devoted over 200 hours of community [service] in the past four years alone. Yosef goes to Amherst College, and he is happy to be there. Jeremy Rubel ’15 I love Amherst College. However, I would love to make Amherst an even better place. If elected senator of the class of 2015, I promise to listen to you and communicate your ideas to the AAS to make sure your voice is heard. Alex Southmayd ’15 Any effective change in an institution starts at the ground level: communication. Peer representation is theoretically the best way to run a country, although it often appears fruitless. On a small college campus, however, the voice of the student is easy to hear, so long as there’s someone to listen. As Senator, I will be that someone. Vote Senator Southmayd if you want your voice to be heard. Sheron Torho ’15 My name is Sheron Torho, and I am runQLQJ IRU 6HQDWH /LNH PRVW RWKHU Ă€UVW \HDU students, I want to make a positive impact. Amherst College is like a community and we should act as such. I want everyone to feel supported, if not by the entire student body, then at least within their class. We should not hesitate to say “hiâ€? to each other or strike up conversations with unfamiliar people. Our sports teams are awesome, and we should show support for them with tons of spirit. I just really want to get people excited about getting involved here. Christina Won ’15 How much do I love Amherst so far? I could count the ways, but mostly it’s because of my fellow freshmen. I’m blown away by how brilliant our class is, and I’d be honored to represent it. I’ve been on student government for the past 10 years, and I think my experience in communicating with a student body and handling PRQH\ FDQ GHĂ€QLWHO\ WUDQVODWH LQWR WKH 6HQDWH ,¡P UHDOO\ H[FLWHG for our upcoming year together, and if I do have the opportunity to serve you through the Senate, I promise that I will go all out for you guys. Camille Youngblood ’15 Seventeen hundred students, 100 organizations, one Five College consortium, four classes a semester, three hours of sleep last night, too much homework and one student that wants to make a difference. I’m Camille Youngblood, and I want your vote for Senate. Senators bridge the gap between faculty and the student body. They listen to new ideas and are honest and enthusiastic in their work. Being a representative means being a fair, friendly DQG IXQ OHDGHU LQ DQG RXW RI WKH FODVVURRP RQ DQG RII WKH Ă€HOG all day, everyday. I’m Camille, I keep it real, and I’d love your vote. Thanks.

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Editorial

College Needs Auditorium For Entire Campus

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ct. 16 will be a very important day in the history of the College. That morning, we will inaugurate Biddy Martin as the College’s first female president. The ceremony should be a grand event, with the crowd facing the Holyoke Mountains while the band and choir proclaim the historic moment. Representatives from the other schools in the NESCAC, local leaders and other dignitaries will all be present as witnesses to the grand event. The ceremony sounds like a wonderful thing, save for one thing — it’s outside, and Massachusetts is rainy. When the forward-thinking person inquires as to the rainout location, he may be dismayed to find out that the backup site is Johnson Chapel. There’s nothing wrong with the Chapel, per se. It’s a great, old building, and there was a time when it would have been able to hold everyone on campus with room to spare. That day, however, is long gone. The College currently enrolls over 1,700 students; the maximum capacity of the Chapel is 600. It would take three packed Johnson Chapels to hold the entire student body, let alone the faculty, staff and other invitees. Even though turnout for

campus events is notoriously low, and it’s unrealistic to expect that everyone invited to inauguration will attend, there ought to be a place on campus that can handle the demand for more room. While Martin’s inauguration will be one of the major events of the year, and while it will undoubtedly draw a significant crowd, it is not the only event in need of extra space. Convocation is currently held in the Chapel, but this has been difficult to manage; this year, the number of attendees was sufficient that the ushers began repossessing space in the balcony that was designated for the Choral Society, and only with a significant amount of cramming and standing was the audience finally able to be accommodated. Commencement, too, demands a significantly larger amount of space than the Chapel can provide, given the fact that an entire class, along with their parents and professors, would have to fit inside in case of rain. The space doesn’t need to be utilized only for those major annual events, however. With the promise of an auditorium that could seat, perhaps, 2,000 persons, the College and the various organizations on campus

may be able to lure speakers and artists that normally wouldn’t give us a second thought. It is a known fact that the College is far behind its peer institutions in attracting major speakers to campus; the AAS even formed a committee to address the issue. Maybe if we built a space that could house a large number of people, the College could accomodate those personages that would draw a crowd. It’s important for the College to upgrade the science center. The campus has needed new social dorms for years. Still, it is vital to this campus to have the kind of space necessary to house major events, speakers and concerts. It is arguable that the construction of this kind of building is even more important; after all, Merrill is perfectly functional, MacGuire is brand new and if people didn’t want to live in the Socials they wouldn’t pick them at room draw. On the other hand, outside of the athletic center, we have nothing that can house anywhere near 1,000 people. Therefore, we believe that it is imperative that the College construct a building that can meet the demands of the student body and its various events.

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What If McCain Were President?

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hat if John McCain had won the last presidential election? An infrequently considered point is not so much what this would have meant for the United States, but rather what it would have meant for the world at large. What would the people of the world have thought about the new Commanderin-Chief, and how would they have reacted? McCain represented a great deal of what the international community didn’t appreciate about America. McCain was a Republican. Under Republican leadership, two U.S. wars were set in motion — the second of which was not sanctioned by the United Nations. Already present was the widespread opinion that America would always police the world, whether it needed to or not. Ignoring a U.N. vote and going to war with Iraq added validity to this claim. Even further, it added fear. What was the purpose of the UN, if not to give voice to the people of the world? The people said “no,â€? but all that mattered was that the United States said “yes.â€? America gets what America wants, the international community learned. At the head of it all was George W. Bush, leader of the Republican Party. Justly or unjustly, some of the blame and the fear he generated was associated with his party. 6HFRQGO\ WKH Ă€ QDQFLDO FULVLV WKDW enveloped the global economy came under Republican leadership. AntiRepublican resentment, as you may recall, was steadily building at this time. Americans saw family members get laid off, and they weren’t the only ones. Everyone around the world had less in his or her pocket. It may not have been the Republicans’ fault, but the people in power usually take the blame. This lack of responsibility appeared to be a central theme in a government that many saw as a government for the rich. McCain was the candidate presented to the American public and to a world bearing this legacy. How could the people of the United States not have elected President Obama? Let us consider one more crucial dynamic: McCain is white, ghostly ZKLWH &RQWURYHUVLDO" 'HĂ€ QLWHO\ 7UXH" 'HĂ€ QLWHO\ ,W SXWV KLP LQ VWDUN contrast with the rest of the world. That a candidate coming from a “failedâ€? party could even compete in any sense whatsoever with a smooth, IULHQGO\ FRQĂ€ GHQW QRQ &DXFDVLDQ Democrat like President Obama was inexplicable. We feared racism. Many did not even wait for debate before making their decision on race-based terms. Can you imagine John McCain — white as a sheet, representing the

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party “responsibleâ€? for the economic FUDVK DQG WKH GLIĂ€ FXOW ZDUV LQ $IJKDQ istan and Iraq — being elected? President Obama is a great orator. Moreover, he is simply likeable. Why would he not be elected? The focus should not be so much that the President was elected, but that McCain was not elected. The opposite would, perhaps, have sent a signal to the world that the United States was still a racist country. I watched each of the presidential debates closely. Part of the character of our President is that he, at the very least, appears to believe everything he says. This is not to say that the same is not true of the other candidates. It is merely to note the effectiveness of the President’s style. In spontaneous questioning he seemed genuine. We believed that this was a good man who had not been involved in politics long enough to become tainted in any way. The spell that the President weaved in the United States was transmitted to the entire world by a massive technology campaign. Here was someone we could relate to racially, emotionally and politically. Imagine, for a moment, the contrast that he generated internationally with the opposing candidate. It is thus that John McCain’s election would have affected the world: politically, emotionally and racially. Politically, the international community would have feared that under the guise of more Republican leadership the United States would perpetuate its “police the worldâ€? policies, with no meaningful resistance from the U.N. Emotionally, we would have been angry that the party “responsibleâ€? for the Ă€ QDQFLDO FULVLV ZDV UH HOHFWHG 5DFLDO ly, we would have judged American society and been deeply disappointed that progress in race matters was only an image, never a reality. Nevertheless, McCain didn’t win the presidential election. Though these seeds of negativity were planted, fear, anger and disappointment were rebuffed. Our faith, in that instant, was revived. Once again, the rest of the world believed in the good of the greatest country on our planet.

