On Saturday, Oct. 21, all five living former Presidents gathered together at the Reed Arena at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas to attend a benefit concert featuring performers such as rock and country musicians Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen, Sam Moore and Yolanda Adams.
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In recent weeks, Amherst College athletes have taken to kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality in the United States. The protests follow in the footsteps of National Football League and other professional athletes’ protests.
Last week, journalist, author and former editor of Le Monde Diplomatique, Alain Gresh gave a lecture on “Islam in France” in Graham Hall.
A former University of Massachusetts student is suing the flagship campus for its handling of a sexual misconduct case against him. He is citing “gender-based discrimination,” claiming that the university’s system is “biased against males.”
As the leaves outside die and the air gets colder, the approach of winter slows everything down – everything except the Smith Athletic Teams.
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On Monday, Oct. 9, Boston geared up for two afternoon games, a high stakes baseball game and a start-of-the-season hockey game.
After the Smith field hockey team’s win against its Pioneer Valley rival Mount Holyoke this past weekend, the team is 8-8 for the season. Smith field hockey team has played six of the national top 15 teams and their schedule ranks among some of the toughest in the nation. Led by a core of upperclassmen, they returned 10 out of 11 starters and have seen significant contributions from returners and first-year players.
Earlier this month, student protesters prevented the President of the University of Oregon from delivering his “State of the University” speech. The group responded to criticism of their actions by saying that free speech is the right of individuals to express themselves without repression. They argued that taking the stage and using it as a platform to air their grievances was an act of free speech, not a violation of it.
On a particularly memorable Tuesday evening in early November of 2016, Hillary Rodham Clinton (HRC) had just settled into her hotel room at the Peninsula Hotel in New York City to watch the results of the 2016 presidential election. She was surrounded by her family and her senior staffers, and at this point, all she could do was wait.