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Green Amherst Project Walks Out of Talk by Patrick Moore Ryan Cenek ’18 Staff Writer

On Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014, the Amherst College community gathered on the Valentine Quadrangle to enjoy the annual Fall Festival. Local seasonal food and drinks were served, and various games and activities were available for children and students alike.

Photography Editor: Olivia Tarantino ’15

Black Lives Matter Week Addresses Police Brutality Jacob Pagano ’18 Staff Writer This week the newly formed student group Black Lives Matter launched its first campaign to raise awareness and facilitate conversations about issues relating to police brutality.

The awareness week, which began Wednesday, Oct. 15, started with flyers taped to lampposts, tree trunks and handrails around the campus that displayed the names of victims of police brutality. Among those named was Michael Brown, the young black man who was killed by a police officer this August in Ferguson, Mo. Additionally, the group posted flyers around campus printed with phrases such as “Hands Up,” “Don’t Shoot” and “Why are you following me?”

The awareness week involved students, faculty, and police members and was co-sponsored by the Multicultural Resource Center, the Queer Resource Center, the Black Students Union, and the Women’s Gender Center.

Adrianna Turner ’14, the diversity and equity coordinator of the Multicultural Resource Center, took the first step in creating the cam-

paign this summer. According to Athri Ranganathan ’16, an at-large member of the initiative, Turner “realized that there was a lot of dissatisfaction about Michael Brown amongst Amherst students on Facebook, so she wanted to provide a physical space where they could discuss these issues. The first meeting was in August, and the initiative grew out of a few gatherings over the summer.”

Ranganathan said he thought it was important to bring the Black Lives Matter campaign to a larger audience.

“For me, as an organizer of this week, I think it’s necessary to bring conversations about police brutality to the non-black student body,” Ranganathan said. “I think that the black student population is largely aware of these issues, but the non-black students, even faculty, might not always see the Michael Brown issue as indicative of systemic inequality.”

The initiative to raise awareness consisted of a series of panels and discussions involving students, faculty and campus police over an eight-day period. The first of these panels was titled “Beyond Ferguson, The Conversa-

tion Continues.” Subsequent events included “A Conversation with ACPD,” a “Know Your Rights Night,” and a screening of the film “Fruitvale Station.” The week concluded with a “Vigil: For All Who Have Unjustly Lost Their Lives to Police Brutality.”

During the panel “Beyond Ferguson, The Conversation Continues,” Trevor Baptiste, the chair of the Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee, explained to the audience why he thought it was integral for members of the community — regardless of ethnicity or social background — to be active in the initiative.

However, Baptiste said he wanted to make sure that students were contributing to this mission for the right reasons.

“Don’t help me because you have something to give me or because you feel bad for me, but because your fortunes and problems are just as tied up in these issues as mine are,” Baptiste said.

He went on to say that all people, regardless of color, share a “common nexus” in issues relating to respect between police and the citi-

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Student protesters led by the Green Amherst Project walked out of a presentation by climate skeptic and ecologist Patrick Moore on Thursday, Oct. 9. The presentation, entitled “Confessions of a Greenpeace Dropout,” was sponsored by the Amherst College Republicans.

Moore, an early member of the environmental activist network Greenpeace, quit in 1986 due to what he called the group’s increasing sensationalism and extreme positions. The presentation covered Moore’s disagreements with Greenpeace as well as his support for expanded forestry and fish farms, energy sources like hydropower and oil sands, and some genetically-modified crops.

Moore also argued that current climate change trends are not particularly dangerous, even if they continue until no permanent ice remains at the North and South Poles. During his presentation, he asked rhetorically why people would “not want to be on an ice-free planet.”

The protesters, who made up about half of the audience, exited the room approximately twenty minutes after the event began. Moore had finished explaining his Greenpeace background and why he left the organization he helped co-found before he began to challenge scientific evidence of anthropogenic climate change. They left behind signs with messages such as “The Debate is Over” and “Anthropogenic Climate Change is Real.”

“They’re the real deniers,” Moore said of the student protesters as they walked out. He described the protesters as having a “Taliban mindset.”

Ned Kleiner ’16, the Green Amherst Project member who led the walkout, described the Taliban comparison as “frankly farcical.”

“Debating someone like Patrick Moore gives the impression that climate change activism and climate change denial stand on equal footing,” Kleiner said. “They do not. There is no scientific debate happening right now over the reality of anthropogenic climate change, and we refuse to give the impression that there is.”

Amherst College Republicans president Robert Lucido ’15, whose organization hosted the event, said that the student protesters were too

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Admissions Office Launches Native American Outreach Program Eli Mansbach ’18 Staff Writer The Office of Admission invited seven students identifying as Native American, Native Hawaiian or Native Alaskan to participate in the newly-created Native outreach programs as part of this past weekend’s Diversity Open House.

In addition to attending other regularly scheduled DIVOH events, these seven students participated in activities designed specifically to focus on Native American scholarship and student life. Events included a tour of the Special Archives with a focus on the Kim-Wait/ Eisenberg Native American Collection, an in-

troduction to the Five College Native American and Indigenous Studies Program and a panel discussion with the Amherst Native American Student Organization.

“The numbers for Native [American] students who graduate from college across the country are unfortunately staggeringly low,” said admissions fellow Maria Kirigin '14 in an email interview. “But Amherst College is currently in a position to step in and do something about it instead of being an inactive bystander and letting our own institutional history perpetuate itself.”

This outreach initiative was motivated by a conference at the White House, attended by President Biddy Martin on Jan. 26, and is the

first of its kind at the College. During the conference, President Barack Obama and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan urged American colleges and universities to expand their educational opportunities for minorities and lowincome students.

Mandy Hart, the associate dean of admissions and coordinator of diversity outreach, stressed the importance of campus diversity.

“We at Amherst have a strong foundation in appreciating the diversity of perspectives represented within our classrooms, residence halls, dining areas, athletic fields and every other potential place of discourse found at a residential college,” Hart said. “With that in mind, we continually think about how we can broaden those

perspectives and acknowledge those who are missing from the table,” including those from “Native American, Hawaiian and Alaskan communities.”

Kirigin also emphasized the college’s goal of further diversifying its student body.

“In terms of our goals with this program, I’d say they stem from our commitment to making education available for everybody – no matter their geographic background, history or socioeconomic status,” Kirigin said. “This is the reason we have the Diversity Open House in the first place, but the addition of the Native Student Open House portion, more specifically,

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Juleon Robinson Thoughts on Theses

Oct. 7, 2014 to Oct. 19, 2014 >>Oct. 7, 2014 2:50 p.m., Charles Pratt Dormitory An officer responded to a complaint of the odor of burning marijuana on the second floor and identified a resident who admitted smoking. A bong used for smoking marijuana was confiscated and the resident was fined $100 for a smoking violation. The matter was referred Student Affairs.

about loud music at Marsh. An officer found a band and a small group of students in a common room. The volume of music was lowered.

>>Oct. 19, 2014 12:02 a.m., Pond Dormitory Officers observed a party in a second-floor suite with overcrowded conditions, loud music, and people dancing on a windowsill. A crowd was also gathered in the stairway outside the room. The event was shut down. Officers had to return a second time after the event was restarted.

12:03 a.m., Taplin House The state police reported receiving a cell phone 911 call with no one on the line. The call was traced to the area of Taplin but nothing unusual was found.

>>Oct. 9, 2014 3:02 p.m., Jenkins Dormitory A student reported the theft of a gray Marin Larkspur bicycle. It is valued at $600. >>Oct. 11, 2014 11:41 p.m., Stone Dormitory An officer discovered an unauthorized party in the basement with approximately 150 people.

Alcohol, including hard alcohol was available and beer pong tables were set up. The event was shut down and the alcohol was disposed of. >>Oct. 17, 2014 1:52 a.m., Tyler House An officer responded to a complaint of loud music but none was found upon arrival. A first-floor resident stated he was playing music earlier.

5:54 p.m., Tyler Parking Lot An officer responded to a report of three youths behind a storage shed near Tyler. Officers observed one male flee the area. The odor of marijuana was present.

12:27 a.m., Crossett Dormitory Officers observed a party in a first-floor suite with overcrowded conditions, loud music and people dancing on a windowsill. A crowd was also gathered in the stairway outside the room.

The gathering was shut down. Officers had to return two additional times as the event was restarted.

12:58 a.m., Railroad Right of Way An officer directed three men from the railroad tracks near the Powerhouse. They were from the Five College area.

1:47 a.m., Powerhouse A student reported the theft of a wallet from his coat pocket while attending an event at the Powerhouse. The wallet was subsequently recovered from a room at Moore. The matter is under investigation.

2:16 a.m., Powerhouse A student reported the theft of an iPhone from her coat while attending an event at the Powerhouse. The phone was subsequently recovered from a room in Moore. The matter is under investigation.

2:38 a.m., Crossett Dormitory A delivery driver reported the theft of a pizza valued at $35.31.

9:42 p.m., Stone Dormitory An officer discovered a bag of unattended alcohol in the basement. It was disposed of.

9:51 p.m., Pond Dormitory An officer discovered unattended alcohol outside the building. It was disposed of.

10:49 p.m., Tyler House An officer discovered an unauthorized party in the basement and shut it down. >>Oct. 18, 2014 12:10 a.m., Powerhouse A caller complained about loud music at Crossett. Upon arrival, an officer discovered the music was coming from an event at the Powerhouse and had the volume of music lowered.

9:56 p.m., Marsh House Amherst police reported receiving a complaint

Juleon Robinson ’15, anthropology major, is writing his senior thesis about the development of the term “toxic stress” and how the colloquialism of toxic stress as a medical term affects public health discourse today. His adviser is Professor of Anthropology, Sociology and Asian Languages and Civilizations Christopher T. Dole.

10:36 p.m., Tyler House An officer came upon a registered party with hard alcohol present and a person who needed medical attention. The event was shut down.

11:41 p.m., Coolidge An officer encountered two students near a fire escape. One was found in possession of a vaporizer used for marijuana inhalation. It was confiscated and the matter was referred to the Student Affairs Office.

>>Oct. 8, 2014 1:33 p.m., Tyler Parking Lot Graffiti was found painted on a storage shed near Tyler House.

Department of Anthropology

Illustrations by Clarice Carmichael ’16

Q: What is your senior thesis about?

A: My thesis is on toxic stress. Toxic stress is a medical term to describe when or how adverse environmental factors during childhood negatively affect you all the way into adulthood.

Those environmental factors can be anything from an absent parent to sexual and emotional abuse and chronic neglect. The thesis looks at how all those things can lead to adult diseases like hypertension and arthritis diabetes.

I’m contextualizing toxic stress and looking at where it came from because it hasn’t always existed — it’s relatively new. I’m looking at how it’s being utilized in the public health discourse and how various public health programs and hospitals around the country are using this term to treat people for this disease that is amorphous. It’s sort of vague because there’s no direct biological or neuroscience pathway that they can say “this is toxic stress.”

A: I sort of knew that I wanted to write about this topic over the summer, but I didn’t know how or what or where I was going to take it. I took some very general notes over the summer, but I didn’t really start writing or thinking about it in an earnest way until I got back in the fall. It was mostly casual reflection over the summer.

Q: What’s been the most challenging part of the thesis so far?

A: Getting started. It seems like such a massive goal. When you start researching it, things that you thought were simple turn out to be very complex – there turn out to be a lot of factors when you initially thought there were about one or two. It can be overwhelming to just think about. I think that’s been the most challenging thing, just picking a topic and saying, “All right, it’s time to go. It’s time to get started.”

Q: How did you end up choosing your topic?

A: This past summer I worked with the De- Q: What’s been the most interesting part of partment of Preventive Medicine at Mount the thesis writing?

Sinai School of Medicine. I was working with A: It’s pretty fun to learn about something that a physician whose main project was a public you’re genuinely interested in and that you can health program to combat toxic stress. While add some original scholarship to. It’s exciting working on the program, I saw that it was re- to look at a lot of primary resources and build ally cool in a lot of ways, but I was also con- an original document. Maybe it’s not fully an stantly thinking about original document, anthropological — cribut you’re pushing tiques of what was hap- It can be overwhelming to some discourse a little pening. In terms of the just think about. I think that’s bit further. It’s excitbio medicalization of ing to think that I’m the community, I sort been the most challenging actually going to be of like to map theory thing, just picking a topic and adding something to on every day life a lot, saying, ‘All right, it’s time to academia, even if just so it was really interone person reads it esting to analyze this go. It’s time to get started.’ and that person is my internship experience thesis adviser. in a completely different context.

Q: Is this particular study something that you’re thinking about pursuing after graduQ: What was the research and focus of the ation?

Mount Sinai Program on toxic stress?

