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WEBBy Kalina Kornacki, Head Photos Editor. October 1, 2024. On Monday, Sept. 30 at 12:30 p.m. in front of the Student Union and in the Campus Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst Dissenters and collaborative organizations protested... Tara Setmayer Speaks about the Importance of Women Voting in the 2024 election October 1, 2024.
Student athletes need to stop calling others NARPs
WEBDec 4, 2019 · An acronym for a Non-Athletic Regular Person, NARP is a derogatory term for any college student who is not a varsity athlete and is used to widen the social divide between athletes and non-athletes. NARP isn’t unique to UMass either, appearing in the Instagram feeds of ‘retired’ athletes, filling seven pages of Urban Dictionary results ...
Door-holding etiquette: when to hold and when to go
WEBNov 27, 2012 · In short, it’s simple: if someone’s pretty close, hold the door. If someone has to sprint to make the situation more comfortable, then keep walking. Do not get caught up in the trap that if you turn around and see them coming that you have to hold the door. You don’t. They don’t want you too because they don’t want to run.
College is a scam – Massachusetts Daily Collegian
WEBNov 3, 2021 · By Max Schwartz, Assistant Op/Ed Editor. College is a big, fat scam. I come from a family of educated people, and my relatives with doctorates and masters outnumber the obsolete bachelor’s degree-holder. That same degree that once promised a leg up is now worth job security at best. I see first-hand, at family dinners and networking ...
Artist Spotlight: Mekdelawit – Massachusetts Daily Collegian
WEBFeb 18, 2021 · With quarantine and strict restrictions at the University of Massachusetts, this ability has been stripped of us, leaving a sense of mundaneness for many. Yet, for others, isolation can be incredibly cathartic, especially for creative introverts. Sophomore Mekdelawit Fissehazion released her first EP, “We Can Stay Here,” last April, in the ...
Jeff Lynne’s ELO is ‘Steppin’ Out’ on farewell tour
WEBApr 3, 2024 · By Naomi Zwelling, Collegian Staff. April 3, 2024. On March 18 — over 50 years since the original formation of Electric Light Orchestra — Jeff Lynne’s ELO took to Instagram to announce “The Over and Out” tour, their final tour after a decade of performing under this title. The tour will hit 27 cities, beginning Aug. 24 in Palm Desert ...
Celebrities and crime: The unfairness in punishment between …
WEBApr 25, 2019 · well i think its ok for us to do 10 months like all these high class people and like these celebirtys for all we know they can be a cult and so why would celdirtys be se free like a little baby bird well ill shoot that bird down making them do there whole time without paying this is a wrong thing to do so why is it that its no ok for us citizens to do the same i know because we arnt powerful ...
Harvard’s Dr. Grabowski presents new approach to nursing
WEBFebruary 9, 2018. Dr. David Grabowski, professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School, spoke at the University of Massachusetts on the current challenges and potential solutions of nursing home care in the United States. Grabowski, an internationally recognized health economist and health services researcher, specializing in aging ...
The relevance of ‘Rent’ in today’s world
WEBFeb 5, 2019 · On Jan. 27, FOX aired its fourth live musical, “Rent.”. This musical depicts struggling young artists in New York City in the 1990s, following seven friends throughout one year and observing their accomplishments, tragedies, struggles and relationships – everything that a year has to offer. Having originally premiered in 1996 off Broadway ...
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WEBPaige Hanson is an Assistant Social Media Editor and Arts Staff Writer for the Massachusetts Daily Collegian. She is a sophomore majoring in journalism with a minor in sociology. Paige enjoys interviewing bands and artists, creat... Assistant Multimedia - Public Relations Assistant.