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Palestine Isn’t the Only Slighted Nation

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ast week, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas submitted a petition for statehood to the United Nations. Clearly a two-state solution LV LPSHUDWLYH WR HQGLQJ WKH FRQĂ LFW Both sides realize this — according to a March 2010 poll, 72 percent of Israelis and 57 percent of Palestinians want a two-state solution. It’s the only hope of ensuring a lasting peace, delivering justice to the Palestinians and it’s necessary for the survival of Israel as a Jewish state. But although the petition has understandably raised the hopes and emotions of millions of Palestinians, it will not bring peace. It’s easy to sympathize with the Palestinian situation, and their undeniable suffering. The settlement policy has been illegal and unjust as it divides farmers from their lands and prohibits free movement. It is less easy for Palestinian supporters to do the same with the Israeli situation, either because of the deep sense of being wronged, or Israel’s position of power over the Palestinians. But there will be no peace agreement without trust, and there can be no trust without empathy. The Jewish people have been persecuted for centuries, having borne the weight of pogroms, expulsions, discrimination and genocide. The tiny state of Israel is surrounded by hostile neighbors and anti-Semitic leaders who call for it to be wiped off the map, by terror groups that have committed themselves to achieving this goal and by nations that have waged multiple wars against it. The hard truth is that the core of WKH FRQĂ LFW LV WKH $UDE QDWLRQV¡ XQwillingness to accept the existence of a Jewish state in the Middle East, even though Jews have had a continuous presence in modern-day Israel for thousands of years, from the Exodus to the Ottoman Empire. This has been the case since 1947, when they rejected a U.N. resolution that established two states of roughly equal size and placed Jerusalem under U.N. administration, and instead declared war on the day of Israel’s proclaimed independence. Across

the Middle East, Jews, too, were made refugees. Shortly after Israel’s founding, nearly one million Jewish people were expelled from Algeria,

sponsibility for the civilian deaths that occurred in its responses, do its choices to have a military presence in the West Bank, and build a secu-

Hurst’s House Alex Hurst ’12 Alex Hurst ’12 is a Political Science major who writes a bi-weekly column on the subjects of domestic politics and world events. FHVVHV DQG WKHLU RZQ EHQHÀW LQ WKLV regard. A representative survey of East Jerusalem found that a majority of Palestinians there would rather

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While the Israelis and Palestinians have been fighting for thousands of years, the modern struggle began when the U.N. took Palestinian lands to create the state of Israel in 1946. (J\SW DQG ,UDT RU à HG YLROHQFH pogroms and persecution in other Middle Eastern states. Put in scale by population, the number of Israelis killed and wounded by terror attacks during the Second Intifada would be equivalent to 45,000 Americans killed. In response to the tragedy of 9/11, our nation embarked on two massive wars halfway around the world — both of which I was and am against, but the ÀUVW RI ZKLFK IULHQGV RI PLQH ZKR are pro-Palestinian, have defended to me. And so while Israel bears re-

rity fence — a fence that has been remarkably successful in reducing the number of attacks and bombings — strike us as so incredible? What would our response have been the equivalent of 15 9/11s? Throughout these decades, amidst security fears and violence that few of us have had to experience, Israel has remarkably remained the most open, democratic, and free society in the Middle East. Its Arab minority faces forms of discrimination that should not be overlooked, but they too recognize Israel’s suc-

become citizens of Israel than a new Palestinian state, and 40 percent said they would move in order to live under Israeli, and not Palestinian, rule. Three-quarters are concerned that they would lose their ability to write and speak freely were they to live under a Palestinian state. Israel has become increasingly isolated internationally of late, with the loss of two of its most important regional allies. In Egypt, the direction of the Arab Spring has been called into question as the regime seems to have slipped back into the

old ways, using Israel as a scapegoat WR GHĂ HFW SXEOLF DQJHU 7XUNH\¡V Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip ErdoJDQ KDV XVHG WKH Ă RWLOOD LQFLGHQW WR ratchet up the rhetoric against his nation’s former ally in a bid for a more prominent regional role. Nevermind that his administration still refuses to acknowledge the Armenian genocide (when roughly one million Armenians were slaughtered in the Ottoman Empire after WWI), is still occupying half of Cyprus (where a settlement policy has brought nearly 150,000 settlers to that portion of the island over the last three decades) and regularly engages in military strikes against the separatist Kurds. Against this backdrop, the Palestinian U.N. bid for statehood threatens to further isolate Israel — and the United States — in the international community and the Middle East. None of this makes peace more likely. Peace will come as a result of negotiations between the two sides. A Palestinian state is a necessity, but will only guarantee peace if it arises as the result of negotiated peace. A state before peace will not deliver peace, but merely another Gaza situation — something Israel has no desire in repeating. It is already known that the resolution will not pass the American veto in the Security Council, but Europe needs to vote against it as well — not out of spite to Palestinian hopes, but for them. The Obama Administration is willing to be a true friend and push Israel as hard as Clinton did at Camp David to make VLJQLĂ€FDQW FRQFHVVLRQV IRU SHDFH 7KLV ZLOO RQO\ EH PRUH GLIĂ€FXOW LI Israel feels isolated, and the point of reference becomes a U.N. resolution that has already determined a Palestinian state with 1967 borders. 3HDFH LV GLIĂ€FXOW DQG LW ZLOO QRW EH DFKLHYHG WKURXJK LQĂ DPPDtory speeches that neglect history, through intransigence that ignores suffering or through easy U.N. resolutions. Rather, both Netanyahu and Abbas need to stop demanding preconditions that should be the result of talks — borders, and recognition — and meet at the table ready to make a serious effort.

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n Sept. 25, King Abdulla of Saudi $UDELD JDYH D ÀYH PLQXWH VSHHFK granting women the right to vote, run in municipal elections and be appointed as full voting members of the Majilis Al-Shura. These rights have been denied to women in Saudi Arabia for too long, and the King’s announcement was met with surprised reactions all over the world. But as progressive as the decision appears, the King’s announcement is motivated by self-interest rather than a belief in woman’s liberation. Abdullah has been trying to ease the tense environment developing in his country by taking charge of the pro-democracy movements in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya before the Arab Spring grabs hold of his people. For instance, in March, he responded to Saudi activists’ protests by barring their demonstrations

Judy Yoo ’14 is an Opinion Section Editor. and instead announcing his public spending budget of $130 billion. Abdullah also built WKH FRXQWU\¡V Ă€UVW FRHGXFDWLRQDO XQLYHUVLW\ and granted over 120,000 scholarships to students. Indeed, these actions have given Abdullah the title of reformer, a title that has proven useful in helping him to avoid a similar fate as his long time ally, former Egyptian President Mubarak. Thus, the recent reform on women’s rights appear to be more self-serving than most. Yes, it is true that women do get greater freedom and opportunities. That is an undeniable fact. But within the large scope of oppression in Saudi Arabia, the right to vote seems long overdue. Women still are banned from driving. Their fathers or husbands have

“Yes, it is true that women do get greater freedom and opportunities ‌ but within the large scope of oppression in Saudi Arabia, the right to vote seems long overdue ‌ [the] fathers or husbands have control ‌â€? control over their freedom to travel, receive health care, attend school or even start a business. Many Saudi women like Eman Al Nafjan, a Saudi women’s rights blogger, remark

that Abdullah’s announcement was happily received by everyone. They were more hopeful, however, of a decision that would affect their everyday lives. As a 32-year-old mother of three, Nafjan says it is ridiculous for the law to not trust women behind the wheel. Furthermore, laws protecting women from rape or domestic abuse are still primitive. It seems only natural that Abdullah lift bans on these PRUH LPPHGLDWH ODZV ÀUVW In fact, even this voting right will not be effective until the 2015 elections, and women will need the approval of a male family member to exercise that right. $V GLIÀFXOW DV WKLV JRDO PD\ EH WR UHDFK Saudi women must be given greater freedom and opportunities. This will be a vital milestone for women’s rights not only in Saudi Arabia, but around the world.

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Libertarianism In Tune With Students’ Needs M ichelle Bachman wants constitutional bans on aborWLRQ DQG JD\ PDUULDJH WR ´Ă€[Âľ VWDWHV OLNH 1HZ <RUN and Massachusetts, but elsewhere she hypocritically preaches for freedom of the states; Rick Perry wants to eliminate one’s individual choice to smoke marijuana yet he paradoxically opposes the health insurance mandate because it restricts individual choice. Conservatives ban civil liberties for “terrorists,â€? ban prostitution, pornography, free alcohol

“Conservatives ban civil liberties for ‘terrorists,’ ban prostitution, pornography, free alcohol distrubution and many other things they don’t like. Freedom for this, no freedom for that. College students at Amherst are smart enough to see this hypocrisy ‌â€? distribution and many other things they don’t like. Freedom for this, no freedom for that. College students at Amherst are smart enough to see this hypocrisy — we criticize politicians for restricting our liberties every day. We know conservatives may be intolerant of OLEHUW\ RQ RQH LVVXH DQG \HW KDYH DQ LQWHQVH Ă DJ ZDYLQJ SDVsion for liberty on another. We have seen that conservatives only love some of our freedoms, but not all, and we dismiss them for their hypocrisy. My question is, will the Amherst student openly shun this hatred of freedom when it comes from other circles? Some nasty people absolutely hate individual freedoms (for other people) like Neo-Nazis and The Kims, but most people despise individual freedom only sometimes — when LW FRQĂ LFWV ZLWK WKHLU DJHQGD 3URJUHVVLYHV LQ D PDQQHU VLPLODU WR FRQVHUYDWLYHV Ă€QG LQGLYLGXDO IUHHGRP D OLWWOH DQQR\LQJ (when it gets in the way of saving the earth and society from itself). Based on prior experience, they hope to ban your SUV, RXWODZ \RXU LQFDQGHVFHQW OLJKW EXOE FRQĂ€VFDWH \RXU IDPLO\¡V KXQWLQJ ULĂ H DQG OLPLW \RXU IUHHGRP WR EX\ VRGDV IDVW IRRG and anything they decide is “unhealthyâ€? or “unsafe,â€? letting government protect you from your dangerous self. They man-