A: My internship this summer got me interA: The project was looking at how to alleviate ested in preventive medicine. I’ve always been toxic stress. It was working with a cohort of interested in public health, so if I had the opjunior high students in sixth through eighth portunity to pursue this research, I would grade. The physician I was working with was absolutely consider it. If there is a fellowship teaching these students how to deal with their or residency somewhere that has this focus, I toxic stress so that it wouldn’t have the same would love to go into it after medical school. negative impact on their health.

Q: How do you feel like this thesis will conQ: How do scientific studies categorize or tribute to your career goals? measure a level of toxic stress?

A: I think especially as I’m applying to medical A: There is a study that they give out to a lot of school, I’m applying to programs that I think middle school students and its questions like have a good faculty and environment for lookare you stressed, are you overwhelmed, how ing into that specific area of healthcare. Being do you deal with this stress, etc. It’s a 10 ques- a doctor, there is a huge range of specialties; tion survey and there are different ones for dif- I’m looking for places with programs that have ferent age groups and they administer that in that focus. I’m definitely going to take a gap order to get a stress score. year between undergraduate and med school.

Right now I’m looking at a lot of different Q: Before your summer internship did you community-oriented health care systems and have any prior experience or exposure to this toxic stress is heavily embedded into that sort topic? of discourse. A lot of what I’m doing, espeA: Not really. I was taking a medical anthro- cially in this first chapter, is looking at how pology course last spring, which was about healthcare is evolving with the medicalization diseases and how diseases work through com- of a lot more things now than in the past and munities. how those things are being integrated into communities. I think that maps really well Q: How will you conduct the research? Will onto being a physician in a large metropolitan it be similar to the Mount Sinai study? area because you’re going to have to deal with A: Probably not, because that would be very that community of anthropological and mediresource-intensive. Right now the chapters of cal bumping into each other. my thesis I have mapped out are contextualization of the forces that bring a term like this Q: Do you have any advice for future thesis to use and the public health discourse about writers? how toxic stress fits. I’m sort of building scaf- A: Take deep breaths. Focus on small things folding for my argument, but I haven’t fully at a time. Focus on your building blocks and decided how I’m going to sort the experience soon everything will get bigger and bigger and of the elements. bigger. Sometimes taking too many looks at the big picture gets overwhelming.

Q: When did you begin writing your thesis?

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Green Amherst Project Walks Out of Talk by Moore Continued from Page 1 dismissive of Moore’s arguments.

“The students who walked out left behind signs that read, ‘The debate is over,’ but they had walked out without actually hearing any of our speaker’s argument,” said Lucido.

An extended question-and-answer session followed Moore’s presentation, which consisted largely of debate between Moore and three Amherst geology faculty in the audience: professors Martin Medina Elizalde, David Jones, and Anna Martini.

“I thought it would be important for there to be at least a few people left in the room with a firm understanding of climate science who could challenge any scientific misrepresentations in Moore’s presentation,” Jones said, explaining why he did not join the walkout.

Jones and Martini debated Moore about his views on evidence for anthropogenic climate change.

Jones defended the anthropogenic explanation for climate change, saying that there are problems with the theory, but insisting that the scientific consensus is strong nonetheless.

“There are still many partially answered and unanswered questions in climate science that deserve further research,” he said. “But, as a scientist

and a citizen, I see overwhelming evidence that humans are changing the climate, and I believe there is an imperative for us to act on that understanding.”

During the question-and-answer session, Medina Elizalde also asked Moore to apologize for his Taliban comment.

“Fifty people walk out, and I say that’s a pretty Taliban thing to do,” Moore said in response. ”I was characterizing their behavior.” He said the student protesters were “intolerant of other people’s views.”

Members of the Green Amherst Project argued that Moore should not have been invited to speak on campus.

“The Green Amherst Project fully supports and strives to facilitate productive discourse on environmental issues,” said Green Amherst Project president Julie Xia ’17. “Productive discourse does not include Patrick Moore or his fallacious claims. Anthropogenic climate change is real, it’s here and we don’t have time to entertain those few hangers-on to the possibility that it’s not.”

Lucido defended inviting Moore to campus, citing Moore’s credentials as an environmentalist and ecologist.

“We felt that Dr. Moore’s unique background and many years as a leading environmentalist

Patrick Moore spoke to Amherst students about Greenpeace and the environment. When his talk turned to climate change, members of the Green Amherst Project walked out. made him not only qualified to guide such a discussion, but also deserving of the genuine consideration of even those who disagree,” Lucido said.

The Amherst College Republicans, which was reestablished two years ago, has faced protests before. According to Lucido, many recent Amherst

Black Lives Matter Sparks Discussions Continued from Page 1 zenry.

Professor of Political Science Kristin Bumiller, another panelist at the event, said that the Supreme Court, applying the current laws in cases of police violence, has effectively sanctioned police actions that many people would consider unjust.

“The Supreme Court has really immunized the police,” Bumiller said. “The law seems stacked against justice.”

Members of the panel also focused on larger issues of structural racism.

“Until the psychosis of racism – the idea

that some are better than others – until that changes, the larger problem between police and civilians will remain systemic,” Baptiste said.

Another Awareness Week event, “A Conversation with ACPD,” facilitated a discussion between students and the college’s police about the relationship between police and students on campus. During the conversation Assistant Athletic Director Billy McBride said that students have the advantage of “knowing the dispatchers” and interacting with the police force when they are off duty. At the event, some students discussed their concerns about crowd control at college parties.

“A lot that Amherst College Police Department talked about was really eye-opening,” said Briana Wiggins ’15, a student who attended the event. “It is good to humanize what it’s like to put on a uniform.”

The Black Lives Matter campaign also attracted many students from the Five College area.

“This is really important because it allows the campaign to get outside the ‘Amherst bubble’ and attract different students and perspectives from surrounding schools,” said Jessi Wilcox ’15, an organizer of the awareness week.

The weeklong campaign concludes Wednesday, Oct. 22 with a vigil for all victims

Dean of the Faculty Catherine Epstein introduced a new initiative to expand the Take Your Professor Out program by encouraging professors inviting students to their own homes. The annual faculty entertainment allowance has been increased from $200 to $300.

Provost Peter Uvin then began his remarks to the faculty. He discussed diversity in the faculty and staff hiring process, and introduced a new program to encourage retention — a committee of 14 faculty and six staff as a resource for new hires to ask questions and gather information about the college.

On the subject of diversity, Professor Ron Lembo brought up the recent student controversy over the “All Lives Matter” posters, which appear to be part of a pro-life campaign in response to this week’s Black Lives Matter

campaign. Lembo mentioned that many students were outraged that posters for the police brutality awareness campaign were juxtaposed with other posters of a different agenda.

Dean of Students Vasquez and Uvin said that they had held an open meeting with students that day, and were working on encouraging communication, both among students and between students and the administration.

Chief Financial Officer Kevin Weinman presented a fiscal report, mainly discussing the college’s budget sueplus of $1.1 million in fiscal year 2014, and the college’s projected endowment of $2.15 billion in fiscal year 2016.

Martin closed by saying that the safety of students is the chief priority of the administration, and that continued conversations would help to build a stronger relationship with the student body.

Faculty Discuss TYPO and Diversity

Dan Ahn ‘17 Managing News Editor

Faculty and staff filled the Cole Assembly Room in Converse for the second faculty meeting of the year. President Biddy Martin opened with her remarks to the faculty, describing her recent trip to East Asia. She mentioned reaching out to an extensive community of alumni in China and talks of cooperation with Zhejiang University, in Hangzhou, to work on programs to advance the liberal arts in China.

Martin also addressed the Diver Report, a report scheduled to occur every five years and update the faculty on the overall status of athletics at the college. The report has been on hold since 2002, and Martin proposed that a committee resume regular updates.

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College Republican events have been targets of protests. The organization has brought a number of high-profile figures, often with well-known and controversial viewpoints, to campus. Previous speakers include former Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown, Newt Gingrich, and conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza.

Native American Outreach Continued from Page 1 aims to increase the number of Native American students who go to and graduate from college.”

Kirigin described other steps the college has taken beyond last weekend’s Native American Open House, such as the “new summer program partnership with College Horizons, a nonprofit specialized in helping Native American and Native Alaskan and Hawaiian students succeed in college, as well as Archives and Special Collections’ new purchase of the Kim-Wait/ Eisenberg Collection, the most comprehensive collection of books by Native American Indian authors ever assembled by a private collector.”

Maile Hollinger, a member of the Native American Student Organization (NASO), which was created in 2013, participated in the panel discussion with the Native American prospective students.

“Myself and a couple of NASO members were able to discuss Native life and events with the prospective students in our panel discussion,” Hollinger said. “I mostly introduced the concept of NASO, our mission and some events we’ve done in the past (speakers on Hawaiian same-sex marriage and white colonialism, screenings with Pride and the Gender Justice Collective, discussion about the mascot, etc). We also discussed Amherst’s history with Lord Jeff and the current conversations around changing the mascot.”

Hollinger also expressed her concern with the lack of Native American presence on campus.

“I feel that Native students are mostly invisible on this campus,” Hollinger said. “NASO is a new club and the reaction I get from many students when I mention NASO is, ‘Oh, we have that?’ I hope that recruiting more Native students will result in a greater Native American presence on campus and cross-cultural collaboration and mutual education.”

Hart emphasized that the current effort to reach out to Native American applicants is a new, nuanced way of bringing minority voices to campus.

“The Office of Admission reviews every applicant in a holistic way,” Hart said. “Because we know that a benefit of the Amherst education is the wide array of students that we attract from different backgrounds including those racial/ ethnic and socioeconomic factors, we do want to ensure that we open the door to students whose voices are currently not well represented. With that said, ‘opening the door’ includes conducting these special programs and making sure the students who choose to enroll at Amherst feel that this community will be welcoming and supportive.”

Opinion Editorial

Fall Break Should Be a Break

large amount of work during or due directly after break isn’t fair to students. We need these short periods to focus on ourselves and our own well-being so that when we must buckle down and be good students, we can do so properly.

The common wisdom at Amherst is that you learn the most outside of the classroom. When we look back on our past years, what we will remember most are the late night talks in our first year dorms, chats with our professors over coffee and our favorite pieces of art at the Mead. Yet it’s hard to deny that, as much as we hate doing them, our essays, problem sets and exams are important too. They make what we’re learning relevant and important. Our grades hold us to our commitment to learn and push us beyond passive listening in class.

We all know that one of the most stressful periods of the year is the midterm week (or two) that hits us right before fall break. What is surprising, however, is how busy people seem to be right after break as well. Organic chemistry and biology exams were held in the three-day post-break week that recently passed, and there have even been reports of take-home exams and papers due during break itself. If you didn’t have the bad luck to be one of these people, then you probably at least know someone who had to stay up until 3 a.m. on Tuesday night because they hadn’t done any work for the essay due the Wednesday after break.

A typical conversation about break often ends like this: “Break was great — but now I’m stressed because I didn’t do any work.” As Amherst students, we’re expected to be busy all the time. One might think that if we haven’t done work over the break, it’s our own fault and we’ve, in essence, chosen to screw ourselves over. But is this fair to us — not only as students who are in an environment that constantly pushes us to work hard but also (and more importantly) as well-rounded people who occasionally need time to recharge and focus on ourselves?

Whether or not it’s right, at the moment, “break” has become an opportunity for professors to cram in essays, assignments or midterms. Break is only four days long, and most students use it to head home and see family or friends they won’t be able to visit for another two months. Forcing us to work straight through the period set aside for our own rest and rejuvenation simply isn’t fair.

The fact is that many students, with upcoming exams and essays, put off their work until the last minute in order to get the rest they need over break. Then, staying up late cramming or writing those last few pages, they negate any rejuvenating effects the break may have had. Simply put, a

“Literally drowning in work.”

Ebola: Separating Facts from Fiction Youlim Youm ’18 Staff Writer Let me tell you a story about a disease straight out of Stephen King’s darkest novels. Once you’re infected, there’s a high chance you’re doomed. But you won’t know it for a while. Instead, for eight to 10 days you’ll seem normal, talking to your friends, doing your homework, eating, sleeping and procrastinating. The usual. Even as the signs begin to show, you won’t know what it is. The dull thump of a headache and the mild warmth of a fever will tell you you’ve got the common cold. “I’m not feeling too well today,” you might say to your roommate. “I think I’ll sleep in a bit tomorrow.”

Here the road of fate diverges. You could get better, but you don’t. You begin to bleed everywhere — crimson oozes from your eyes, nose and mouth. It’s in your vomit. It’s in your toilet. The virus responsible could infect anyone unlucky enough to come into contact with your bodily fluids. After a while, blood vessels within your body begin to leak, leading to organ failure. You die.

The end. The story is, of course, about the latest media superstar — Ebola. And this is what could happen to you if you contracted the virus. That is, if you contracted it.

