The Daily Collegian, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA
3 hours ago by Andrea Murray, Collegian Staff
It's a late afternoon on Tuesday at the Bluewall Cafe and Steven Brewer, the founding father of the Amherst Esperanto Club, is telling a story about a man he knows through Esperanto, Dave Coffin from Andover, Mass.
Coffin went to an Esperanto conference in Russia where he met a Russian woman and fell in love.
Northeastern News, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
10 hours ago by
Perhaps the next time Bessie King writes an All Hail ("Immigration mindset needs change," March 23), she can provide us with facts regarding illegal immigration rather than relying on her emotions and calling the other side "hateful." Her views, like President Bush's, are out of touch with America.
The Daily Collegian, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA
4 hours ago by Jonathon Morris, UMass student
The American Republic, the flickering flame of freedom, justice, liberty and the guaranteed right for the pursuit of happiness by the land owning class, was extinguished the day the National Security Act was wrought into existence on July 26, 1947. The day the American Empire was born.
Northeastern News, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
8 hours ago by
"I have herpes," he told me, as we were lying together in his bed fully clothed, only a few days after we had started dating and before we had slept together for the first time. "I got it from my ex-girlfriend. She cheated on me, and didn't use a condom. And well, now I have genital herpes.
The Daily Collegian, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA
3 hours ago by Meghan Murphy, Collegian Staff
University of Massachusetts president Jack M. Wilson recommended yesterday that the Board of Trustees rescind an honorary degree awarded to Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe more than 20 years ago.
The recommendation to withdraw Mugabe's award came after allegations that he had been involved in human rights violations and suppressed opposition to his policies.
The Daily Collegian, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA
3 hours ago by Eli Rosenswaike, Collegian Staff
The Committee for Justice for Jason Vassell and over 1,700 University of Massachusetts students, faculty, alumni and community members sent a message to the office of Northwestern District Attorney Elizabeth D. Scheibel on Monday morning.
The committee sent a petition to the D.
The Daily Collegian, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA
10 hours ago by Lauren Rockoff, Collegian columnist
Ducks can't read. And a lot of college students don't bother to either. When walking across campus with friends, searching for the perfect place for a game of ultimate frisbee, soccer or muggle quidditch, little yellow signs are hardly on our radar. But perhaps they should be.
The Daily Collegian, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA
24 minutes ago by William McGuinness, Collegian Staff
A 23-year-old University of Massachusetts student died on May 8 due to what is believed to be a heroin overdose.
Darby Fassett, a Groton, Mass., native and resident of Hadley, was found unresponsive outside his home.
According to Hadley Chief of Police Dennis J.
The Daily Collegian, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA
2 hours ago by Greg Collins, Collegian columnist
In contemplating what anecdotes to write about for my final diary entry from Egypt, one moment stuck out in my mind. When I took my English class of refugees out to eat at a local café a month ago, our discussion turned to the Iraq War.
I explained to Hussain, one of the Iraqi students, that much debate had circulated in American intellectual circles about the sectarian, religious and political strife that had plagued the country.
The Daily Collegian, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA
4 hours ago by Derrick Perkins, Collegian Staff
The cause of a two-alarm fire that resulted in an estimated $150,000 worth of damage at the Aspen Chase apartment complex on Main Street in Amherst yesterday has not yet been determined by fire officials.
State troopers attached to the State Fire Marshal's Office are currently investigating the cause of the fire in conjunction with fire investigators from the Amherst Fire (AFD) and Police Departments (APD), according to a press release issued last evening by AFD.
The Daily Campus, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
6 hours ago by Kevin Duffy
The NCAA announced Tuesday that UConn met Academic Progress Rate (APR) standards in all 24 of its sports programs.
The APR is based on the grades of players in each sport over the last four years. While many teams ranked high in the scoring system, the men's golf team was the only team to score a perfect 1000.
The Tripod, Trinity College (CT), Hartford, CT
10 hours ago by ISAAC ORANSKY
"Two years he walks the earth. No phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes. Ultimate freedom. An extremist. An aesthetic voyager whose home is the road. Escaped from Atlanta. Thou shalt not return, 'cause 'the west is the best.' And now after two rambling years comes the final and greatest adventure.
The Daily Campus, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
18 hours ago by Kevin Meacham
Every year has brought a national championship drought in the major sports, each team's story more harrowing than the next. I don't know exactly why the Class of 2008 is cursed, but then I don't make up the curses.
But know for sure, graduating seniors, that there was nothing you could have done to stop it. So it's nothing personal.
Crusader, Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
18 hours ago by William Lyon
As members of the Holy Cross community, we encounter environmentalism everywhere and everyday. Eco-Action continuously pressures us to educate ourselves about the topic and they have now adopted the infamous "Tray-less Tuesdays." The Chaplains Office pushes our campus to go Green with both their speech and their eco-friendly reminders in Campion.
The Daily Collegian, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA
18 hours ago by Shayna Murphy, Collegian columnist
A few months ago, Mike Gravel was just another politician vying for the endorsement of the Democratic Party in the 2008 presidential election.
You've probably never heard of him, but those who have know him to be a man of interesting politics. Arguably, those politics got a lot more interesting on March 25 when, after suffering defeat in the primaries, the former Alaskan senator changed his tune.
The Daily Collegian, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA
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