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date that you give away more in taxes for social “utopianâ€? programs you may not support, and they tie your livelihood to the whims of government program administrators and union bosses. These are a few of the oppressive components of the progressive agenda, which, when viewed as a whole, seem like disconcerted impulses that lack an ideological cohesion and infringe upon the individual freedoms which our liberal system of government and law protects dearly. Unlike progressivism, individual liberty transcends the nitty-gritty details of issues with a broad, rock-solid political principle called libertarianism. We can always look at an issue with this principle in mind and ask ourselves how we can maximize or protect individual liberty in this area. Choice, civil liberties, individualism, tolerance and coexistence come together to form the core of a free people and the basis for libertarianism. With such appealing, reasonable and consistent principles, libertarians hope to capture more and more of the public eye. College students have much in common with libertarians. Their freedom-based approach appeals greatly to our ideological instincts. Libertarians support the civil liberties of all citizens, including LGBTQIA and racial minorities. Libertarians oppose the War on Drugs, the wars overseas and the religious H[FHVV WKDW WXUQV RII WKH PRVWO\ SDFLĂ€VWLF VHFXODU OLEHUDO FROlege population. Libertarians stand against other things, such as the red tape and thorny tax code that complicate the lives RI DQ\ FROOHJH VWXGHQW ZLWK KRSHV WR VWDUW D FOXE QRQ SURĂ€W RU business before or after graduation. Libertarians also understand that college students push the boundaries of individual freedom prescribed to us by law all the time. We frequently download things using quasi-legal means, exercise “free speechâ€? online in ways that might be too free and defy certain laws prohibiting substance use for certain people. Libertarians in government respect a woman’s reproductive freedom and privacy (unlike many conservatives) and every individual’s freedom to defend himself (unlike Amherst College, which bans students from owning pepper spray and some penknives). Going even further than Democrats, Libertarians oppose the War on Drugs and national restriction of alcohol because these laws haul thousands of responsible Americans, often young and Black, to prison every year for

The AAS and Administration Agree? That’ll Be the Day 18 Freshmen Run for Senate

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had some time this week to reĂ HFW RQ P\ ODVW FROXPQ ZKHUH I talked about how the AAS was playing hardball with the administration over funding for senior bar night. Maybe all it took was talking to my friend at the College of Charleston, who is trying to convince his college administration to stop a policy of aggressively patting down dorm visitors, but it dawned on me that things generally function pretty well at Amherst. When the AAS almost barricades the doors of Converse over about $1,000 of social funding, it’s a testament to how well this school actually operates. Now that I’ve resurrected my relationship with Dean Hart and the rest of the administration (hey guys!), it’s worth updating everyone on the progress that the social policy “task forceâ€? has achieved. The task force met twice this past week with various members of the administration, and they discussed a wide range of issues. One very tangible alternative to senior bar night emerged out of these discussions — that of having an oncampus “pubâ€? night, or something along those lines, for those 21 and over, once a month. As was pointed out by various student members of the committee, having an event like this on campus, rather than at a bar in town, would eliminate the ad-

ministration’s still-confusing concerns over “liability.� Administrators seem to be on board with something like this, and

very clearly that no college funds can be used towards alcohol. Ruh Roh. Fortunately, Dean Fatemi and other administrators found a clever

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The Monkey Bar was one of the hotspots for senior bar night, but it may be passed over if festivities are moved to campus. Dean Fatemi noted that Swarthmore does something precisely like this once a week for upperclassmen. The only serious hurdle is that in the College handbook, it says

way out of this. They suggested selling t-shirts or other memorabilia and then using the money from sales towards these events. “Okay,� we said, but then a question. We (the

hurting no one. Most Democrats in power won’t support decriminalizing recreational drugs, and this is frustrating for the student majority seeking peace of mind; while the Obama administration raids medical marijuana clinics, libertarians like Ron Paul work with Democrats to sponsor bills in Congress to decriminalize it and protect unsuspecting college students like us from more unnecessary riot police, sting operations, and jail time — 132 arrests of partying Amherst students is enough for one weekend. There are many libertarians in politics and their appeal is growing, sometimes to the confusion of Americans. Libertarian-leaning Governor Bill Richardson ran for President as a Democrat in 2008. Libertarian icons Rep. Ron Paul and Governor Gary Johnson are currently running for President as Republicans, garnering a large following and spreading the principles of individual liberty through their campaigns. The American media are currently too confused and frightened to discuss this new ideology that embodies the most appealing of progressivism and conservatism. Newspapers like The Telegraph note that American libertarians threaten to “construct

“College students have much in common with libertarians. Their freedom-based approach appeals greatly to our ideological instincts. Libertarians support the civil liberties of all citizens, including LGBTQIA and racial minorities.� a ‘leave me alone’ majority that appeals to independents� and jumble the default two-party system. This is something the left and right do not want to happen. College students may be fed up with the two-party system that advocates for special interests and a fanatical base instead of what young people like us need. Establishment Republicans and Democrats are too busy shutting down the government to listen to the needs of students desiring less restriction in general, more liberty in life and a consistent and simple American principle that we can indiscriminately apply to sustain our democracy, Constitution and individual pursuit of happiness.

Pain in the AAS John Yarchoan ’13 Senators from the Association of Amherst Students are writing a weekly column to keep the student body informed about the goings-on in the Senate.

AAS) write the College handbook, so why don’t we just get rid of the part that says that no college funds can be used towards alcohol? Then we wouldn’t have to put together an ironic t-shirt that people would use as underwear. We still don’t have a clear answer on that, so I’ll get back to you. But the point is: there seems to be traction for something of a pub night once a month on campus. The social policy task force also suggested some changes to the way that TAPs are run. Jess Sidhu ’14, who is a member of the committee, explained that TAPs should be the types of parties that ordinary students cannot put together in a suite or on their own. They shouldn’t just consist of a DJ in a hot, sweaty basement blasting Ke$ha to the content of both students in attendance. The upshot of all of this is that you should expect some changes to the way TAPs are done. Expect more themed parties. Expect foam parties. Expect exotic animals. I don’t know, but it’s going to get real kinky. In other news, I had a really hard time focusing at Monday’s meeting because I was just so freakLQJ H[FLWHG WKDW ÀUVW \HDUV KDYH decided to run for the eight open class of 2015 seats. Sure enough, on Thursday, all 2015ers will cast

what will quite possibly be the most important ballot in their very short existences. They will rely on an impossibly small amount of relevant information they have on the candidates — things like hair color and what dorm each of them live in — and out of that, the new AAS class will emerge. And you wonder why we’re so good. Monday’s meeting also had its’ VKDUH RI Ă€QDQFLDO EXGJHWLQJ LVVXHV I haven’t reported on these things in the past because, well, we wanted Ă€UVW \HDUV WR UXQ IRU HLJKW VSRWV But the truth is that these discusVLRQV WDNH XS D VLJQLĂ€FDQW DPRXQW RI time at AAS meetings. This week, much of the debate focused on the Amherst culinary club, which was alternatively described as “a legitimate organizationâ€? and “a bunch of bros who want a cookout.â€? 7KH FOXE ZDQWHG D VLJQLĂ€FDQW amount of money for an introductory feast, which one “broâ€? argued would attract more members and therefore make the club more than “a bunch of bros.â€? After some debate, we gave in, so expect some news on that event and that club in the coming weeks. Finally, I’m saddened to report that the AAS was unable to get our fancy new logo on the condoms that we purchased for the year. It just wasn’t in the budget.

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

The Almighty Alum: Frits Van Paasschen ’83

“The Almighty Alumâ€? is a series of interviews with alumni who have meandered far beyond their college majors. Last Thursday, Frits Van Paasschen ’83 gave a presentation about his role as C.E.O. of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc, a global company with approximately 1,000 owned and managed properties worldwide and 145,000 employees. He presented to a room of interested parties, many of whom were Amherst students eager WR Ă€QG D MRE DQG OHDUQ IURP WKH H[SHULenced Paasschen. He covered a variety RI VXEMHFWV LQWHJUDO WR WKULYLQJ LQ WRday’s competitive and ever-changing business world, including energy efĂ€FLHQF\ JOREDOL]DWLRQ DQG WHFKQRORJ\ Central to his presenation, entitled “Preparing for Success in Today’s New World Order,â€? was what he’d picked up since leaving Amherst. Like many other Amherst alumni, one thing he learned was that one’s career won’t necessarily follow a beaten path. He shared with us this experience, as well as his opinions on his life now as it relates to his past.

those would be your majors or did it WDNH \RX D FRXSOH RI \HDUV WR Ă€JXUH that out? I originally came in thinking I ZRXOG PDMRU LQ HFRQRPLFV DQG WKHQ , would go to medical school. I thought that economics would make me more aware of the world at large. And I ended up liking my biology classes VR PXFK WKDW , FRPSOHWHG D PDMRU LQ that as well. But also at the same time in looking at medical schools, I realL]HG WKDW , GLGQ¡W ZDQW WR EH D GRFWRU It turned out that the economics background was useful in a way I hadn’t expected. Do you remember what your favorite class here was? I had a wonderful class in genetics with two professors named Hexter and Yoats. That was fantastic. And I had a year of Russian literature with 6WDQOH\ 5DELQRZLW] WKDW , HQMR\HG LPmensely. And I had a wonderful class ZLWK )UDQN :HVWKRII DERXW Ă€QDQFH WKDW I thought was interesting in that it gave me an exposure to the world of policymaking, which was new to me.