Yes, Ebola is scary. The current outbreak is the biggest in history since the discovery of the virus in 1976. According to the World Health Organization, more than 8,900 people in West Africa have contracted the disease. About 4,400 people have died, making the mortality rate about 50 percent. Naturally, it’s become the nation’s latest obsession. If you’ve been in the U.S. any time in the past month you’ve seen it. The 24/7 cable news channels are covering every tremble of the three Ebola cases diagnosed on U.S. soil, and the

political pundits are using fear-mongering techniques to their advantage. A looming sense of panic is pervading every nook and cranny of the U.S. But as terrifying as Ebola seems, what’s really problematic is not a potential epidemic in the States, but the way we’ve reacted to it.

The current media coverage of Ebola is unwarranted and misleading. Fact: only three cases have been diagnosed so far on U.S. soil. Statistic: 30 percent of Americans see Ebola as a major public health threat, according to a recent Harris/Health Day survey. Fact: the U.S. spends extensive amounts of money on healthcare and has infrastructure of the sort West Africa could only dream of. Statistic: 75 percent of Americans are worried that Ebola carriers will infect others before showing symptoms, the same poll found.

Let me repeat that. Seventy-Five percent of those polled believed something scientifically impossible. Add the fact that Ebola is hard to spread — only contact with bodily fluids can transmit the virus — and it’s easy to see that Americans are misinformed. Misinformed? When every day’s edition of the New York Times has the word “EBOLA” splashed across the front page? It seems contradictory. But news sources are businesses.

Businesses deliver what consumers want, and what consumers want right now is coverage of a virus so exotic, dramatic, dangerous and fascinating it could be the star of a horror movie. It’s what happens with every serial killer or school shooting — the morbid curiosity within us all won’t let go of it. It’s good that media sources, when they analyze the risk of an American Ebola epidemic, tend to stay scientifically accurate. The problem is that such analyses are rare. And the sheer volume of recent coverage (does anyone else feel buried?

No? Bombarded, maybe?) only undoes that accu-

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racy. It’s clear that this over-emphasis is disfiguring the public’s perception of the disease, blowing air into our idea of its relative importance. Our perception of the risk and danger factor is shaped by how much we hear about Ebola, whether we know the facts or not. It’s dangerously easy for these perceptions to morph into ignorance and fear. This “Ebola scare” is proof enough.

The nation’s response to Ebola doesn’t breed just misinformation. It’s a little hard to see but it’s there: an ugly undercurrent of racism of a timeworn variety, of “us” and “them.” This past Thursday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, made clear his unease over rising anti-African sentiment in Europe and the U.S. Every Ebola patient must be “treated with dignity,” he said, “not stigmatized or cast out.” And of course we agree. Who wouldn’t?

It’d be cruel to treat Ebola victims like they’re not human, like they’re mere vectors for disease.

But consider the following: when Thomas Eric Duncan became the first person to be diagnosed of Ebola in the U.S., the media latched onto his Liberian origin. It suggested that he had come to the U.S. knowing he had Ebola, that he had deliberately tried to spread the virus. When two nurses who had treated him tested positive, Duncan became less than a person in the media’s narrative — he was a contaminant, the first infiltration of a foreign disease into America. His identity as a poor black Liberian citizen didn’t help matters.

The portrayal of West Africa, where Ebola has hit hardest, is even worse. It’s always been this way, but even those sympathetic to West Africa’s plight reduce African suffering and death into mere statistics. We hear “8,900 infected in West Africa,” and what do we visualize? Huddled masses of Africans vomiting blood? When’s the last time

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you saw an individual’s story attached to those numbers? Those unsympathetic to this misery are happy to add to the negative connotations surrounding anything African. A Newsweek cover from August featured a chimpanzee as a backdrop to the words “A BACK DOOR FOR EBOLA: SMUGGLED BUSHMEAT COULD SPARK A U.S. EPIDEMIC.” The tradition of linking Africans to apes goes back centuries to imperialism and social Darwinism. In 21st-century America, it’s racist in a way that I can only describe as flippant. Evoking the concept of bushmeat reinforces associations of Africa with exoticism, dirtiness and barbarism. Plus, apes have little to do with Ebola — it’s believed that the fruit bat is the original carrier of the virus. These sentiments have begun to leak into current political discourse. Many Americans tout travel bans as a preventative measure to a possible U.S. epidemic, but how extensive should these travel bans be? How would we determine which passengers to let in, and which ones to keep out? These are questions that are hard to answer without looking into the ugly face of rising anti-African prejudices in the West.

In the midst of outrageous claims by various political pundits, misleading media coverage and problematic portrayals of those most affected by the virus, the American public needs to remember that the key to containing the Ebola outbreak lies in West Africa itself. We need to stop panicking fruitlessly. We need to begin seeing victims as fellow human beings, as worthy of our attention as ourselves. We need to aid West Africa itself, where the situation (unlike in the U.S.) is truly dire. So let’s all take a collective breath, deep and calm, and focus our efforts on the people for whom Ebola is actually a terrifying, everyday reality.

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Black Lives, Shadow Lives: A Response to “All Lives Matter” Andrew Lindsay ’16 Contributing Writer When I was around 15 or 16 years old, I witnessed an extrajudicial killing by Jamaican policemen outside my mother’s workplace. A black man was running from the police and attempted to scale the wall leading to the entrance of the premises.

The authorities quickly pursued the man, and instead of attempting to arrest the individual, the police fired a couple of shots at him. I remember the scene and how quickly this man’s death came. I remember no hostility from this man as he ran fleeing for his life. He couldn’t have been running for more than two minutes before there were two big booming sounds, yelling and my mother calmly telling me to fall to the floor.

From what I saw, I am fairly confident that one of the bullets pierced his skull. I remember the aftermath.

I remember a police pick-up truck pulling up less than five minutes later to retrieve the body. I remember no clean-up, no witness statements and no crime scene. I remember the thick dark red blood that covered the sidewalk in front of the office and the scent of the freshly dead. I remember my mother and her secretary going outside after the body was removed with bleach and two brooms to clean the blood from the sidewalk. The cops, after all, had just killed a man, picked up his body and left without a trace.

This moment was kept private between my mother, her secretary and me. It never triggered any anxiety within me because I suppose such scenes of extreme violence, especially those involving the police, are so normalized within Jamaican society. Since it happened I’m also pretty certain I’ve never discussed this incident with my mother. Until this summer, I never really even thought about it a second time. Even for a suburban, middle-class Jamaican teenager who had never seen death so directly before, it was neither strange nor unexpected. “Life moves on,” I told myself, and the

scene from that afternoon never came up in my mind.

The memory once again flashed up after series of conversations held in the Multicultural Resource Center this summer. These conversations were facilitated by MRC staff and attended by students who wanted to respond to the instances of police brutality that led to Michael Brown’s death and the current unrest in Ferguson. Although the nature of Jamaican racism is different than racism in the United States, having developed in the Caribbean post-colonial context, certain features appeared to be similar. In Jamaica, there is a firm pigmentocracy. White Jamaicans, Jamaicans of Chinese and Indian descent and wealthier “lighter” Afro-European (brown) descended Jamaicans enjoy certain privileges that the poorer black majority do not.

Many of these privileges are akin to those that their privileged white counterparts in the United States are fortunate enough to have, the most important of which is the ability to walk the streets not deemed anthropomorphous animals continuously having to prove their humanity.

As a toddler, I was once called a monkey by a store employee in south Florida. Since that moment, my mother went to immense lengths to keep me attuned to the unique realities of being black in the United States. She became incredibly protective of me, knowing that one day I would study there and would need to be prepared. My dehumanization at such an early age in the U.S. was something apart from anything my mother had been exposed to in Jamaica, leading her to fear for my safety in this country. In her mind, Jamaica at the very least would be a safer place to raise a black child.

All black children are taught at some point that their actions, dress, tone of voice and even hairstyles are judged both to determine their level of potential danger and net human capital to the rest of the population.

One misguided assumption: baggy pants, an invisible gun or perceived insubordination from a snicker or a

sneer could lead to the loss of a job, social isolation or, at the very worst, death.

The series of conversations that only a few of us had this summer have expanded to most of the campus community. The assortment of students involved has grown and become the student group “Black Lives Matter: Organizing Against Police Brutality.” The meetings have become panels and other activities supported by the Amherst College Police Department, Queer Resource Center, Women and Gender Center and the Black Student Union, culminating as an awareness week to reaffirm the importance of black life.

The intent of the Black Lives Matter awareness week was not to insinuate that black lives are exceptional in any way, but to broadcast that black lives should be respected as they are just as human as any other.

Across campus this week, the organizers have been making their voices heard. Unfortunately, a currently unidentified person or group of persons has hijacked the spirit of the event, using the week of awareness as a springboard for a “pro-life” anti-choice campaign. Posters describing the frequency of the loss of black life by police (“Every 28 hours a black life is killed by law enforcement…”) have been possessed and distorted by this group to highlight the frequency of abortions in the U.S. (“The U.S. has the highest rate of abortion … in the Western industrialized world”). Even the name of the campaign, Black Lives Matter, has been distorted to “All Lives Matter.” The fact that this anti-abortion awareness week happened to fall on the same week as the “Black Lives Matter” campaign is no coincidence.

A meticulously crafted campaign has developed through the dehumanization of the black voice.

Black life, to quote Achille Mbembe, exists as the “perfect figure of a shadow,” created from a loss of “home,” rights over the body and political status. This shadow life is analogous to a form of “death-inlife,” a social death that masks black

expulsion from humanity. Mbembe’s will want to remain “neutral” on this shadow analogy describes the pow- issue for the sake of political corer to control black life and dissolve rectness. There are many fortunate it to the point that other forces can enough to have the comfort of varpossess it, whether the forces at play sity teams, clubs and friend groups are those that compel us to dress who will refuse to speak up out of “respectably” or maintain silence on fear of potential social isolation. At particular “divisive issues” that drive Amherst, it is unpopular to be an acwhite fear and black isolation. The tivist, particularly when it comes to “All Lives Matter” campaign demon- minority issues. After all, this camstrates the influence of Mbembe’s pus at one time elected to keep the analogy beyond the plantation. This Multicultural Resource Center in the shadow logic has basement because manifested anit would involve other way in the The intent of “Black moving a game c onte mp or ar y : Lives Matter: Awareness room. Many in the possession, Week” was not meant to these groups distortion and will choose not insinuate that black lives elimination of to speak up to are exceptional in any way, keep the more the black voice to highlight par- but to broadcast that black c l o s e - m i n d e d ticular political lives should be respected among them agendas. These as they are just as human comfortable. This distortions have as any other. desire to remain flared up time comfortable perand time again by petuates many voices on the “left” of the stereotypes on this campus. Comparisons are the on campus. Affinity groups as sename of the game. In the recent past questered institutions, certain theme it has ranged from misguided con- housing as closed off for certain raflations of race and gender issues to cial or ethnic groups and minority comparative analyses on the efficacy “self-segregation” are all myths that of black activism on campus. Now exist because of the dissolution and this logic has spread from the “left” control of black life and informato the right, and from the blogs and tion relating to it. Another key myth print publications which they seem is that a minority cannot resist the to frequent on this campus to the forces of their racialized existence walls of Keefe Campus Center for all if that existence is acknowledged. eyes to see.

Access to information is crucial to This different shadow logic is un- these misunderstandings. If black doubtedly a new manifestation of the lives, the subjects of these identities, benign racism that plagues the Unit- were to control for the first time the ed States. Along with other forms, flow of information relating to their such as institutional racism or ironic existences (starting with knowledge racism, it ultimately seeks to silence of the reduction of our lives and and dehumanize without direct vio- voices to form of a shadow), perhaps lent confrontation. In advocating for the hold of racial identity could be unborn rights to life, this “pro-life” reduced to the point where a well-incampaign has reduced the black life tentioned unifying slogan such as to a status below that of the aborted “All Lives Matter” could mean somefetus. thing other than more division. In The implications of the shadow the mean time, “All Lives Matter” on the Amherst experience will also in this context only highlights how be demonstrated in the responses of some lives matter less than others in many in the black community and this country, even the lives of those their allies on campus. I expect that yet to be born. It is a signal of how many black students and their allies much work we have left to do.

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Being Transgender in the Five Colleges Queeriosity

Saren Deardorff ’17 Contributing Writer Queeriosity is a biweekly column dedicated to discussing LGBTQ student life at Amherst College. If you are interested in contributing to the Queeriosity column, contact the Amherst College Queer Resource Center at qrc@amherst.

