'88/'13: The Amherst College Partner Class Project

Great to see UMASS taking strong and decisive action in drawing attention to this issue

UMass students launch weeklong campaign condemning 'r**e culture' Spurred by a spree of reports of sexual violence this fall in Amherst, UMass junior Zoe Talkin and the Coalition to End R**e Culture began brainstorming ideas on how to combat them.

Interesting meeting coming up:

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Link to Facebook group working on an open letter to the College:

https://m.facebook.com/groups/122445164574208

One of the members from the Class of 1988, Flora Stamatiades shared these thoughts about recent events at Amherst. Her concrns echo many those of many of her classmates as well. The Class of 1988 would love to hear from members of the Class of 2013 concerning reaction to and feelings about these issues as your graduation and our 25th reunion fast approaches
https://travelswithslippers.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/oh-amherst-brave-amherst/

Oh, Amherst, Brave? Amherst… Next May, I will be heading to Amherst, Massachusetts for my 25th College Reunion (and if you now think you know my age – you’re wrong). I’ve been really excited about this eve...

Without our 25th Reunion rapidly approaching, the Class of 1988 is very disturbed to learn about the recent events on campus that appear to be rocking the status quo. We are very concerned about how this is affecting the members of our partner class and would very much like to hear from people in 2013. How can we best support you during this difficult time?

https://www.amherst.edu/campuslife/letters_president/node/437118the

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The Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover Foundation The Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover Foundation was established in 2010 to bring awareness to and end the bullying epidemic among youth in our schools.

This house was built right down the road from Amherst, in Springfield, Ma in September.

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Have you taken the pledge to stand together against bullying?

Stand Together

Tips to Women Social Innovators by Amanda Jones Amanda Jones, CEO Red Button Design and Midomo, shares a few tips to Women Social Innovators on Ogunte TV

Given our former President's close affilliation with the College's Lives of Consequence campaign, posting this here, not to draw attention to one individual's private embarassment, but for alumni and students to consider the question: What truly is "inconsequential" in Lives of Consequence?

New York Public Library Chief Arrested on DUI Charge The president of the New York Public Library was arrested on drunk-driving charges in Manhattan on Sunday afternoon.

This is what the school song must have been referring to "in the wilds of this wild country"!

Historic Nor'easter takes out tree limbs and power, students and staff adapt - a set on Flickr Heavy amounts of snow knocked out power Saturday night, and into Sunday, for much of the Pioneer Valley. According to Lori Stabile of The Springfield (MA) Republican, "as of 8:45.m., Western Massachusetts Electric Co. was reporting approximately 54,000 customers without power in Hampden, Hampsh...

Ben Cherington Part of Remarkable Group of Amherst Alumni Serving Prominent Roles in MLB If and when it is made official and Ben Cherington is named the general manager of the Boston Red Sox, it will serve to further the remarkable success of a pipeline that runs from Amherst College to major league front offices. Although he had a two-month stint as a co-GM with the Red Sox over five y...