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The short answer to that would be EHFDXVH , ORYH ZKDW , GR , ÀQG LW UHDOly interesting to work with the people that I work with. I think the problems that I get to solve and address are both interesting and important, and I live somewhere I like to live. For me, working in a globallybranded enterprise is a great way to mix what’s happening in the world at large with real-world business decisions. If I were to try to explain what I like about working in a business, more than anything else it’s that you have a great opportunity not only to make change but to explore human potential. You get to see things happen and people doing things that they never would have thought that they could. Has your motivation changed with time? Would you have given a similar answer, for instance, 20 or 25 years ago? I’m hoping I’ve learned something in 20 years, but also that I’m the same person that I was. Twenty years ago I was still working in consulting and I ZDV HQMR\LQJ WKH DFFHVV WKDW , KDG DW D relatively young age to people running FRPSDQLHV DQG , HQMR\HG VROYLQJ LQWHUesting problems using political skills. I was also living in the Netherlands, so going back to the country where I was born was a great experience. So the similarity [between the past and the present] would mostly focus on my own growth and development and the difference would be a greater interest now in the growth and development of other people as opposed to only myself. If you could give advice to Amherst students today what would it be? I’ll go back to something I was

Five College Events Sept. 29: “Analysis of Partially-Observed Social Network Data,â€? UMass, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Krista Gile, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at UMass Amherst will give a talk detailing three case studies involving social networing. The cases will be used to highlight the variety of questions and approaches used in social network research. Lunch will be provided for this free event. Oct. 1: “Playhouse-Barbie and Ken,â€? Mt. Holyoke College, 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. The Association of Pan-African Unity will KDYH WKHLU Ă€UVW SDUW\ DW WKH %ODQFKDUG &DPSXV Center. The theme for this party will be Barbie and .HQ $GPLVVLRQ LV Ă€YH GROODUV EHIRUH S P VHYHQ GROODUV DIWHU S P DQG HLJKW GROODUV SHU couple for the entire night.

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Van Paasschen, CEO of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. dropped his desire to go to medical school in favor of a career in business. talking about during the presentation. I think being ready and willing to make mistakes and to be mindful of the idea that failure is an option are very important. Sometimes the best learning experiences are those that are the least pleasant at the time. One of the dangers of being a high-achieving person is fearing failure and making decisions based on trying to avoid failure as opposed to, not necessarily seeking out failure or failing deliberately, but putting yourself in a position where that is a possibility and either learning that you can do something you never thought you could or actually failing miserably and picking yourself back XS DQG ÀJXULQJ RXW ZKDW JRHV IURP there. If you could go back and do it all

again, what would you change? Is that an option? Is there an app for that? It’s kind of a tough question in this sense because if I went back and didn’t make the mistakes I made, then I might not have learned things or something different may have happened. I’ve had a great time and if I went back to giving advice it would be WR ÀQG VWXII \RX UHDOO\ OLNH WR GR DQG meet people you really like to work with. I think I’ve largely done that. I might’ve tried to take myself a little less seriously at times, but I am pretty sure that if I went back and gave myself that advice that’s not how it would work out. — Jacob Walters ’14

This Week in Amherst History: Sept. 26, 1968

Scliar,â€? Hampshire College, 2:00 p.m. %UD]LOLDQ QRYHOLVW 0RDF\U 6FOLDU ZDV RQH RI /DWLQ $PHULFD¡V PRVW LQĂ XHQWLDO -HZLVK ZULWHUV His novel, The Centaur in the Garden, was included in the Yiddish Book Center’s list of “Greatest :RUNV RI 0RGHUQ -HZLVK /LWHUDWXUH Âľ ,ODQ 6WDYDQV Scliar’s longtime friend and the Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst, celebrates Scliar’s life and work with reminiscences, readings and more. This is a free event and will take place in the Yiddish Book Center.

2FW ´-DQH +LUVKĂ€HOG 3RHWU\ 5HDGLQJ Âľ 6PLWK College, 7:30 p.m. -DQH +LUVKĂ€HOG¡V SRHPV GHVFULEHG E\ The New York Times as “passionate and radiant,â€? embrace both human experience and the natural world with empathy and care. Her seventh collection, “Come, Oct. 1: “Fall Reception: Michael Haley,â€? 7KLHI Âľ ZDV MXVW UHOHDVHG $ ORQJ WLPH =HQ SUDFWLUMass, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. tioner, she has edited and co-translated three poetry UMass Amherst Libraries host the 13th annual anthologies focusing on women’s spirit and is auFall Reception with keynote speaker, Michael Hay- WKRU RI ´1LQH *DWHV (QWHULQJ WKH 0LQG RI 3RHWU\ Âľ ley, who will give a talk about his life as an Emmy- +LUVKĂ€HOG¡V PDQ\ KRQRUV LQFOXGH IHOORZVKLSV IURP winning producer, director and actor. Hayley has the Academy of American Poets and the GuggenEHHQ LQ WKH Ă€OP LQGXVWU\ IRU \HDUV VWDUWLQJ LQ WKH heim and Rockefeller Foundations. This reading 1960s, after he graduated from UMass. The event is free to the public and will be held in Weinstein is free and open to the community. Auditorium in Wright Hall. Oct. 2: “Ilan Stavans Pays Tribute to Moacyr

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The Student published an article about the College’s new pride and joy: the IBM 1130, a thirdgeneration computer. This computer, which resided in the Converse basement, was the biggest student computer available in the Little Three. Printing speed was more than quadrupled from the previous computer’s 80 lines a minute to a whopping 340 lines. The program card reader was also faster: reading 400 cards per minute, 100 cards faster than the previous card reader. This state-of-the-art computer cost the College $121,000.

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THE “BARBARICâ€? MUSIC :ULWLQJ SRHWU\ DIWHU $XVFKZLW] is barbaric. — Theodor Adorno Steve Reich, the American composer celebrated for minimalist compositions like “Piano Phaseâ€? (1967), “Clapping Musicâ€? (1972) DQG ´'LIIHUHQW 7UDLQVÂľ MXVW released a piece entitled WTC 9/11 for string quartet and prerecorded tape. Commissioned by his longterm collaborator the Kronos Quartet, it premiered at Duke Univ. this March as a musical tribute to the 10-Year memorial of the Sept. 11 attacks. The album reminds me of Arnold Schoenberg’s “A Survivor from Warsaw,â€? which was composed and premiered more than 60 years ago, a few years after the end of the Second World War and the Holocaust. Both of these pieces are musical tributes to catastrophic events in human history — the Sept. 11 attacks and the Holocaust — that profoundly LQĂ XHQFHG WKH FRPSRVHUV 5HLFK DV an American and Schoenberg as an $XVWULDQ -HZ In “WTC 9/11,â€? the tape consists mainly of recorded human voices and plays a central musical role. Reich draws most of his musical ideas by matching these voices ZLWK GHĂ€QLWH SLWFKHV RQ WKH VWULQJ LQstruments. His music simply echoes DQG IROORZV WKH Ă RZ RI WKHVH YRLFHV ZLWKRXW DQ\ RWKHU IRUPDO WUDMHFWRU\ 7KH Ă€UVW PRYHPHQW ´ Âľ VWDUWV with an off-hook tone, followed by the higher strings that match its steady rhythm and its piercing sound of a minor-second interval. This combination dominates the Ă€UVW DQG VHFRQG PRYHPHQWV DV DQ LQtervallic and rhythmic motive. Then comes a series of fragmented voices from the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the New York Fire Department, which chronologically retell the attacks. Again, the strings “doubleâ€? the voices with WKHLU GHĂ€QLWH SLWFKHV DV LI WKH\ ZHUH their shadows and echoes. Reich applies the same compositional strategy in the second movement “2010,â€? where he turns his focus from the past to the present, and uses voices from the interviews conducted in 2010, in which his New Yorker

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the chromatic scale, and follows the principle that, in contrast to tonal music, all of these 12 notes should receive equal attention. The text, a little longer than 400 words, is written by Schoenberg himself but drawn from real survivor accounts. It tells the story of a survivor from a concentration camp, where he experienced severe violence and witnessed some other victims chanting 6KHPD <LVUDHO WKH PRVW VDFUHG -HZish prayer, “as if prearrangedâ€? upon being sent to the gas chamber. Like Reich, Schoenberg orgaQL]HV KLV PXVLF DURXQG WKH WH[W Even though his music has a formal design of expositional, developmental and recapitulative gestures, it mainly adheres to the motives of the words and is dedicated to a highly literal text-painting, as if its servant. Interestingly, in the score Schoenberg marks the narrator’s text with musical notation that indicates a highly precise rhythm (with 32nd notes and triplets) and an almost melodic contour (with accidental signs). It seems as if Reich and SchoenEHUJ Ă€QG LW SUREOHPDWLF WR FRPSRVH music for a human catastrophe like the Sept. 11 attacks and the Holocaust. It is then necessary, in order to achieve this musical goal, to submit their music to the power of spoken words. Why, for these two accomplished composers, has music beImage courtesy of nonesuch.com come troublesome and powerless? Do they share Adorno’s opin- This cover art alone stirred up fierce debate since it was revealed in August. Will or should the same thing happen ion that any kind of art based on or to Reich’s music? addressing a catastrophe where the victims experience horrible vio- 9/11,â€? the words of the interviewers the narration hits its climax and pressionism, yet the fact that the lence, fear, torture and death, is an give way to anonymous singing and gives way to the “grandioseâ€? chant- whole piece is constructed upon a abuse of the victims and therefore chanting in the tape. 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The Metropolitian Opera began screening operas at theaters worldwide, giving people the unique opportunity of watching an opera for a small ticket price. Nicole Chi ’15 Contributing Writer