As my first year at Amherst was coming at recess and fitting in with the boys overall. to its end, I began to reflect on my first-year At that point it was acceptable for me to exexperience in the Amherst community. More press my masculinity. However, when middle specifically, I thought about how much Am- school came around and the concept of genherst’s queer community had influenced me to der was more prominent, my self-image took grow and accept my identity. As I packed my a hit. I was no longer accepted as one of the things, preparing to go back “home,” to a place guys. Puberty hit. I began to play on the girl’s where my identity was neither accepted nor soccer team and swim on the girl’s team. I was embraced, I realized how lucky I was, and am, inherently forced to change my ways. However, to be at Amherst. It is here where I am given a I never questioned this drastic change or my safe environment to explore new realms of my gender, because I never knew I had the agency. queer identity. Here, it is acceptable for me to I never knew it was possible. fluctuate between femininity and masculinity I identify as transgender. If you are not fawithout anyone doubting my gender. For me, miliar with the word, it is an umbrella term that is very important. used by individuals who do not conform to Growing up, I was expected to present and binary gender identities and expressions. For act a certain way because of my assigned gen- example, I was assigned female at birth but do der identity. Dressing “as a boy” was never ap- not identify as a woman. The word is foreign to propriate and often came with repercussions. me. Yet in order for me to have come to terms I was a confused child, who naturally seemed with this newfound identity, I needed the exto transcend the gender binaries. Elementary posure to a positive trans space. It took physschool consisted of wrestling with the boys ically meeting a trans individual, at the age of

15, for me to realize that it is OK to defy the gender binary. I began to go against the norm and what was expected of me merely because I was assigned female at birth. It took 15 years to realize that there was a word for the way I was feeling. Until then, I felt alienated. I was never exposed to the transgender community because it was never publicized, shown in the media or talked about. All it took was hearing the term to realize that it perfectly described me.

While I am now able to embrace my trans identity, many of my loved ones are not. I find that this is a result of the misconceptions that people have of the transgender community.

One very apparent misconception is that trans individuals are not present on college campuses. Admittedly, it is very true that we are less visible on Amherst’s campus, which consists of predominantly cisgender individuals. However, we are here. Our identities are real and should not be undermined. I believe that it is important to counteract the assumptions made regarding the trans community by increasing its visibility and showing its truth.

The visibility of trans individuals on campuses remains limited. This is predominantly because trans individuals face tremendous obstacles during childhood and teenage years.

These challenges are often overlooked. It is

awfully hard for many trans individuals to go through their transitions while attending to their studies and other life commitments. Being trans often puts one at an incredibly high risk of family rejection, poverty and homelessness. I acknowledge the privilege that I have in being able to attend such a wonderful school with people who complement my identity.

However, it does become isolating being one of the few open trans individuals on campus. In order to change this seclusion, I have started a trans support and social group for the five colleges, called TransActive. The goal of the group was to provide a support network that had not yet been created within the five-college community. The group consists of individuals who represent the many different trans identities. Genderqueer, non-binary, transman, transwoman and gender variant are some of the many trans identities. The presence of these identities within this space allows for a diverse and inclusive environment where we as trans individuals can appreciate our bodies, and ourselves. The group meets in Amherst’s Queer Resource Center every Sunday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. My hopes are that this group will allow for the formation of a trans community within the Five College network, giving us a space to safely tell our stories, connect with one another and grow together.

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Issue 08 of literary journal The Common launches this week. Its poetry, short fiction, essays and images share the goal of embodying “a modern sense of place.”

Amherst-Based Literary Journal Uncommonly Good

Liz Mardeusz ’16 Managing Arts & Living Editor

The Common, published biannually, is an Amherst Collegebased literary journal intended to challenge and broaden the reader’s sense of time and place. The magazine, which counts Jennifer Acker ’00 as its editor-in-chief and Vanity Fair editor-atlarge Cullen Murphy ’74 as an advisory board member, released its first print issue in 2011. Since then, The Common has managed to distinguish itself amongst a glut of titles in the literary journal genre as a publication with a unique sense of purpose.

Works of poetry and prose are paired with carefully curated images to compose a magazine worth reading again and again.

This week marks the launch of a brand-new edition of The

Common. Issue 08 is a substantial one, physically and otherwise: the 206-page volume’s heft matches the weight of the ideas presented inside.

This particular collection of short fiction, nonfiction, poems and black-and-white photography certainly satisfies the journal’s objective to embody “a modern sense of place.” It does so in a way that’s particularly poignant for college-age readers — people in the midst of a formative period of self-discovery and identity formation. Issue 08 centers on not just the general notion of place described in the mission statement of The Common, but also on the concept of finding a place of belonging, of finding oneself.

Issue 08 commences with a statement by Acker, an essay simultaneously about travel, authenticity and fitting in. The

piece serves as a moving primer to the subject matter explored in the rest of volume’s 206 pages. She describes her trip to Italy to reconnect with friends living in Tuscany and manages to relate this experience to her childhood stint in Hebrew school. Acker says that she feels like a pilgrim as she wanders the streets of Tuscany during a morning walk. This is a title she prefers to that of tourist; she says that it’s “infinitely better, more reasonable, more authentic” to be a pilgrim.

In her essay, Acker touches upon a pair of all-too-familiar fears: the fear of not being perceived as genuine and the fear of failing to fit in. She recalls her grade school self, who begged her parents to allow her to attend Hebrew school despite com-

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Arise Pub & Pizzeria: Fresh Meals for a Fair Price Ellie Andersen ’15 Senior Staff Writer What began as a night of drinks became an evening of thincrust pizza, chickpea fries and good beer. In the fading heat of a Saturday afternoon, my friends and I met at the Lord Jeff for drinks and appetizers. We had planned a cozy start to our evening of sitting at one of the outdoor fire pits and tasting some small dishes. Unfortunately, the Lord Jeff was incredibly busy hosting a beautiful wedding. After sitting outside for a few moments, enjoying the cooling fall air and warm glow of the fire, we decided we could wait no longer and headed further into town.

As we crunched through the leaves on the town square, we debated where else to go for delectable drinks and food. I immediately suggested Chez Albert, one of my favorite restaurants ever, but our desire for a slightly cheaper meal soon deterred us from trekking down past Bruegger’s Bagels. I then mentioned Arise, a pizzeria tucked next to Amherst Cinema. While this pub and pizzeria sits conveniently close to campus, I find that I do not visit Arise nearly as much as I would like; it seems that most students only know this restaurant as the random establishment behind Fresh Side with the outdoor seating by GoBerry and Amherst Coffee.

Having agreed upon Arise, we bustled into the warm, dim restaurant. As we surveyed the rustic setting of the room with small candles glowing at each table, the hostess offered us one of the highboy tables. We quickly clambered onto the chairs and opened our menus to find a small and manageable selection of seasonal dishes. After a quick perusal of the food, I moved on to the alcohol list in search of a drink to match the pizza I planned to order. While I generally enjoy tasting new cocktails, I did not find myself drawn to any of the fall 2014 cocktails ($13 each) and decided to avoid such drinks as the “Headless Horseman” (organic pumpkin vodka, Galliano, espresso, cream) and the “Slippery Reef ” (white rum, aged grappa, smoked onion heart).

Although some of the drinks looked more appealing, such as “Sal’s Night Out” (gin, blueberries, lemonade, soda water), “Remember When” (bourbon with an apple and vanilla puree), and the simple sangria ($9), I decided to go with a glass of the Vega Sindoa Cabernet Sauvignon ($7) before ordering a bottle of the DAB premium lager ($3.50), a German beer that never fails to please. Unfortunately, our waitress informed me that the bar had

recently run out of the DAB, so I enjoyed the Victory Braumeister Pilsner ($6), another quality selection that is brewed near my home outside of Philadelphia.

Content with my final decision on drinks, I shifted back to the food menu. After skimming the salads and appetizers — mulling over the wild mushroom ravioli ($12) and the classic and unbeatable chickpea fries with house aioli ($8) — I turned to the pizzas. Below the offering of gluten-free crust for an added $5, the menu noted a build-your-own pizza option and a wide selection of house pizzas. While Arise can certainly build a more traditional pizza with whatever flavors please your palate, they also offer distinctive and tasty combinations. I will admit that I built a less idiosyncratic pizza of roasted tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella, olives, caramelized onions and basil ($12 to start plus $1.50 per vegetable item and $3 per meat and specialty cheese), but I agonized over “The Good Shiitake” (mozzarella, shiitake mushrooms, gouda, and caramelized onions for $19.50) and “The Classic” (pepperoni, mozzarella, roasted tomato sauce, and Romano cheese for $16.50). Other enticing options included the “Twice Baked” (fried Yukon potato, mozzarella, scallion crème fresh, and bacon for $18) and the “Cow After Midnight” (mozzarella, roasted tomato sauce, red wine sautéed beef meatballs, and heirloom sweet potatoes for $18), but ultimately I decided to order a less complicated pizza with the exact flavors I wanted, which is a wonderful luxury.

Of course, I have not even mentioned the kitchen specials list, an added menu with changing specials and single slices. For $10, you can choose the “sip and slice” deal and order one slice with a glass of red or white wine or a pint of beer, a solid option if you ask me. One slice, which is about a quarter of the 12-inch pizza for $5, had pepperoni, olives, feta, fresh herbs, balsamic reduction, and mozzarella. Luckily, if the slice sounds absolutely amazing and you think you would love an entire pizza with those delectable toppings, you can always ask for the full pizza. Other specials included a Maine bay scallop risotto ($21) and grilled butternut squash ($4.50), as well as a “Sour Puss Martini.”

Thankfully, our food arrived promptly, my pizza still steaming and the cheese fairly dripping. I rushed to bite into the first slice and immediately burnt the roof of my mouth but still savored the salty olives as they blended with the sweetness of the roasted tomato sauce and caramelized onions. Quickly finishing the first slice, I turned to a second and paused just enough to enjoy my

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Arise Pub & Pizzeria offers a great selection of farmto-table meals as well as an extensive drink menu. beer along with this delicious thin-crust pizza. Soon, my friends and I began to slow and sipped our drinks as we exclaimed over the meal. Seeing as I could not finish the full pizza, our waitress offered to box up the rest, which I found incredibly satisfying later on that evening.

As we sat there, enjoying the last of our drinks and discussing the night ahead, I told my friends about the second to last page on the Arise menu, where the restaurant lists the farms and producers that Arise sources from for the dishes we had each ordered. Not only does this farm-to-table restaurant serve flavorful, wholesome food, but it does so with cheese, meat and produce from farms in the area, even from our own Book and Plow Farm!

Thus, I love eating at Arise because I not only enjoy my meal every time, but I also know that the food comes from good, local sources within the community. If ever you find yourself craving thin-crust pizza, amazing chickpea fries and a good selection of drinks, all at an affordable price, definitely consider Arise.

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The Amherst Student • October 22, 2014

The Common Unites Diverse Poetry and Prose With a Focus on Place Continued from previous page ing from a non-religious family. She labels this as the beginning of her “career as a wannabe belonger,” the genesis of her desire to “belong somewhere special.” Young Acker craves association with a religious group just as her adult self desires to fit in in Tuscany, to avoid the ignorance and flamboyant appearance of a tourist. Hers is an elegantly written and pithy analysis of the role of place in feeling comfortable with oneself. It’s a true highlight of the issue.

Jeff Johnson’s “The Dying of the Deads: A Story in Three Parts,” is a darker exploration of the notion of place and a standout among many well-crafted works of short fiction in this issue of The Common. Johnson writes with both style and grit; the two main characters — teenagers called Isaac and The Kid, respectively — are reminiscent of the adolescent boy characters of the young adult novel “The Outsiders.” They’re a bit roughand-tumble, but they’re well-intentioned, too. The story begins with the boys mourning the suicide of Isaac’s girlfriend, Sara.

In a supernatural twist, they discover that they have the opportunity to bring Sara back to life, an endeavor Johnson recounts with language that is intensely descriptive, but never overwrought or flowery. His writing style is both haunting and masculine, and he uses it to envelop the reader in the setting of his story. However, as the reader is further engrossed in the richness of Johnson’s setting, the characters become more and more uncomfortable with their own sense of place and their sense of self. The juxtaposition lends lasting emotional impact to the piece.

Ralph Sneeden’s “Stepping Off: Confessions From the Littoral Zone” is a story of familial relationships, personal growth and mortality. Sneeden’s work reads like a miniature memoir; there is an understated poignancy to it and it ultimately makes the greatest emotional impact of all the pieces in Issue 08 of The Common. He begins by telling the story of when he nearly drowned during a family trip to the Jersey Shore. Despite this experience, he develops a lifelong love of surfing and reverence for the ocean, commenting upon both its beauty and its danger. His relationship with the seaside evolves as he ages.

With “Stepping Off,” Sneeden uses place as a framework to examine his own progression from childhood to adolescence to young adulthood to fatherhood. Life, as Sneeden presents it, is “an ongoing cycle of initiation.” The ocean is the environment that initiates him into each new stage of his existence; it’s a setting he identifies with and a place he can both share with his son and enjoy on his own.

The poetry of Issue 08 weakens an otherwise stellar issue of The Common. While the majority of the poems included are enjoyable pieces, none leave a particularly lasting impression on the reader. I found myself skimming the poetry in an effort to get to the next work of short fiction or the next essay, pieces that truly embody the mission statement of The Common.

The poetry selection lacks the sense of cohesiveness boasted

by Issue 08’s prose. The Amherst-based publication brings additional significance to the meaning of place, while finding its own place in the ever-expanding realm of literary journals.

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Jennifer Acker ‘00 is the editor-in-chief of The Common.

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The Amherst Student • October 22, 2014

Newest Mead Exhibitions Showcase Never-Before-Seen Works Darya Bor ’18 Staff Writer The Mead Art Museum showcased two of its newest exhibitions on October 3: “Images of the Unimaginable: Art from the First World War,” and “Paper Landscapes: Prints of the American City and Countryside, 1820-1920.”

Earlier this year, the museum debuted another exhibition: “Pain’s Pyrotechnic Spectacle: The Sino-Japanese War in Print.” All three display never-before-seen items from the Mead’s hidden holdings and show the versatility of the print medium and the different techniques of printmaking in various cultures, including Japanese war prints, American landscape prints and Russian avant-garde prints.

The largest of the three exhibits is “Images of the Unimaginable,” which commemorates the experiences of the First World War through four elements of stationary: prints, postcards, woodcuts and propaganda posters. The print series was discovered by Bettina Jungen while searching through the Mead’s 14,000 item collection in storage. Jungen wanted a reason to showcase the Mead’s extensive collection of prints by Natalia Goncharova, a famous avant-garde artist of the early 20th century, along with Olga Rozanova’s rare and cherished collection of line cuts. The exhibition also highlighted postcards and letters sent by American artists and soldiers Childe Hassam and Waldo Pierce, which contained grueling images of the war from the front lines.

Additionally, the Mead contains American artist George Bellows’ response to the war in a series of prints inspired by invading British war propaganda. The exhibition also contains the intellectual work of Swiss painter and artist Félix Vallotton who, like Bellows, made art concerned with the Great War. Framing the collection are propaganda posters and photographs taken by Amherst College’s own soldiers in the ambulance corps, on loan from the Archives and Special Collections.

“The collection shows the involvement

of the artists, who are a very specific group in society, who reflect on what’s going on [in the world] with more or less critical distance,” said Jungen, who curated the exhibition. The result is an emotional spectacle from many perspectives and visions of the suffering caused by the Great War. The “Paper Landscapes” exhibition shows visions of a more peaceful time in a more peaceful place: America from 1820 to 1920.

Georgia Burnhill found these prints during her Mellon Faculty Seminar in the Mead’s extensive hidden holdings. The centerpiece of the exhibit, which depicts the port of New York in its 19th-century glory, is complimented by the wide array of American landscapes in the exhibition, including Amherst itself. Many of the prints have not been shown on display before, including the aforementioned New York by Charles Mottram (1855), which had to be carefully prepared before going on display. The exhibit repreImage courtesy of amherst.edu sents American printmaking as an art of its own.

With limited space, the Mead Art Museum provides guests with a unique look at A fourth grade tour group did not various 19th and 20th-century prints. believe it when they visited the Mead last everything we have, including what we have Friday, but they left appreciating the prints a the best I’ve ever seen.”

Bradley and the Mead also collaborat- from the Archives and Special Collections,” bit more. One girl elegantly summarized the exhibit with a simple question: “Oh, so they’re ed with The Hampshire College Institute of Jungen said, referring to the Mead’s large colCuratorial Practice in order to transfer the lection but very small exhibition area. “The not fakes?”

No, they are not fakes, and neither are the prints into a digital medium, making them thing is, you have to restrict yourself to what prints of the third exhibit of the third show- accessible to the general public through the the space can hold. You choose the best quality, the items that fit the concept best, or what case: “Pain’s Pyrotechnic Spectacle: The Sino- Five College Digital Humanities website.

The standards were high for the prints that hasn’t been on view yet. But quality is always Japanese War in Print.” Bradley Bailey, the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Postdoctoral could be displayed on the walls of the exhibi- a big point.”

And the quality does show. “Images of the Curatorial Teaching Fellow in Japanese Prints, tion were high.

“We chose the ones that showcase the most Unimaginable” will be on view until December was digging through the collections and found an album in pristine condition that had elaborate and lavish printing techniques or 28th while both “Paper Landscapes” and never been shown before. Due to the album’s particularly interesting historical examples — “Pain’s Pyrotechnic Spectacle” will be on show delicate state and exemplary condition, Bailey like the ones with English text,” said Bradley. until Jan. 4. Also, be sure to view the soondetermined that the album could be displayed “I’m always finding stuff downstairs that I closing “Animals in the Art of the Ancient but not touched; taking the work apart would didn’t know we had that we didn’t know we Americas.” The Mead will also be hosting only harm the prints and dim the colors, had. It’s just always super-thrilling to go down an open house based on its next exhibition: which would lessen the impact of these finely there and explore what there is because some “Unlocking Wonder: A Peek into the World of Luxury Cabinets,” which opens Saturday Oct. of it has not even been catalogued.” preserved examples of Japanese prints.

“It’s not a lot of space, but I showed almost 25 at noon.

Bradley described the prints as, “some of

Study Abroad Profile: Jon Ramirez ’16 Talks Madrid Katie Paolano ’16 Sports Section Editor Q: What program/what city are you participating in and what are you studying?

A: I am studying in Madrid, Spain through the Syracuse University program. I am currently taking four classes: World Economy, Economics of European Integration, Spanish and Arts of Spain. I also had a fifth course that was a seminar called Eurovision. It was my only class for the first two weeks of my abroad experience and we travelled to Heidelberg and Frankfurt in Germany, Luxembourg in Luxembourg, Brussels and Brugge in Belgium, and Paris and Toulouse in France. We learned about the European Union, the central bank and the major manufacturing industries throughout Europe. We went

to the Mercedes Benz factory, the Airbus factory, the European Commission and many other interesting places.

Q: Do you speak the native language? How have you faced the transition of language?

A: Yes! I speak Spanish. At first, I was unsure of my ability to speak Spanish well as my last Spanish class was freshman year at Amherst.

However, after spending a month in Madrid so far and having Spanish class four times a week, it is coming along and I am much more confident with my Spanish.

Q: Why did you choose this location/program?

A: I always wanted to go to a Spanish-speaking country to work on my Spanish. I am Mexican, and I have always wanted to be able to speak

Image courtesy of Jon Ramirez ’16

Ramirez enjoys the sights and culture of Madrid during his semester abroad.

to my grandfather in the native tongue. I also wanted to be in Europe so that I would have the opportunity to travel to various places. Therefore, Spain was the perfect choice for me. I chose the Syracuse program because it is located in Madrid, which is the capital of Spain, located in the center of the country. I wanted to expose myself to as many opportunities as possible and I figured Madrid could provide me with those. So far, I could not be happier with my decision.

Q: What is your living situation?

A: I am staying in a home stay with a roommate.

My host mom is 64 years old, and we live in a nice apartment. Her dinners are incredible and she feeds us so much. My favorite meal so far is her tortilla española which is a combination of eggs, ions and sliced ham, sort of like an omelette. Our apartment is a two-minute walk away from the Bull Fighting Stadium (Plaza de Torod).

I walk by it every day on the way to school. It gets really crowded every Thursday and Sunday, and it’s fun to see all the people gather for this historic Spanish tradition. I go to my first bull fight this weekend. I am really excited about it.

Q: What is your favorite thing to do in the city in your spare time? Do you have a favorite street or square?

A: Since my time in Europe, I have been really adventurous. I try to see or do something new every chance I get. Madrid has this really big park called Retiro that has a big lake and a lot of open gardens to relax in. I go there often with friends during the day to have a catch or kick a soccer ball around. My other favorite place is called Plaza de España. It is where a lot of the locals hang out and it has a lot of nice restaurants for tapas. It’s a great place to work on your Spanish and experience the Spanish culture.

Q: What is you favorite native meal?

A: I am a big fan of the tortilla española like I mentioned. It is a combination of eggs, ions, and sliced ham (sort of like an omelette). I’ve recently learned you can put them on a bocadillo (sandwich), and it is a game changer for lunch.

Q: What is something you did that you never expected?

B: This is a hard question to answer because I have done so many things so far. I feel like I have been in Spain at least for six months when it’s only been one and half. A few weekends ago, I travelled to Lagos, Portugal, which is at the very bottom left corner of the Iberian Peninsula. In Lagos, I jumped off 30-foot rock cliffs into the clear blue water and watched a sunset at “the end of the world.” Before the Americas were founded, people thought this point in Portugal was furthest part you could go in the world. I had never anticipated visiting Lagos, so it was definitely a cool experience.

Q: Why would you recommend this program to an interested Amherst student?

A: I would recommend this program to interested students because it combines all the aspects you want in a study abroad experience.

The classes are really interesting. The school sponsors trips every other weekend which are a great way to see the country. Madrid also has an airport so it’s super easy to travel to other places.

The home stay enables you to experience the Spanish culture first hand and to develop your Spanish quickly.

Q: What do you miss most about Amherst?

A: I definitely miss playing baseball the most. I have got in contact with a few Spanish baseball clubs but it has been difficult to plan a practice as their fall practices are very scattered. I would say Val is a close second. I miss that paella they serve.

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Soccer Suffers Rare Regular Season League Loss Will Look to Regain Form Before NESCAC Tourney Jason Stein ’16 Sports Section Editor Dating back to Saturday, Oct. 11, the men’s soccer team went 2-1 in its past three games and currently sports a 10-1-2 record overall (6-1-2 in the NESCAC).

The Jeffs picked up a key NESCAC victory on Oct. 11th at home against the Colby Mules.

Amherst’s first goal of the afternoon came in an exciting fashion, as junior striker Nico Pascual-Leone completed a bicycle kick upon receiving the ball in the box with his back facing the goal. After Pascual-Leone’s bicycle kick hit the cross bar, senior forward Jae Heo collected the rebound and put the ball in the back of the net to give the Jeffs a 1-0 lead.

With less than 15 minutes remaining in the first half, a corner kick from Heo set up PascualLeone perfectly, who finished nicely to put the Jeffs up 2-0.

The Mules would not go down in the first half without a fight, however, as the Mules responded with a long score from defender Dan Vogel. Colby’s goal originated from a pass following a free kick by midfielder Jon Stronach.

In the second half, the Jeffs would add to their lead, as Pascual-Leone doubled his scoring output on the day with a well-struck shot to the left side of the net following a deflected corner kick in the 53rd minute of action. PascualLeone’s second multi-goal performance of 2014 gave the junior forward a team-leading five goals on the season.

Overall in Amherst’s 3-1 win over Colby, the Jeffs had a sizable shot advantage (19-7) and a tremendous edge in corner kicks (9-1) against the Mules. Coincidentally, the Jeffs defeated the

Mules by a 3-1 score last season in a road victory over Colby.

“We took care of business against Colby,” said junior striker Greg Singer. “The NESCAC is very good and it’s easy to lose your focus, but we stayed sharp throughout the game and got the result we needed.”

On the following Tuesday, the Jeffs were able to beat the Drew Rangers in an evening game on the road. In the 19th minute of action, PascualLeone delivered a pass to sophomore Chris Martin, who was able to put it past the keeper, giving the Jeffs a 1-0 lead. On the play, Martin picked up his fourth goal of the season, while PascualLeone tallied his fourth assist. With five goals (a team best) and four assists (tied for the team lead with Singer), Pascual-Leone leads the Jeffs with 14 overall points and is sixth overall in the NESCAC in this category.

During the first half of play, the Jeffs doubled Drew’s shots attempted (8-4).

Amherst’s defensive unit would hold the Rangers off the scoreboard for the duration of the game, while tight defense from Drew in the second half kept Amherst from adding to their lead. Ultimately, Amherst recorded a 1-0 win and its sixth shutout of the season. In the 1-0 win, goalkeeper Thomas Bull ’16 turned back three shots on goal.

In a competitive matchup against a strong NESCAC opponent this past Saturday, Amherst suffered a rare regular season and conference loss to the Wesleyan Cardinals in Middletown, Conn.

While both teams remained scoreless in the first half, and each team attempted five shots apiece in the opening period, the two sides would not be denied in the second half. The Cardinals struck just shy of 20 minutes into the second half,

as Cardinals forward Matt Lynch ’15 scored his third goal of the year, following a pass from senior Omar Bravo, to put the Cardinals ahead.

Less than 10 minutes after Wesleyan took the 1-0 lead, the Jeffs were able to tie the score in the 73rd minute, as Singer scored his second goal of the season off an assist from Jae Heo. While both teams attempted five first-half shots, the Jeffs held a sizable 10-3 shots edge in the second half of play. Following Singer’s goal, both teams remained scoreless until the end of regulation, sending the game into overtime for Amherst’s fourth overtime game of the season.

Prior to the matchup against Wesleyan, the Jeffs had been 1-0-2 in overtime matches in 2014.

The Cardinals were able to send their home crowd fans happy and knock off the Jeffs as Wesleyan first-year forward Adam Cowie-Haskell picked up his fourth goal of 2014 about five minutes into the first period of overtime.