Have you ever seen an opera before? For me — and, I’m sure, a good portion of our student body — the answer would be no. The time and money required to go see an opera are quite considerable, not to mention that opera is not an art form that many young people have been routinely exposed to. This season of The Met: Live in HD, however, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live transmissions of world-renowned operas to movie theaters around the world, will change my answer from no to yes. There are many reasons why opera, as an art form, is so removed from the general population. 7KH SULPDU\ UHDVRQ LV WKDW LW LV GLIĂ€FXOW WR DFFHVV and understand. We are not exposed to opera through popular culture. The plot of operas is less relatable, the language foreign and the music so incredibly different from popular music that it would take multiple listens to appreciate fully. This in and of itself lessens the chance that a college student who has no previous love of opera would spend time and money to watch an opera at the Metropolitan Opera. However, The Met: Live in HD, however, makes opera so accessible that it would be foolish not to take advantage of it. Most opera companies are very protective of their content and do not allow any access to their operas other than through live performances. The Metropolitan Opera, on the other hand, is expanding its worldwide distribution of opera transmissions to 1,600 theaters in 54 countries this year -- a tremendous feat and the largest global audience the initiative has ever reached. The Metropolitan Opera Company is one of the most famous opera companies in the world, and the fact that they are willing to put in WKH VLJQLĂ€FDQW HIIRUW DQG LQFUHGLEOH DPRXQWV RI UHVRXUFHV WR VSUHDG WKHLU PDWHULDO LQ KLJK GHĂ€QLtion is not something that should be considered lightly. As freshman and opera lover Owen Marschall explains, “Whatever exclusive, elitist aura there is or was about going to the Met and seeing an opera, they completely destroyed it by putting it out to this degree. Yet people still go to see live SHUIRUPDQFHV DQG Ă€OO XS WKH KRXVH PXOWLSOH WLPHV a day. It’s a huge testament to the quality of their art.â€? This is a good thing. There are people who disagree, however -people who argue that putting

an opera on the movie screen destroys its mystique and shows it in a way that it, as an art form, is not meant to be shown. These people are absurd. Yes, watching an opera onstage is different from watching an opera in a movie theater. But this merely means that technology will not be able to replace opera houses; live performances will always be one unreachable step beyond videotapes, but that fact in no way diminished the importance and necessity of The Met’s broadcasts. Traditionally, only wealthy upperclass elites could afford to go to operas. Even today, opera is viewed by many youths as an art form that is only appreciated by critics and snobbish people of the older generation. Incorporating technology to make an underappreciated art form more accessible to the general public, and to syndicate that art widely, is absolutely praiseworthy. The 2011-12 Live in HD season features 11 works, a full list of which can be found on WKH 0HWURSROLWDQ 2SHUD¡V RIĂ€FLDO ZHEVLWH ,Qcluded in the lineup are “La Traviata,â€? “Don Giovanniâ€? and “Faust,â€? among many other masterpieces. As the Metropolitan Opera announced on their website, the operas chosen are meant to appeal to both opera lovers and those who are new to opera. According to the Met’s website, “The productions are chosen to represent a variety of styles and the full range of Met repertoire and artists. They all feature great storytelling, great singing, and extraordinary production values. Many people tell us that it is a perfect, low-risk way to introduce a reluctant opera goer to the art form.â€? Also, a noteworthy difference about this season is that Fabio Luisi, previously the principal guest director, will be the Met’s Principal Conductor instead of James Levine, who underwent emergency surgery recently and is still recovering. He will replace Levine for most of the fall performances, conducting the new productions of “Don Giovanniâ€? (premiering October 13) and “Siegfriedâ€? (premiering October 27). As Peter Gelb, general manager of the Met says:â€?Having Fabio available to do these productions provides a good and strong hand with the orchestra at a time when we need one.â€? So, why not take advantage of this opportunity and go watch an opera at Hampshire Mall when the season begins?

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A Sports Film Right on the Money Ethan Gates ’12 Staff Writer

There’s a curious stigma attached to sports movies. For some reason, every time we get an above-average Ă€OP DERXW ER[LQJ L H ´7KH )LJKWHUÂľ baseball (“Sugarâ€?), football (“Invincibleâ€?) or hockey (“Miracleâ€?), marketers put an inordinate amount of time

always?), “Moneyball� follows the career of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), who in 2002 rocked the baseball world by using intense statistical analysis to determine which players to draft, trade and play on a day-to-day basis. That sounds rather ho-hum, but the effect of sabermetrics (as the system is usually referred to) on the sport really

players and managers all felt that their jobs were threatened by the new metrics, with experienced veterans of the sport getting replaced by the beancounters. The A’s owner was intensely afraid of being humiliated after the team made an impressive playoff run in 2001. However, for Beane, the goal was the same as always: win a World Series. His innovation was in attempt-

Yorkâ€?) wisely push Beane to the forefront. Sorkin and Zaillian expertly layer the scenes set in 2002 with wellWLPHG Ă DVKEDFNV WR %HDQH¡V \RXWK when he was signed as a blue-chip prospect to the New York Mets. The scouts, using traditional diagnostics — like “he throws the ball goodâ€? — insisted that the strapping lad was going to be a superstar. Beane turned

Film Review “Moneyball� Directed by Bennett Miller Written by Aaron Sorkin and Steve Zaillian Starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill and Robin Wright

and effort into insisting that it’s not “just a sports movie.â€? These movies become intimate character dramas, authentic slices of American life, uplifting narratives of personal regret and redemption. :KLFK VSRUWV Ă€OP LV QRW DERXW those things? Where are these mythical movies that just feature two hours of pure game footage? Was “Field RI 'UHDPVÂľ MXVW D EDVHEDOO Ă LFN" Was “Seabiscuitâ€? as dull and dense as a Ken Burns documentary? Was “Rockyâ€? just about a mumbling Italian? Okay, perhaps the last one is true, but “Moneyballâ€? should trumpet its baseball-ness loudly and proudly. You can futz around all you want with what it’s “really about,â€? but baseball LV WKH KHDUW DQG VRXO RI WKLV Ă€OP DQG whatever your feelings towards the sport, that is not a bad thing for cinematic purposes. Call us suckers for an underdog, perhaps, but no other social venue delivers us such tales so consistently. The game captures our imagination. Based on a true story (aren’t they

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Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) used statistical analysis, rather than scouts, to determine which players to draft in an effort to win a World Series. can’t be overstated: for years, players were evaluated based on the unreliable LPSUHVVLRQV RI VFRXWV DQG à DZHG VWDWV WKDW LJQRUHG PDQ\ RQ ÀHOG VXEWOHWLHV Beane’s methods gave the low-budget A’s a brief window to outsmart highspending big market teams like the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. Looking back almost 10 years later, we know that sabermetrics works. It’s not perfect, but pretty much every major league team now uses advanced stats to make moves (which means that the big money teams have the advantage again, but we’ll ignore that part). But at the time, Beane was running a dangerous experiment. Scouts,

ing a different way of reaching that goal. Likewise, “Moneyballâ€? goes for the same targets as any other sports movie: inspiration, victory and reGHPSWLRQ %XW WKH Ă€OP WZHDNV WKH XVXDO DSSURDFK Ă€QGLQJ LWV QDUUDWLYH not so much in the game itself but in Beane’s behind-the-scenes antics. The 0LFKDHO /HZLV ERRN RQ ZKLFK WKH Ă€OP is based spent a lot of time on the ins and outs of statistical analysis and the main players in question; Beane’s career was something of a subplot. But director Bennett Miller (“Capoteâ€?) and writers Aaron Sorkin (“The Social Network,â€? “The West Wingâ€?) and Steven Zaillian (“Schindler’s List,â€? “Gangs of New

down a full scholarship to Stanford to SOD\ EDOO RQO\ WR Ă€]]OH RXW LQ VSHFWDFular fashion, hitting only three home runs in a brief and tumultous major league career. So the stakes are personal for Beane, who, by the way, will also have to move away from his daughter if he loses his job. Pitt gives one of the better performances of his career KHUH LQMHFWLQJ WKH FRQĂ€GHQW DQG EUDVK Beane with a humanizing helping of self-doubt and just a touch of the comedic strut he showed off in “Inglourious Basterdsâ€? and “Burn After Reading.â€? Beane refused (and still refuses) to watch the A’s play live, preferring to LVRODWH KLPVHOI LQ KLV RIĂ€FH RU KLV FDU or the gym. But there is unexpected

poignancy in the way he can never quite hold himself back completely, SHULRGLFDOO\ Ă LFNLQJ RQ WKH UDGLR RU the TV to catch a glimpse of the score. The game always lures him back. There are odd parallels in “Moneyballâ€? to last year’s big Oscar winner, “The King’s Speech.â€? An unexpected friendship between two men, Beane and Peter Brand (Jonah Hill, dialing back his Apatow training a bit to play a more realistic geek) challenges a conservative establishment that persistently insists that “this isn’t how things are done.â€? A hounding media and stubborn opponents within their own organization (here embodied by a curmedgeonly Philip Seymour Hoffman, playing A’s manager Art Howe LQ XQĂ DWWHULQJ IDVKLRQ SURYLGH HYHQ more adversity. But, just as Colin Firth’s King Edward gradually found his voice through unorthodox methods, a peculiar thing happened in Oakland: the A’s started winning. And they kept winning. The incredible streak that catapulted the 2002 A’s into history is deftly executed by Miller and his crew. The director seamlessly integrates real game footage into the story, alternating with gorgeous close-ups of the acWRUV E\ FLQHPDWRJUDSKHU :DOO\ 3Ă€VWHU (“The Dark Knight,â€? “Inceptionâ€?) that emphasize the intense spotlight focused on these games. For Beane and his team, the outside world fades away into darkness. The game is everything. Sorkin’s script is not as self-consciously witty as it was in “The Social Network,â€? but the auteur screenwritHU¡V VWDPS LV VWLOO DOO RYHU WKLV Ă€OP LQ its careful focus on dialogue. A scene ZKHUH %HDQH DQG %UDQG Ă€QDJOH WKHLU way through a major deal at baseball’s trade deadline is as quietly gripping as the duel of words between Mark Zuckerberg and Erica Albright. And that’s a great way to describe “Moneyballâ€? as a whole: it quietly grips you, carefully measuring out suspense and emotional release in a way that is simply satisfying. The game may not be for everyone, but this movie is.