The game-winning score from CowieHaskell (who was named NESCAC Player of the Week) gave the Cardinals a 2-1 victory over the Jeffs. With the win, the Cardinals improved to 7-3-2 overall and 5-2-0 in the NESCAC, while Amherst suffered its first loss on the season and fell to 10-1-2 and 6-1-2 in the NESCAC. In the end, the loss proved to be a rare event for the Jeffs, for Amherst’s last regular season loss came by a score of 3-2 against Connecticut College in late October of 2011, almost three full years ago.

Later on this week, the Jeffs will look to bounce back from the loss against Wesleyan and begin a new streak of dominance, as Amherst plays a road game against Mount St. Mary College (9-4-1 overall and 6-1 in the Eastern College Athletic Conference) at 7 p.m. on Friday night.

“The past two years I have been playing, we have never had the chance to prove ourselves after a loss,” Singer said. “Every time we’ve lost [the 2012 and 2013 National Quarterfinals games against Williams], we have had to wait nine months before we can get back on the field and fix what we did wrong. This time is different. We will work extremely hard at practice this week and prepare ourselves for Friday.”

Following this game against Mount St. Mary College, the Jeffs will have just one regular season game remaining on the schedule prior to NESCAC Tournament play, as they play Trinity in a 3:30 p.m. match up at home on Wednesday, Oct. 29.

Photo courtesy of Rob Mattson

Senior Jae Heo has scored two goals on the season.

Volleyball Falls to Jumbos Cross Country Finishes in Straight Sets Second at Little Threes Drew Kiley ’18 Staff Writer Last weekend, the Amherst women’s volleyball team earned a split in two crucial NESCAC matches, beating Connecticut College in a come-from-behind 3-2 victory and falling to Tufts in straight sets. Afterwards, the team defeated Endicott at Tufts in straight sets to finish with a 2-1 week overall.

On Friday, the Firedogs rallied from 2-0 down to win three straight close sets and claim the match in dramatic fashion (25-27, 21-25, 28-26, 25-18, 15-12). Maggie Danner ’17 spearheaded Amherst’s comeback as she floored a match-high 19 kills on a .390 hitting percentage to go along with five assisted blocks.

Co-captain Nicole Carter ‘16 said, “Our mental toughness and desire to win is what really pushed us through the last three sets.”

Amherst’s front-row responded particularly well to Conn. College on defense. Marialexa Natsis ’18 recorded six assisted blocks and Jennifer Krems ’18 added four as the Firedogs doubled their opposition’s block total with 12.

Natsis also floored 10 kills, and Nicole Gould ’17 floored nine. Carter directed Amherst’s attack with 36 assists while Kate Bres ’17 added 14 helpers. Katie Warshaw ’16 and Kelci Keeno ’17 led Amherst with 13 digs each.

Conn. College’s combination of setter Emily Aterbury and hitters Ella Johnson and Sam Hunter presented problems for the Firedogs throughout.

Aterbury claimed a match-high 50 assists while Johnson and Hunter recorded a combined 33 kills on a .360 hitting percentage.

The Firedogs earned a split in tri-match action on Saturday, with a hard-fought, 3-0 (25-13, 30-28, 25-23) loss to Tufts followed by a straight set victory over Endicott.

Amherst started slowly losing the first set 25-13, but then challenged the Jumbos in the next two. The second stanza was particularly

contested, with Tufts requiring 30 points to finally claim it.

Carter led Amherst’s effort with 20 assists and 11 digs. Warshaw recorded 14 assists and Bres dished out nine assists. Danner led Amherst’s hitters with eight kills while Gould, Krems, and Natsis each added five.

For Tufts, Hayley Hopper and Maddie Kuppe each floored 15 kills each to lead all hitters while Isabel Kuhel impressed with 13 kills in only 18 attack opportunities. Kyra Baum directed their attack with 42 assists while Carolina Berger added 12 digs.

Warshaw said, “It was definitely challenging to regroup after our game against Conn.

College. I think on Saturday we were slow to adjust to Tufts, and they came out with more energy and a faster pace. I don’t think they were presenting anything that we couldn’t handle, but they won that battle on Saturday.”

In Amherst’s 3-0 (26-24, 25-20, 25-12) victory over Endicott, Warshaw led all players with 21 digs while Walker added eight, and Danner notched seven. Carter dished out 21 helpers and Bres added 11. Danner led all hitters with 10 kills, followed closely by Natsis with eight and Gould with seven.

With these results, Amherst improves to 16-5 (6-2 NESCAC). However, the play at Tufts this weekend captured the most attention in the NESCAC. With wins against Williams and Amherst (previously the top two teams in the conference) on back-to-back days, Tufts surged to the top of the NESCAC standings at 7-1 in league play. Amherst fell to third but will look to finish the regular season out strong with two games left, against Bowdoin and Colby.

“I’m looking forward to hopefully matching up [against Tufts] again at the NESCAC tournament,” Warshaw said.

However, league play will be put on hold this week as Amherst hosts the 10-team Hall of Fame Tournament on Friday, Oct. 24 and Saturday, Oct. 25.

Holly Burwick ’17 Senior Staff Writer Men The Amherst men’s cross country team traveled to Williamstown this past Saturday to take part in the Little Three Championships, hosted by NESCAC archrival Williams.

The Jeffs took second in the meet with 45 points, while Williams took home the title with 19 points. Wesleyan was last in the trio, with 68 points.

The top finishers for Amherst included Mohamed Hussein ’18, whose 26:01 in the 8000m slated him fourth in the 54-person field. Runners from Williams had the top three overall finishes, with Colin Cotton’s 25:48 time winning the day.

Rounding out the top three for the Jeffs wasDan Crowley ’16 and Raymond Meijer ’17, whose 26:22 and 26:36 finishing times placed them eighth and 10th overall, respectively.

“Although we had some notable performances, we fell well short of our team goal of winning the meet,” said senior co-captain Greg Turissini. “Williams is a very solid team, but considering our finish at last weekend’s Open New England Championships, I believe we have what it takes to compete with them. I believe we could have benefitted from more rest, as both Williams and Wesleyan came in to Saturday’s race well-rested from a bye weekend.”

Other top runners for the Jeffs included Ben Fiedler ’17 (26:45), co-captain KC Fussell ’15 (26:48), Craig Nelson ’18 (26:50) and Turissini (26:52), placing them in 11th, 12th, 14th and 16th.

“We were a bit disappointed with the score, and by the fact that we did not pose as much of a challenge to Williams as I thought we are capable of,” said Coach Eric Nedeau. “But I’m looking forward to a last good block of training as we head into the championships.”

The Jeffs will look to race to this high standard set by Coach Nedeau when they return to action on Saturday, Nov. 1 for the NESCAC Championships, hosted by Middlebury.

Women The Amherst women’s cross country team finished second at the Little Three Championships this past Saturday in Williamstown. The Jeffs finished the 5K with an average time of 19:34 and 43 points. This was behind Williams’ 19:01 average finish and 19 points. Wesleyan took third in the event, averaging two minutes behind Williams and with 83 points.

“Little threes was sort of a mixed bag,” said Coach Cassie Funke-Harris. “This was the last race of the season for a few people on the team, and I thought that they did a good job of embracing the opportunity and putting it all out there. Williams is one of the best teams in the country, so we knew it would be a long shot for us to beat them. That said, I didn’t feel like we put our best effort out there.

There were some really great races, but there were also some team members who just didn’t show up ready to race, and it showed.”

Paving the way for the Jeffs was Savanna Gornisiewicz ’17, whose 18:57 finish placed her second in the 61-person field.

Next for Amherst, and also in the top ten was Lizzy Briskin ’15. The senior’s 19:31 finish slotted her eighth overall. Rounding out the top five finishers for the Jeffs were Nicky Roberts ’18 (19:39), Lexi Sinclair ’16 (19:46) and Jessie Kaliski ’15 (19:53), who each took 12th, 15th and 17th, respectively.

Other top runners for the Jeffs were Cara Lembo ’17 (20:30) and Tess Frenzel ’17 (20:37).

“I think there were important things to take away from this past weekend, but I’m already looking ahead to NESCACs,” Coach Funke-Harris said.

“We had fantastic meets at Williams and Paul Short, and if we can keep that momentum rolling, I like our chances of a top three finish. This team responds well to pressure and they run well when they need to. We just need to put together five really good races at NESCACs to accomplish our goal of finishing in the top three.”

The Jeffs will return to action for the NESCAC Championships on Saturday, Nov. 1 at Middlebury.

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Schedule WEDNESDAY Women’s Soccer @ Conn. College, 3:45 p.m.

THURSDAY Field Hockey vs. Smith College, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY Men’s Soccer @ Mount St. Mary, 7 p.m.

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Volleyball vs. Hall of Fame Tourney, 5 p.m.

SATURDAY Volleyball vs. Hall of Fame Tourney, 9 a.m.

Football vs. Tufts, 1 p.m.

Tuesday Women’s Soccer vs. Trinity College, 7 p.m.

Men’s Tennis Triumphs in Two 5-4 Thrillers Nicole Yang ’16 Managing Sports Editor

The Amherst men’s tennis team spent its fall break on a road trip, traveling to face top-tier opponents seventh-ranked Johns Hopkins and ninthranked Carnegie Mellon, for their first dual matches of the fall. The Jeffs came away with two key 5-4 victories to start the season undefeated for the second straight year.

“I think from an expectations standpoint, I was just excited to see how the guys were going to compete and how we would handle two tough dual matches early in the season,” said head coach Todd Doebler on his thoughts heading into the weekend.

On Saturday, Amherst got on the board early against Johns Hopkins, earning two doubles victories, with Andrew Arnaboldi ’17 and Andrew Yaraghi ’16 topping Tanner Brown and Justin Kang 8-3 in the third spot and juniors Russell Einbinder and Michael Solimano defeating Nicholas Garcia and Noah Joachim 8-4 in the second spot. The Jeffs, however, could not clinch the doubles trifecta, as Aaron Revzin ’16 and Andrew Scheiner ’15 fell 8-6 in the top spot.

With a 2-1 advantage going into the singles matches, the Jeffs needed three more victories to secure the win. In spite of this, Johns Hopkins responded with two wins of their own in the No. 1 and No. 5 singles spots, as Mike Buxbaum defeated Solimano 6-4, 6-1 and Jeremy Dubin routed Scheiner 6-2, 6-1, respectively. Revzin was able to even the score a three apiece, as he topped Ben Hwang 7-5, 6-1 in the second singles spot.

“I think he’s playing up to the potential he always had, and it obviously helps being 35 pounds lighter,” Doebler said when asked to comment on Revzin’s performance. “I think it was big for the team the way he competed all weekend long, and he came through in those singles matches.”

The teams would then exchange a pair of wins, with Yaraghi coming away victorious in the third spot 7-6, 6-2 and Einbinder falling in the fourth spot 6-4, 6-4, leaving the match to be decided by Arnabolid in the sixth singles spot. Down a set and a break, the sophomore came back to claim the match, giving Amherst the 5-4 win.

The following day, Amherst was unable to obtain the doubles edge against Carnegie Mellon, notching their only victory in the third spot thanks to Arnaboldi and Yaraghi. The 1-2 hole didn’t phase the Jeffs, however, as they rattled off three straight

singles victories to go up 4-2.

Solimano recorded the first singles win in the top spot with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Abhishek Alla, and both Arnaboldi and Yaraghi continued their stellar weekends, adding two more to the win column for Amherst.

Carnegie Mellon narrowed the gap with a win in the fourth spot, as Einbinder fell 6-3, 6-3, but Revzin clinched the victory in the second spot, defeating Will Duncan in three sets. After losing the first set tiebreaker, the junior cruised through the following two sets, 6-2, 6-1.

In the final match of the day, Kunal Wadwani defeated Scheiner in three sets, 1-6, 6-1, 7-5, bringing the score to 5-4 and ending a successful weekend for the Jeffs.

“I know a lot of people outside of Amherst probably counted us out when they saw that huge loss to our lineup [graduating Joey Fritz, Chris Dale and Justin Reindel], so it was a really great weekend to see everyone step up,” Revzin said on the team’s overall performance.

“These teams are two top-eight teams, and if we can beat those teams without one of our best players, I’m very excited to see what we can do when everyone is playing their best,” Revzin said of Zykov’s absense.

A number of Jeffs also competed in the Wallach Invitational at Bates over Fall Break. Though only senior co-captain Sean Rodriguez was able to advance to the second round of the “B Singles” draw, Doebler said he still has a positive outlook moving forward.

“The Bates tournament was good in the sense that we were able to get those guys those matches,” he said. “I think the guys who went on the trip learned a lot from that experience.

The conclusion of the fall season will cap off a solid debut for the new coach, who was hired in August following the departure of former head coach Chris Garner.