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SURGING SOCCER TEAMS STAY UNDEFEATED No. 5 men’s team hammers Hamilton 1-0; Spencer Noon ’13 scores game-winner Andrew Kurzweil ’15 Contributing Writer

The men’s soccer team gave Hamilton a rude welcoming to the NESCAC, defeating the Continentals 1-0 in the inaugural conference meeting between the two programs. Junior Spencer Noon’s 17th-minute goal provided all the offense the team would need. Noon has been in top form of late. The forward has recorded goals in each of the last three games. This SDUWLFXODU Ă€QLVK ZDV D GLUHFW UHVXOW RI all the practice time the team has put in on the pitch. “I received a diagonal ball through, DQG Ă€UHG D VKRW DW WKH JRDONHHSHU +H made a great save, but fortunately I was in the right position to follow it up and score the rebound. Coach 6HUSRQH DOZD\V WHOOV RXU DWWDFNLQJ players to follow up our chances so it was great to get a goal that way.â€? The defense was particularly good against Hamilton, as the Jeffs limited their opponents to only 12 shots, while on the offensive end, the Jeffs Ă€UHG VKRWV 1RRQ ERUURZHG D IRRWball metaphor to describe the Jeffs’ VWLQJ\ EDFNOLQH FRPSDULQJ WKH -HIIV¡ RXWVLGH IXOOEDFNV WR WZR GRPLQDQW 1HZ <RUN -HWV¡ FRUQHUEDFNV “Chris Lerner ’13 and Julian Aoyoma ’14 have been playing extremely ZHOO DW RXWVLGH EDFN WKLV \HDU :H call them Darrelle Revis and Antonio &URPDUWLH EHFDXVH WKH\ VKXW DWWDFN-

ing players down on their own without help.â€? In “fĂştbolâ€? terms, Aoyama models his game after the famous Real 0DGULG ULJKW EDFN 6HUJLR 5DPRV /LNH 5DPRV $R\DPD XQGHUVWDQGV his defensive abilities, but he is more WKDQ MXVW D VROLG GHIHQGHU /LNH WKH 6SDQLVK ULJKW EDFN KH HPXODWHV $R\DPD DWWDFNV ZLWK D YHQJHDQFH equaled only by his aggressive defending. Part of the defensive success can EH DWWULEXWHG WR RQH FHQWHU PLGĂ€HOGHU in particular. As his coach, Justin Serpone, put it, senior co-captain “Thebe Tsatsimpe has been integral to our early success on both sides of the ball. He’s so determined, so talented and such a leader that his energy rubs off on all of his teammates.â€? 7KH VFDU\ WKLQJ IRU WHDPV OLNH Hamilton is that the Jeffs feel they have yet to play their best game. LenQDUG .RYDFV ¡ ZKR VDYHG DOO Ă€YH VKRWV KH IDFHG SXW LW VLPSO\ ´:H haven’t played well yet for a full 90 PLQXWHV ,I ZH GR QRW Ă€JXUH RXW KRZ we are going to bring our best performance for a full game we might get in trouble very soon. I would not call our defense stellar so far.â€? ´:H KDYH DOUHDG\ JLYHQ XS WKUHH JRDOV LQ MXVW Ă€YH JDPHV DQG FRQVLGering the goals we have let up these are at least two too many,â€? Kovacs said. Nevertheless, the Jeffs have recorded two straight shutout victoULHV DIWHU VRPHZKDW VKDN\ GHIHQVLYH

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Spencer Noon ’13 netted the game-winning goal against Hamilton to propel the Jeffs to a 1-0 win on Saturday. Noon and striker Jae Heo ’14 have formed a dynamic scoring duo up front, combining for seven goals. performances against Bates (3-2) and Bridgewater State (2-1). 7KH -HIIV KDYH D GLIÀFXOW ZHHN ahead and hope to put forth their best effort in all three games. They play at Gordon tonight before returning KRPH WR WDNH RQ 7XIWV DQG /HVOH\ RQ

Saturday and Monday respectively. 6HUSRQH KDV QRW ORRNHG DKHDG DOO season and is not going to start now. ´:H KDYH WKUHH JDPHV LQ VL[ GD\V RYHU WKH FRXUVH RI WKH QH[W ZHHN This is a point in the season where ZH DUH JRLQJ WR HLWKHU WDNH D ELJ VWHS

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No.  18  Women’s  Soccer  Nets  Two  Tight  Victories  â€™13 at the top of the 18-yard box; Nathan then drilled a shot off the bottom of the crossbar to give Amherst a 1-0 lead. Head coach Jen Hughes said that the Jeffs $IWHU URPSLQJ SDVW RSSRQHQWV LQ LWV Ă€UVW performed brilliantly in the opening 45 minutes, WKUHH PDWFKHV WKH ZRPHQ¡V VRFFHU WHDP HNHG thoroughly outplaying a higher-reputed SpringRXW WZR QDLO ELWLQJ YLFWRULHV ODVW ZHHN WR LPĂ€HOG WHDP $PKHUVW KHOG GHFLVLYH DGYDQWDJHV LQ prove to 5-0-0 (3-0-0 NESCAC). The Jeffs VKRWV DQG FRUQHU NLFNV ´,Q WKH Ă€UVW XSVHW 1R 6SULQJĂ€HOG ODVW :HGQHVGD\ half, we played with wonderful intensity, we before escaping with a 2-1 overtime win over SOD\HG SK\VLFDO DQG ZH PRYHG WKH EDOO TXLFNHamilton on Saturday. The two wins propelled ly,â€? Hughes said. WKH -HIIV WR 1R LQ WKH QDWLRQDO UDQNLQJV The pace of the match slowed a bit in the )RU WKH Ă€UVW WLPH LQ Ă€YH \HDUV WKH ZRPHQ¡V second half, with both teams struggling to genVRFFHU WHDP KDV VWDUWHG LWV VHDVRQ ZLWK Ă€YH FRQerate openings on the offensive end. The tenasecutive wins. Since 1979, no team in program FLRXV $PKHUVW GHIHQVH VW\PLHG 6SULQJĂ€HOG¡V history has opened the season at 6-0-0, but the DWWDFNLQJ WKUXVWV IURP VWDUW WR Ă€QLVK SUHVHUY-HIIV FRXOG HTXDO WKH PDUN ZLWK D URDG YLFWRU\ DW ing the 1-0 win — the Jeffs’ fourth consecutive shutout to start the season. Nonetheless, the coaching staff said that the WHDP¡V XQUHPDUNDEOH VHFRQG KDOI SHUIRUPDQFH OHIW PXFK WR EH GHVLUHG ´:H OHW GRZQ D OLWWOH in the second half, so our lesson from this game was that we need to put a full 90 minutes together,â€? Hughes said. The Jeffs returned to NESCAC action over WKH ZHHNHQG WDNLQJ RQ OHDJXH QHZFRPHU +DPilton. The Continentals had competed in the NESCAC in 1993 and 1994, losing to Amherst badly in both encounters (3-1 and 3-0). This time around, however, the Jeffs found themselves battling a feisty Hamilton side. The Continentals started the game brightly, gaining an early 1-0 lead (21st minute) when Charlotte Cosgrove unleashed a laser that caromed in off the crossbar from 25 yards out. Amherst had not conceded a single goal in its previous four games this season, as Hamilton’s WDOO\ VQDSSHG VHQLRU JRDONHHSHU $OOLH +RUZLW]¡V VFRUHOHVV VWUHDN RI PLQXWHV LQ QHW ´:H KDG D VORZ VWDUW DJDLQVW +DPLOWRQ Âľ +XJKHV VDLG ´+DPLOWRQ VLPSO\ RXWZRUNHG XV DW WKH EHJLQQLQJ RI WKH Ă€UVW KDOI :H OHDUQHG WKDW we can’t just show up and win; we have to come Photo by Kate Berry ’12 to play against every opponent.â€? Infused with a new sense of urgency, the Sarah Duffy ’14 scored a goal with 12.8 seconds left in overtime to lift Amherst to a 2-1 vic- -HIIV ZRNH XS DQG LPSURYHG WKHLU OHYHO RI SOD\ tory over Hamilton. The breakout striker leads the Jeffs with seven goals this season. tying the score in the 42nd minute. Duffy the Brenton Arnaboldi ’14 Managing Sports Editor

Trinity this evening. After exacting sweet revenge in a 2-0 victory over Middlebury last Sunday (Sept. 18), the -HIIV GRPLQDWHG 1R 6SULQJĂ€HOG LQ WKH Ă€UVW KDOI RQ :HGQHVGD\ 3XVKLQJ IRUZDUG DW D EOLVWHULQJ WHPSR WKH -HIIV HQMR\HG DQ HDUO\ Ă XUU\ RI VFRULQJ RSSRUWXQLWLHV IRUFLQJ WKH 6SULQJĂ€HOG JRDONHHSHU WR PDNH D IHZ WRXJK VDYHV $PKHUVW came inches away from grabbing the lead at DURXQG WKH WK PLQXWH ZKHQ Ă€UVW \HDU 0HO Stier’s shot ricocheted off the left post. After narrowly missing several other quality scoring chances, the Jeffs capitalized on WKHLU Ă€UVW KDOI GRPLQDQFH ZLWK D JRDO LQ WKH 39th minute. Reigning NESCAC Player of the :HHN 6DUDK 'XII\ ¡ IRXQG .DWKU\Q 1DWKDQ

WHDP¡V OHDGLQJ VFRUHU ZLWK VHYHQ JRDOV Âł Ă€UHG D VKRW WKDW ZDV EORFNHG E\ WKH +DPLOWRQ JRDONHHSHU EXW &KORH 0F.HQ]LH ¡ ZDV WKHUH WR SXW KRPH WKH UHERXQG IRU KHU Ă€UVW JRDO RI WKH season. The score would remain 1-1 through the VHFRQG KDOI DQG QHLWKHU WHDP FRXOG EUHDN WKH GHDGORFN LQ WKH Ă€UVW RI PLQXWHV RI RYHUWLPH $V WLPH ZLQGHG GRZQ WR WKH Ă€QDO EX]]HU the Jeffs refused to settle for a draw, and desperately pushed forward for a game-winning tally. :LWK VHFRQGV OHIW LQ RYHUWLPH 'XII\ VWXQQHG WKH KRPH FURZG ZLWK D PDJQLĂ€FHQW goal, dribbling past a series of Hamilton defenders before lifting a shot above the outstretched DUPV RI WKH &RQWLQHQWDO JRDONHHSHU VHQGLQJ WKH visiting Jeffs into a state of euphoria. :LWK WKH RYHUWLPH YLFWRU\ $PKHUVW LPproved its NESCAC record to 3-0-0. The Jeffs Ă€QG WKHPVHOYHV LQ Ă€UVW SODFH LQ WKH FRQIHUHQFH WZR SRLQWV DKHDG RI 7XIWV DQG :LOOLDPV HDFK with 2-0-1 records). The Jeffs continue their league schedule with a tough road game at Trinity (1-0-2) toQLJKW 7KH %DQWDPV JDYH WKH -HIIV Ă€WV ODVW VHDVRQ LQĂ LFWLQJ D GHIHDW DW $PKHUVW LQ WKH 2010 seniors’ last regular season game. After playing Trinity, the Jeffs will host Tufts on Saturday afternoon. “Trinity and Tufts are important games for us,â€? Hughes said. “They are both tough conference opponents, and we need to come to play DJDLQVW WKHP :H KDYHQ¡W VWUXQJ D IXOO PLQutes together yet, and I’m hoping we get closer to a full 90 with each game, starting with Trinity.â€? Women’s Soccer Wednesday’s Game Amherst (4-0-0) Springfield (4-2-0)

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Women’s Golf Excels While Men Hit the Rough Karl Greenblatt ’15 Contributing Writer

Women The women’s golf team sustained its early season success at the Mount +RO\RNH ,QYLWDWLRQDO WKLV SDVW ZHHNend, securing a third-place result in the team competition with a two-day total of 654. The team, which began the season UDQNHG WK QDWLRQDOO\ DPRQJ 'LY ,,, schools, continued its solid swinging WKLV ZHHNHQG WUDLOLQJ RQO\ :LOOLDPV (634) and Middlebury (644). Starting WKH ZHHNHQG VWURQJ WKH -HIIV DFWXDOO\ held second place at the end of Day 1. Much of Amherst’s success this ZHHNHQG FDQ EH DWWULEXWHG WR 1LQD <RR ¡ ZKR Ă€QLVKHG HLJWK RYHUDOO DQG Ă€UVW DPRQJ WKH -HIIV 7KH 79 she shot on Day 2 matched her score from the second day of last ZHHN¡V HYHQW WKH 1<8 LQYLWDWLRQDO which turned out to be a team- and tournament-best. Right behind Yoo at Mount +RO\RNH ZDV IHOORZ VHQLRU (ODLQH Lin, who tied for 10th (161). Kristen Lee ‘14 (166), Laura Monty ’12 (167) and Sooji Choi ’14 (172) also posted respectable scores. The well-balanced effort allowed the Jeffs to hold off IRXUWK SODFH :DJQHU E\ D PHUH WKUHH VWURNHV SURSHOOLQJ WKHP LQWR D ZHHN of preparation for the Middlebury InYLWDWLRQDO QH[W ZHHNHQG “Our short games need to be sharper in order to score a little more competitively,â€? said head coach Michelle Morgan, “[but] we will get WKHUH ZLWK D OLWWOH PRUH ZRUN DQG D little more patience.â€? Women’s Results (third of ď™„ď™ˆ) (at Mount Holyoke) 8) Nina Yoo (81-79-160) 10) Elaine Lin (82-79-161) 22) Kristen Lee (79-87-166) 23) Laura Monty (83-84-167) 38) Sooji Choi (85-87-172)

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“The team has shown great camaraderie and support for each other and our senior leadership has had a significant impact on the younger players of which I am very proud,â€? Morgan said. Following Middlebury, the team continues its busy fall schedule by competing on two more consecutive ZHHNHQGV WUDYHOLQJ WR WKH :LOOLDPV Fall Classic on Oct. 8 and to the :HOOHVOH\ ,QYLWDWLRQDO RQ 2FW Men After an impressive performance at Middlebury 10 days ago, the men’s JROI WHDP VWUXJJOHG D ELW DW WKH :LOOLDPV ,QYLWDWLRQDO WKLV SDVW ZHHNHQG SODFLQJ WK RXW RI D Ă€HOG RI LQ WKH team competition. Junior Ben Johnston set the pace for the Jeffs with a score of 153, good IRU D WK SODFH LQGLYLGXDO Ă€QLVK RXW of 90 total competitors. Johnston shot D RQ WKH Ă€UVW GD\ RI SOD\ RQ WKH SDU 71 course, improving his score to 75 on Day 2. Amherst as a team managed WR VKDYH VHYHQ VWURNHV RII LWV 'D\ WRWDO RI RQ 6XQGD\ Ă€QLVKLQJ ZLWK 647 overall. Besides Johnston, Nicholas Koh Âś ZKR SODFHG VHFRQG DW ODVW ZHHNend’s Middlebury event — tying the Amherst record on the Middlebury course with a 72 last Sunday — shot D DW :LOOLDPV 1DWH %HONLQ ¡ -RVK 0RVHU ¡ DQG (ULN +DQVHQ ¡ shot 163, 169 and 172, respectively. Salem State became the eventual tournament winner with a total of 592, boasting the tournament’s top WZR LQGLYLGXDO SHUIRUPDQFHV 1LFN Zolotas (143) and Chris Berry (144). 0DQKDWWDQYLOOH :LOOLDPV and Middlebury (616) followed the 9LNLQJV )HOORZ 1(6&$& ULYDOV Trinity, Hamilton and Bowdoin also Ă€QLVKHG LQ WKH WRS KDOI RI WKH Ă€HOG The Jeffs will resume tournaPHQW SOD\ QH[W ZHHNHQG KRSLQJ IRU a reversal of their fortunes when they WUDYHO WR :HVOH\DQ WR WDNH SDUW LQ WKH 1(6&$& &KDPSLRQVKLS 4XDOLĂ€HUV “Outside of Ben Johnston, we GLGQ¡W SHUIRUP DW RXU EHVW :H¡UH FRQĂ€GHQW WKDW ZLWK VRPH SURGXFWLYH ZRUN WKLV ZHHN ZH¡OO KDYH RXU WRS Ă€YH SOD\HUV SOD\LQJ DW WKHLU EHVW IRU WKH 1(6&$& 4XDOLĂ€HU WKLV XSFRPLQJ ZHHNHQG Âľ FRDFK -DFN $UHQD ¡ VDLG /DVW \HDU $PKHUVW TXDOLĂ€HG IRU WKH &KDPSLRQVKLSV IRU WKH Ă€UVW WLPH since the current format was instituted in 2007.

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Keri Lambert ’13 Wins Her First Collegiate Cross Country Race

The women’s team has a strong fourth-place finish; First-year leads the men’s pack to sixth Carlyn Robertson ’14 Managing Sports Editor

-XQLRU .HUL /DPEHUW ZRQ KHU Ă€UVW FROOHJLDWH PHHW RQ 6DWXUGD\ DW :LOliams’ Purple Valley Classic, leading the women to a strong fourth-place Ă€QLVK ZKLOH WKH PHQ¡V WHDP SODFHG VL[WK ERWK RXW RI Ă€HOGV RI WHDPV /DPEHUW ´GRPLQDWHG D Ă€HOG RI 202 runners, many of whom compete for some of the top Div. III programs in the country,â€? said coach John AdDPVRQ 6KH Ă€QLVKHG WKH N LV minutes — 26 seconds ahead of the FORVHVW UXQQHU $YHUDJLQJ SHU mile, Lambert was the only woman to post an average mile time under six minutes. Ali Simeone ’13 also had a great UDFH FORFNLQJ LQ DW IRU IRXUWK place. Simeone was just a second beKLQG WKH WKLUG SODFH Ă€QLVKHU ´6LPHone showed that she is among the best in the region and will once again be contending for All-American honors later in the season,â€? said coach Adamson. “Ali is such a steady and consistent force for our team. She brings evenness to all that she does both at SUDFWLFH DQG RQ PHHW GD\ DQG , WKLQN she provides such a powerful example for the rest of our team.â€? )LUVW \HDU -HVVLH .DOLVNL FDPH in third among the Amherst runners, placing 36th. “She has stepped right LQWR RXU WRS VHYHQ DQG ZLOO EH D NH\ contributor going forward for us,â€? VDLG $GDPVRQ 9LFWRULD 6RVQRZVNL ’14, Lauren Almeida ’13 and Elodie Reed ’13 rounded out the Jeff scoring