With just two more weeks left of the fall season, Amherst heads into the offseason with lofty aspirations for the spring, when they will look to defend both the NESCAC and national title.

“We have a really competitive group of guys that really came through on a tough road trip against two really good teams,” Doebler said. “I think it should give the guys confidence going into the spring and also should motivate them knowing that there aren’t going to be any easy matches come dual match season.”

Women’s Tennis Falls to Archrival Williams 5-4 Katie Paolano ’16 Sports Section Editor

Women’s tennis suffered its first loss to Williams in its first dual-match opener 5-4 Saturday, Oct. 11.

Coming off of last spring’s season as national runner-ups, starting off the season 0-1 is tough for the Jeffs.

In the No. 1 spot, Vickie Ip ’18 and Sue Ghosh ’16 defeated Williams’ Curran and Pylypiv, 8-1. In the No. 3 position, Sarah Monteagudo ’16 and Safi Aly ’15 edged Atkinson and McDonnell of Williams, 9-7.

In singles competition, the Jeffs cinched the wins in the No. 1 and 2 positions thanks to Ip and

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Ghosh, respectively. Ip defeated Shin in a close match 6-3, 3-6, 10-6, and Ghosh won 6-2, 6-3.

Simione Aisiks ’17 fell short in the No. 3 spot, 0-6, 6-3, 1-6. The Ephs defeated the Jeffs in the No. 3 singles spot through the No. 6 to narrowly win 5-4.

Women’s tennis hosted Wesleyan, MIT, Middlebury, Williams, Brandeis, Babson, Wheaton, Trinity and Roger Williams in the three-day NEWITT Tournament this past weekend. Amherst first defeated Wesleyan 3-0, then Middlebury 3-0, then Williams 3-0, before falling to Williams 2-1 on Sunday.

The Jeffs concluded their fall season, and look forward to winter training to prepare for spring competition.

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Rachael Abernathy ’16

Favorite Team Memory: Making the football team Favorite Pro Athlete: Kobe Bryant and Muhammad Ali Dream Job: NFL kicker Pet Peeve: N/A Favorite Vacation Spot: New Zealand Bucket List: Skydiving Guilty Pleasure: Food Favorite Food: Steak Favorite Thing About Amherst: The atmosphere

Favorite Team Memory: Beating Williams this season Favorite Pro Athlete: Brandi Chastain Dream Job: Working on something I’m proud of with inspiring people Bucket List: Skydiving Pet Peeve: When people don’t say “please” and “thank you” Guilty Pleasure: Food posts on Pinterest Favorite Food: Salmon Favorite Thing About Amherst: The people

Seventh-Ranked Field Hockey Picks up Three Wins Lauren Tuiskula ’17 Sports Section Editor The Amherst College field hockey team continues to move up the national rankings, winning their last three games and extending their win streak to nine straight. The team picked up two NESCAC victories and one non-conference win over last two weeks.

The first win came against NESCAC foe Colby back on Saturday, Oct. 11. The battle lasted into overtime, but the Jeffs eventually pulled out the win in front of their home crowd.

Neither team was able to gain strong momentum in the first half, with shots on goal resting at three on both sides. Amherst did hold a 4-1 advantage in penalty corners, and this small edge would transfer into the second half of play.

Amherst used the break well, opening up scoring just over two minutes into the half, as Annika Nygren ’16 netted her seventh goal of the season.

Despite Amherst’s dominance of play, Colby used one of their four penalty corners in the game, to even things at one.

Amherst eventually earned the win in the ninth minute of overtime. Nygren made the insert pass on a corner, finding first-year Elizabeth Turnbull at the top of the penalty circle. The shot rang off the back of the cage, propelling the Jeffs to the 2-1 win.

“I think we were comfortable with the early lead but their late goal made us realize that we needed to shift momentum,” junior Katie Paolano said. “We came out hard in overtime and ultimately finished strong for the win.”

After the drama of Saturday’s contest, Amherst cruised to an 8-0 victory on Wednesday, Oct. 15 over non-conference opponent Castleton State.

Seven different Jeffs scored on the day, while four others contributed to the scoring opportunities.

Amherst wasted no time getting on the board, mounting a 4-0 lead in just the first ten minutes of action. In the second minute Turnbull ’18 netted her fourth of the year, off an assist from Nygren.

The first-years continued to contribute, as Mary Grace Cronin ’18 extended the lead to two, thanks to an assist from Syndey Watts ’17. Two minutes later, Nygren got in on the scoring action, this one unassisted, giving Amherst a 3-0 lead.

A score from Katie Paolano ‘16, her first of the year capped off the ten-minute flurry.

Even with the early four-goal lead, the Jeffs kept pressure on the Spartans. In the 24th minute, Paolano again found the back of the net, this time off an assist from Ellie Andersen ’15.

The first half scoring action was rounded out

by a goal from Mary Margaret Stoll ’17. First-year Caroline Fiore was credited with the assist on the play. The goal propelled Amherst into the intermission with a decisive 6-0 lead.

The Jeffs added two more goals for good measure in the second half, one by Grace Cronin, her second on the year, and the other by Taylor Hallowell ’17. Caroline Feeley ’18 and Nygren were both credited with the assists.

Emily Horwitz ’17 and Rachel Tannenbaum ’15 split time to earn the shutout.

Amherst held an astounding 45-2 advantage in shots on the day and a 19-2 edge in penalty corners in the game.

The winning ways continued on Saturday, Oct. 18 against Wesleyan. The Jeffs took the victory 4-0, earning their seventh shutout on the season and ninth straight win.

Characteristically, Amherst scored early and often. Four different Jeffs contributed to the tallies on the day.

Nygren found Turnbull ’18 to put Amherst on the board just five minutes into the game. Nygren again had an assist, this one to Stoll in the 16th minute to extend the lead to two.

The scoring opportunities continued to come for the Jeffs, as Turnbull ’18 assisted her older sister Annie Turnbull ’16.

Nygren provided the final blow just two minutes later, scoring unassisted to push Amherst to the 4-0 win.

The scoring was contained to the first half of play, as the final goal came in the 28th minute.

Despite controlling play throughout the game, Amherst held a slim 16-13 advantage in shots and 12-9 advantage in corners.

“We are Wesleyan’s team to beat which makes the games more intense”, Paolano said. “Last year we only beat them by one, so this game could have really gone either way. The fact that we scored four goals in the first half really helped to seal the win, and the Little Three championship.”

Horwitz factored largely in the shutout, saving 10 shots on goal.

The seventh-ranked Jeffs have just two regular season games remaining. They will host Smith this Thurday, Oct. 23 beginning at 7 pm on Gooding Field and Trinity the following Wednesday, Oct. 29, again at 7 pm.

“We beat Trinity in OT last year, but they have always been a tough competitor,” Paolano said.

“This year they are looking very strong, as they beat a tough Bowdoin team. We are looking forward to finishing our regular season with a challenging game to prepare us for the postseason.”

The Amherst Student • October 22, 2014

Women’s Soccer Rides ThreeGame Winning Streak Virginia Hassell ’16 Staff Writer After clinching conference wins over Colby and Wesleyan in the past two weeks, the Amherst women’s soccer team worked their way to the top of the NESCAC, tying archrival Williams for the first place standing. Ranked 15th in nation, the Jeffs have won three of their last four games. Amherst saw their second loss of the year come from the Warriors of Eastern Connecticut State University (9-5-1) just before fall break. Although ECSU snapped a six-game win streak for the Jeffs, the resilient Purple and White responded by capturing three straight victories.

Maintaining possession of the ball for the majority of both halves, Amherst struck first with a Hannah Guzzi ’18 goal, the shot delivered just under the cross bar to put the Jeffs ahead 1-0 in the 14th minute of play.

Going into the half, Amherst boasted an 8-1 shot advantage, but that would not be enough to hold off ECSU. In the 74th minute, ECSU’s Emily Becher collected a long pass from Hailey Lehning and fired a shot inside the right post.

Tied at 1-1, a Warrior corner kick and header from Lehning resulted in the game-winning goal just ten minutes later.

Guzzi lead the Amherst offense with eight shots, three of which were on goal, while Delancey King ’18 and Ashlyn Heller ’17 also chipped in a shot attempt each. Overall, Amherst boasted a 14-4 shot advantage but missed opportunities proved fatal for the Jeffs.

“Soccer isn’t always a game where the best team wins,” Ariana Twomey ’15 said. “We didn’t finish our chances in that game, and it ended up biting us in the butt.”

Returning to NESCAC action during fall break, the Jeffs faced-off against Colby College (45-1). Delancey King ’18 headed in a corner kick from Meredith Manley’s ’18, breaking the 2-2 stalemate en route to a sensational 3-2 overtime victory.

Manley sparked the Jeffs’ offense earlier in the game as well. In the 25th minute, she knocked a corner kick to Emily Hester ’17 for a header to put Amherst ahead by one. But Colby responded a minute later with a Cami Notaro goal that tied the score at 1-1.

The Mules posted their second goal in the 65th minute of action when Notaro struck again.

Down 2-1, Amherst capitalized on a penalty kick opportunity just five minutes later. Guzzi fired the shot into the top left corner, which tied the score at 2-2.

“The Colby game was the first game where we came back from behind which was a good learning experience for the team,” Twomey continued.

With neither team able to find the back of the net before the end of regulation, the game went into overtime. Just 2:26 in, Manley and King connected for the thrilling finish.

“We pulled it out in the end” Twomey. said “It

was grit that won us that game. We kept working.”

Amherst outshot Colby, 13-5 in the matchup.

Goalkeeper Holly Burwick ’16 posted three saves.

Coming off of the dramatic win, Amherst beat Keene State College (8-7-0) in a convincing 4-0 non-conference victory. Four different Jeffs contributed to scoring.

“Keene was a great game and out of conference win for us,” said co-captain Mel Stier ’15.

“They are always extremely physical, and we came out and put them away early in the first half and controlled the remainder of the game.”

Emma Rothkopf ’15 capitalized on a short pass from Quinn Phillips ’17 to put Amherst on the scoreboard and to record her first goal of the season.

With six minutes remaining in the half, Guzzi drew blood once more for Amherst off of a touch pass from Rachael Abernethy ’16. With a two-goal cushion leading into intermission, the Jeffs never looked back.

In the 77th minute of play, Jessy Hale ’16 delivered a corner kick to Phillips who headed the ball between the posts. Amherst scored their fourth at the 83:50 mark when Alison Neveu ’18 found Megan Kim ’16 on a cross.

In the 4-0 victory, the Jeffs outshot the Owls 18-10, and also finished with a 10-2 advantage in shots on goal. Burwick amassed two saves in the game, earning an impressive sixth shutout on the year.

Traveling to Middletown, Connecticut over the weekend, the Jeffs triumphed over NESCAC rival Wesleyan University (1-9-2). In the 2-0 win, Amherst struggled to execute shot opportunities in the first half. The Jeffs owned a commanding 7-0 shot advantage at the break, but the score remained tied at 0-0.

“The environment was really tough when we played there on Saturday. It was their homecoming and senior day, and there were a lot of rowdy fans,” Stier said.

“We had some incredible goals in the second half that let us pull away with the victory. Our defense did a great job in sealing the shut out.”

In the 76th minute of action, Abernethy netted the first goal off of a feed from Rothkopf. Abernethy, collecting a delivery from Kim, delivered one more for the Jeffs at the 83:02 mark. Burwick posted three saves, helping the Jeffs clench another victory.

“We’re really working hard for each other both on the field and sideline,” Abernethy said. “The energy, work ethic and focus we have is inspiring.

It is exciting and really fun to finish the incredible scoring opportunities we’re creating for each other.”

With two games remaining in the regular season, the Jeffs hope to tack two more wins onto their already impressive regular season before heading into tournament play. Traveling to Connecticut College this afternoon, the Purple and White will wrap-up the regular season at home against Trinity College next Tuesday, Oct.28.

NBA Predictions

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First Take with Rigas Chris Rigas ’16 Columnist

With the start of the NBA season right around the corner, all the experts are currently making predictions. Personally, when I make predictions I like to make them a little far-fetched, so that when they’re wrong, people just forget them, but when one happens to be right, I can take credit. With that in mind, here are eight bold predictions for the NBA this year.

The Clippers will have the best record in the NBA. Admittedly, this one is a little less bold after the news that Kevin Durant will miss the first six weeks of the season for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Los Angeles finished 57-25 last year, behind only the Thunder and the Spurs. Durant’s injury should knock the Thunder down a peg.

As for the Spurs, their 62 wins last year came despite limited minutes from Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, and Tim Duncan, who were rested by Greg Popovich to prepare for the playoffs. Popovich managed to wring productive minutes out of several less talented bench players, but I’m betting some of those guys will regress to the mean.

The Clippers have the combination of starpower and depth needed to sustain great performance throughout the year. Their roster hasn’t changed much from last year, but they did add center Spencer Hawes. Hawes won’t light the world on fire, but, as a competent backup big man, he does fill a need for the Clippers, who struggled when Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan sat last year.

to the Finals speak for themselves, but really, how badly can a team with Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and Serge Ibaka do, regardless of who the coach is? Brooks has been terrible in the playoffs, consistently playing the wrong players and presiding over a directionless offense.

Besides the Fisher debacle, Brooks insists on playing Kendrick Perkins, a historically bad offensive player, significant minutes in both the regular season and the playoffs. The Thunder aren’t exactly a deep team, but the playoffs are the time for shorter rotations. In 2013, Perkins managed to post a -0.7 PER in the playoffs, the worst playoff PER ever by anyone who played more than 200 minutes. Last year, playing Steven Adams and Reggie Jackson 40 minutes a night would have been a better choice than letting Fisher and Perkins see the floor.

After another disappointing playoff exit and with Durant a free agent in 2016, the Thunder front office will see their window closing and finally ditch Brooks.

Since I’m criticizing coaches, maybe it’s only fair to give one a little credit:

The Raptors will have the best record in the East at the beginning of 2015.

LeBron’s Cavs are undoubtedly the most talented team in the conference, but continuity is important in basketball. Cleveland may very well experience an adjustment period while their stars get used to playing with each other, and the Raptors, who won 48 games last year, have a good young core that is basically unchanged from last year. Kyle Lowry and Demar DeRozan had breakout years last year, and Jonas Valanciunas and Terrence Ross are poised to join them this year.

As for the other Eastern Conference contenders, the Raptors are deeper than the Wizards, and better offensively than the Bulls. Even if Cleveland catches them eventually, the Raptors will be a first half surprise.

Mike Budenholzer will win coach of the year, on his way to leading the Hawks to a top four seed in the East.

Budenholzer, a former Spurs assistant, is pushing the NBA’s three-point revolution to the limit in Atlanta. With the advent of more and more advanced statistics, teams are learning that it’s simply more efficient to shoot more threes, and every year, the league breaks the previous year’s record for most triples made and attempted. The Hawks shot more three-pointers than anyone besides Houston last year.

Despite Al Horford’s injury, the Hawks scraped into the playoffs last year, and gave the top-seeded Pacers everything they could handle in the first round. With Horford back this year and paired with Paul Millsap in the middle, the Hawks will have the East’s most talented big man combination. Budenholzer can surround Millsap and Horford with a steady point guard in Jeff Teague, and lights-out shooters like Kyle Korver, which should be enough to secure a home series in the weak East.

Russell Westbrook will finish in the top three of MVP voting.

Thunder point guard Westbrook takes a lot of heat for his shot selection, but he is absolutely electric when he’s at his best. His 2013-2014 regular season was marred by injury, but he went to another level in the playoffs, playing as well or better than Kevin Durant. With Durant sidelined for the first six weeks, Westbrook will need to keep the Thunder afloat in a tough Western Conference.

Derek Fisher will struggle in his first year as Knicks head coach.

I’m not really convinced by the idea that players, even really smart players, can just start being head coaches right after they retire.

The Nets tried a similar experiment last year with Jason Kidd. It started off disastrously, with the Nets mired at the bottom of the East and Kidd intentionally spilling drinks on the court. Even though it got better, the Nets never materialized into the championship contender that they were supposed to be, and Kidd bolted at the end of the year for Milwaukee.

And if Fisher was really prepared to be a coach, he would have benched himself in the playoffs the last two or three years instead of letting Scott Brooks torpedo the Thunder’s seasons by playing a washed-up point guard. And that brings us to...

Junior Rachael Abernathy scored two goals against Little Three rival Wesleyan on Saturday.

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This will be Scott Brooks’ last year as head coach of the Thunder.

Brooks’ defenders will insist that his regular season records and Oklahoma City’s 2012 trip

Anthony Davis will also finish in the top three of MVP voting.

In fact, by the numbers, Davis will be the best player in the league. He experienced big jumps in all the major statistical categories from his rookie to his sophomore year, and there’s no reason to think the trend won’t continue this year. Davis is already a great defensive player; no one can match his combination of quickness and shotblocking ability. But the Pelicans will struggle to stay in the brutal Western conference playoff race, and voters will hesitate to give the award to a player on a mediocre team.

Ed Davis will have a breakout year for the Lakers.

Someone other than Kobe Bryant has to score some points for the Lakers, and fans of basketball everywhere hope that person isn’t Nick Young. Davis is projected to be the fourth big man in Coach Byron Scott’s rotation, but expect Scott to use any number of combinations to try and wring some productivity out of his squad.

Particularly, once Scott and Kobe Bryant give up any delusion they might have of making the playoffs, there will be no reason to keep throwing the veteran starters, Carlos Boozer and Jordan Hill, out there. Davis has put up good numbers in limited minutes in Toronto and Memphis, so he could put together a good season if he’s given the chance in Los Angeles.

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With a victory against Little Three rival Wesleyan, and a victory against Tufts this weekend, Amherst sets up a potential matchup of undefeated teams against the Trinity Bantams. The Bantams haven’t lost at home in over 13 years, and the Jeffs will look to break that streak in pursuit of a perfect season.

Kicking Game Powers Amherst Past Wesleyan Nwosu ’15 Wins NESCAC Player of the Week

Nell Patterson ’15 Sports Writer Trailing after the halftime for the first time all season, the Amherst put together an impressive second half to knock off the Colby Mules 35-10 on Oct. 11th. The Jeffs maintained their undefeated record thanks to stalwart defense and a second half offense led by quarterback Max Lippe ’15.

“Max Lippe was definitely the story of the game because he changed the pace of our offense, made the right decisions and some big plays,” senior wide receiver Gene Garay said.

Lippe threw for 142 yards in the second half alone. Combined with the rushing efforts, the Amherst offense totaled 329 yards on the day.

The Jeffs moved into a big game the next week against Wesleyan, who also was undefeated moving into week five.

“Going into Wesleyan I think the biggest threat for us is letting them dictate what we do,” Garay said prior to the Wesleyan game. “We have to stick to our script, execute our plays and make big plays when we get the opportunities to do so.”

The stage was set for a NESCAC battle on Saturday, Oct. 18th. The Jeffs faced an impressive Wesleyan team who beat Bates 24-10 the previous week. The sun was shining at the beginning of the game, but ominous clouds in the distance meant rain was on the way. Wesleyan hosted their homecoming, and the home crowd factored into the excitement. Tensions ran high, as did penalties: Amherst received eight penalties, while Wesleyan committed nine.

Reid Singer ’16, who transferred after his freshman year from Wesleyan to Amherst, was especially excited for the game. “Playing former teammates was unnerving, but once the game began it was all about execution,” Singer said.

Ultimately, the Jeffs prevailed 33-30 in overtime, avenging their 20-14 loss to the Cardinals at Amherst Homecoming in 2013.

“I think the best thing the team did against Wesleyan was to never give up and we played with passion,” said kicker Phillip Nwosu ’15.

The Jeffs offense recorded 322 total yards, 158 through the air and 164 on the ground. Lippe led

the team with patience and ease, converting two fourth down plays for the Jeffs. Garay led the team in receptions and racked up 99 yards, while Kelly dominated the ground game once again with 122 yards rushing and another 20 yards receiving. The Amherst defense faced their most formidable opponent on the year and gave up a season-high 433 yards. Though the Cardinals success through the air, piling up 305 yards, the Jeffs limited the ground game effectively, only giving up 128 yards.

Amherst received possession first, but was unable to convert any points. The Wesleyan offense found more success. Senior Jesse Warren converted three first downs to get Wesleyan deep into Amherst territory. The Cardinals’ Kyle Gibson finished off the drive running for two yards in the end zone.

Trailing by seven, the Amherst offense returned to the field but was unable to move the ball.

Jackson McGonagle ’16 had a great punt pinning the Cardinals inside their own 20. After a penalty and a series of unsuccessful running plays, the Cardinals were forced to punt from their own 5-yard line. Warren was unable to get off a good punt, and the Jeffs received the ball at the Wesleyan 24yard line. On the first play of the drive, Kelly blew through a massive hole in the Cardinals defense and ran for the touchdown.

The Cardinals and the Jeffs exchanged punts until midway through the second quarter. The Cardinals broke the stalemate finding the end zone with four minutes left in the half. However, the Wesleyan kicker missed a crucial extra point, and the score remained 13-7. Feeling the pressure, Lippe and the Amherst offense returned to the field hoping to put up points. The Jeffs worked their way the Cardinal 15 yard line. Unable to convert on third down, Nwosu made the first of his four field goals from 32 yards out.

The half ended with the Jeffs trailing 13-10. The Cardinals got the ball to begin the half and added a field goal on the opening drive. Trailing by six, Lippe led the team with patience, converting two third down passes to Garay and Brian Ragone ’16.

At the Wesleyan 10 yard line, Lippe handed the ball to Kelly who found the end zone again. Nwosu’s extra point attempt was good and the Jeffs led 17-16 for the first time in the game. Wesleyan answered

on their next possession, as Warren found Jay Fabien on a 20-yard touchdown pass, putting the Cardinals up 23-17.

Garay returned the kickoff following the Cardinals’ touchdown 39 yards to midfield. With good field position, Lippe moved the Jeffs up to the Wesleyan 13 yard line. On fourth down, the Jeffs sent Nwosu in again for a field goal attempt, which he made from 30 yards out. The third quarter ended with the Jeffs trailing the Cardinals 23-20.

Entering the final quarter, the Jeffs defense needed to stop the potent Cardinal offense. Jimmy Fairfield-Sonn ’16 came up with a big play for the Jeffs by intercepting Warren’s pass near the Cardinal 36-yard line. The turnover ignited the Amherst bench and gave the team a much-needed burst of energy. Lippe passed Garay the ball on the first play of the drive for a 15-yard gain. From there, Kelly received the ball on almost every down including a 1-yard rush for a Jeffs’ touchdown. The Jeffs seemingly took the lead for good at 27-23.

The Jeffs and Cardinals exchanged punts as time wound down in the fourth quarter. With four minutes left, the Cardinals made a big play. Warren heaved the ball towards the Wesleyan sideline, finding Fabien, who beat the Amherst secondary and sprinted to the end zone. Once again, Amherst found themselves behind as time was running out.

With 3:44 on the clock and the rain starting to come down more heavily, the Amherst offense took the field in hopes of marching to victory. Lippe was unable to find any of his receivers, and the Jeffs punted the ball away. The Cardinals attempted to drain the clock, but were unable to convert any first downs. The Amherst defense held the Cardinals on third down and forced a poor punt.

The Jeffs’ offense returned to the field with 1:34 to work with. Lippe ran the ball for seven yards and threw the ball to Garay for 13 yards to the Wesleyan 24-yard line. After two failed attempts at the end zone, Mills decided to rely upon Nwosu, who had made two field goals already on the day. This attempt was different. The rain and wind had picked up in the fourth quarter, and this kick was long. It was a 41-yard attempt, a formidable distance for an NFL kicker. The Amherst team knew its season came down to this moment. With little time

remaining in regulation, Nwosu kicked the most important field goal of his life. The bench erupted as the ball went flying through the uprights, and the referees signaled the kick was good.

Tying the score 30-30, the Jeffs had the momentum going into overtime. After winning the coin toss, the Jeffs chose to be on defense first.

The Cardinals started at the 25-yard line. Warren coordinated a first down at the Amherst 12-yard line. The Cardinals were unable to convert on third down at the Amherst three yard line and faced a tough decision: they could send out their kicking team or go for the touchdown. With a missed extra point attempt, it was clear the Wesleyan kicking game was weak. The Cardinals tried to run for the touchdown, but the Amherst defense remained stout and made a goal-line stand.

Turning over on downs, the Amherst offense now had a shot from the 25-yard line as well. Lippe ran the ball on third down for eight yards, but was unable to get a first down. Mills sent out Nwosu again. When asked if he was nervous, he replied simply “yes.” Nwosu would once again have to make a long kick in the rain. The Jeffs sideline once again locked in arm-and-arm in anticipation of the game winning kick. Nwosu kicked the ball just like he did all day. Flying through the uprights, the Jeffs’ bench erupted in cheers and stormed the field with excitement. Nwosu emerged as the team hero, making two impressive field goals late in the game, in addition to his two field goals from earlier on.

Deane described the moment the team win as “surreal... Just an incredible team win. So proud of each and every one of our 75 guys.”

Singer was also pleased. “Winning any game in the NESCAC is amazing only playing eight games, but this one was really special,” Singer said. “Revenge from last year and ruining their homecoming in overtime is memory that I’ll cherish for the rest of my life. It just shows that all the hard work we put in during the offseason pays off. I’ve been a part of the Wesleyan offseason program and they don’t work as hard as we do. That’s why we won. It’s a game of inches. “ The Jeffs move to 5-0 on the season with their win over Wesleyan and will face Tufts at home for family weekend this Saturday.