at 42nd, 50th and 51st, respectively, ZLWK 5HHG Ă€QLVKLQJ MXVW D VHFRQG EHhind classmate Almeida. Adamson said, “over the course of the season our third-seventh runners are going to need to get closer to our second runner if we are going to compete and be successful at the highest levels.â€? But he is certain the team will rise to the occasion. “Our ZRUNRXWV LQGLFDWH WKDW WKLV FDQ DQG ZLOO KDSSHQ DQG , NQRZ ERWK WKH WHDP DQG , KDYH IXOO FRQĂ€GHQFH WKDW LW ZLOO Âľ Co-captain Melissa Sullivan ¡ VDLG WKDW ´RXU WHDP ORRNHG VROLG WKLV ZHHNHQG EXW ZH GHĂ€QLWHO\ KDYH URRP IRU LPSURYHPHQW :H ZHQW LQWR this race just to run and see what happened, but we’ll be more strategic in the future.â€? First-year KC Fussell led the way RQ WKH PHQ¡V VLGH ZLWK D IRU WKH N )XVVHOO ZDV WK RI D UXQners. Pat Grimes ’13 was 27th with a &ODVVPDWH $QGUHZ (UNVLQH FURVVHG WKH WDSH WK LQ Sophomores Gus Greenstein and AlYDUR 0RUDOHV Ă€QLVKHG ZLWK WLPHV RI DQG UHVSHFWLYHO\ for 45th and 60th. Adron Pitmon ’13 ZDV MXVW EHKLQG IRU D VW SODFH Ă€QLVK &RDFK (ULN 1HGHDX LV KDSS\ ZLWK WKH WHDP¡V SHUIRUPDQFH ´7KH JX\V have really bought into the training, and the attitude on the team as they approach and prepare for each and every training session, as well as each race, has been phenomenal.â€? The team was coming off of a “challengLQJ IRXU ZHHN WUDLQLQJ F\FOH VR ZKLOH the results have been solid, I am most pleased with the effort and what we have been doing in preparation for the

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Patrick Grimes ’13 finished in the top 30 in the 8k. He’s been solid for the Jeffs all season. races.â€? Nedeau says that he “could not be prouder at this time,â€? and “it will be the next few meets where I DP FRQĂ€GHQW WKDW ZH ZLOO UHDOO\ SLFN things up.â€? The teams race again this Saturday at the NEICCCA Championship DW )UDQNOLQ 3DUN

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Sat. Oct. 1

Sun. Oct. 2

Upcoming Tournament AT HOME: Come to the pool and support the Yo-Hos!

3 pm vs. Tufts 6:50 pm vs. Coast Guard

9:30 am vs. Williams 1:20 pm vs. UMass

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The Amherst Student, September , 

GAME OF THE WEEK

Schedule WEDNESDAY: Field Hockey @ Mount Holyoke, 7 p.m. Women’s Soccer @ Trinity, 4:30 p.m. Men’s Soccer @ Gordon, 7 p.m. FRIDAY: Volleyball @ Middlebury, 8 p.m. Women’s Tennis @ Bates (ITA Regional Championships), Day 1 of 3

Field Hockey vs. Tufts, 12 p.m. Women’s Soccer vs. Tufts, 12 p.m. Football vs. Bowdoin, 1 p.m. Volleyball vs. Coast Guard, 2 p.m. Men’s Soccer vs. Tufts, 2:30 p.m. Women’s Golf @ Middlebury, Day 1 of 2 Men’s Golf @ Wesleyan, Day 1 of 2

SATURDAY: Volleyball vs. Keene State @ Midd., 12 p.m.

MONDAY: Men’s Soccer vs. Lesley, 7 p.m.

Football vs. Bowdoin

IN DEPTH Time: Saturday, Oct. 1 1 p.m. Site: Pratt Field Key Players: Amherst Mike Aldo ‘13 Eric Bunker ‘12 Blake Grauer ‘12

Bowdoin Pat Noone ’12 Zach Donnarumma ‘14

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Joey Fritz ’14 Wins ITA Field Hockey Falls to Hamilton in First Loss of the Season Regional Championship Varun Iyengar ’14 Sports Section Editor

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The Jeffs beat Springfield 5-0 but ended their four-game winning streak with a 2-1 loss to the Continentals Reilly Horan ’13 Staff Writer

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Katie McMahon ’13 opened the scoring against Springfield, and put away a second goal to contribute to the 5-0 victory.

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Dominating defensive effort propels Jeffs to season-opening 20-7 victory at Bates

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Defensive lineman and preseason All-American Kevin Ferber ’12 returned a fumble for a touchdown as time expired in the first half, giving the Jeffs a 14-7 halftime lead. Karan Bains ’14 Sports Section Editor

The football team opened its season with a gritty road performance at Bates, bringing home a win to right the ship after losing the last game of the 2010 season to Williams.

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While Amherst has a recent history of dominating the Bobcats, this game was competitive from the outset. Outside linebacker Mike Aldo ’13 sparked the Jeffs by blocking a Bates SXQW HDUO\ LQ WKH ÀUVW TXDUWHU ZKLFK JDYH $PKHUVW JUHDW ÀHOG SRVLWLRQ RQ WKH Bobcats’ 35-yard line and eventually led to a one-yard touchdown run from Eric Bunker ’12. Bunker was a force for the Jeffs throughout the game, and ÀQLVKHG ZLWK WRWDO \DUGV UXVKLQJ RQ 20 carries to go along with his opening touchdown. After a stretch of solid defense IURP ERWK VTXDGV KRZHYHU %DWHV UHVSRQGHG ODWH LQ WKH VHFRQG TXDUWHU ZLWK a touchdown of their own to level the score at seven apiece. At that point, it seemed as if Bates had the upper hand and the momentum, but one play changed everything just

before the halftime whistle sounded. 2Q WKH ÀQDO SOD\ EHIRUH WKH KDOI with the score still knotted at seven, the Bobcats held possession at the Amherst 25-yard line and decided to run a passing play in an attempt to score a touchdown going into the locker room. This proved to be a catastrophic mistake, as $OGR VDFNHG %DWHV TXDUWHUEDFN 7UHYRU Smith from the blind side and managed to strip the ball away. As the home fans in Maine looked on in disbelief, Kevin Ferber ’12 picked up the fumble and ran it 62 yards along the sideline for a touchdown with the clock reading nothing but zeroes. The huge turn of events gave Amherst a 14-7 lead at the half despite Bates KROGLQJ WKH DGYDQWDJH LQ ÀUVW GRZQV total offense and time of possession by VLJQLÀFDQW PDUJLQV Likely disheartened by Ferber’s

touchdown, Bates lacked the edge they KDG VKRZQ LQ WKH Ă€UVW KDOI ZKHQ WKH\ FDPH RXW IRU WKH WKLUG TXDUWHU The Jeffs simply wore the Bobcats’ defense down with their running game, handing the ball off 33 times for a total of 150 yards on the ground in the second half. Bates, on the other hand, was stymied by the Amherst defense, which IRUFHG WKUHH WXUQRYHUV DQG Ă€YH SXQWV from the Bobcat offense. In fact, Bates JDLQHG D PHUH Ă€YH UXVKLQJ \DUGV LQ WKH second half. 0DWW 5DZVRQ ¡ WDFNHG RQ D Ă€HOG JRDO LQ ERWK WKH WKLUG DQG IRXUWK TXDUters to extend the Jeffs’ lead to 20-7, and the score remained that way until the game ended. The dominating Amherst defense, led by Aldo, played a huge role in the victory. Aldo himself recorded three of Amherst’s six total sacks, blocked

the opening punt and also forced two fumbles, one of which turned the game around completely. In addition to his defensive touchdown, Ferber got to the TXDUWHUEDFN IRU D VDFN DV ZHOO On the other side of the ball, the Amherst offensive line held their own and did not allow a sack. The strong line play allowed the Jeffs to run for 209 yards on 47 carries, which helped TXDUWHUEDFN %ODNH *UDXHU ¡ RYHUFRPH WKUHH LQWHUFHSWLRQV WR ZLQ KLV Ă€UVW collegiate start. The Jeffs now hold a 22-4-2 all time edge over Bates, and will look to build on their victory when they host Bowdoin at Pratt Field on Saturday afternoon.

Football Amherst (1-0) Bates (0-1) Stats:

Mike Aldo ’13, Outside Linebacker Aldo had a breakout performance in Amherst’s 20-7 win over Bates in its season opener. Aldo’s numbers against the Bobcats were outstanding, with seven tackles, three sacks, two forced fumbles and a blocked punt to his name. But the most impressive part of his performance may have been his timing. The blocked punt came on Bates’ opening drive of the game, and one of his sacks forced a fumble, leading to an Amherst touchdown before the halftime whistle to shift momentum the Jeffs’ way. For his efforts, Aldo was named the NESCAC Defensive Player of the Week.

7-7-3-3: 0-7-0-0:

20 7

Amherst Bates

Total Yards Rushing Yards Passing Yards First Downs

292 209 83 14

250 48 202 16

Time of Possession Time (1st half) Time (2nd half)

30:24 10:53 19:31

29:36 19:07 10:29

Sacks Interceptions Forced Fumbles

6 2 2

0 3 1

Next Game: vs. Bowdoin, Pratt Field Saturday, 1:00 PM Photo courtesy of Chloe McKenzie ’14

Running back Evan Bunker ’12 gashed the Bobcats defense with 118 rushing yards on 20 carries.

Photo courtesy of Alec Jacobson ’12

The Jeffs’ defense overwhelmed the Bobcats, recording six sacks, two interceptions, and two forced fumbles.

Around the League: Week 1 Middlebury 15-16 Wesleyan Trinity 28-10 Colby Williams 24-21 Bowdoin Tufts 16-24 Hamilton

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