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People stood on a street corner outside the Northampton Senior Center waving colorful signs, hoping to raise awareness for their candidates on Sept. 28. This preliminary election narrowed the number of mayoral candidates from four to two and City Councilor At Large candidates from five to four.
On Sept. 16, Dean of the College, Baishaki Taylor, announced that UMass Amherst reported 371 positive COVID-19 cases in the week of Sept. 8-14. Hampshire County has since been designated very high risk for COVID-19 by Covid Act Now.
In Northampton, MA the preliminary election is quickly approaching and mayoral candidates continue their fight to make it on the municipal election ballot.
Translated from English by Izzy Ford
NORTHAMPTON-- Debajo de una bandera Confederada ondeanda y un estandarte MAGA (el eslogan popularizado por el presidente Trump durante su campaña política en 2016, con el sentimiento “haz América gran una vez más”), veinte personas blancas gritaron orgullosamente a la esquina de las calles Elm y Prospect. A través de la calle, estudiantes de Smith, envueltos en banderas del orgullo LGBT se besaron. Una imagen proyectada declaró: “Pelosi, Presidente de la Cámara, luche por nuestro futuro!” en el Centro del Campus. Las policías dispersas, las patrullas de Seguridad de Campus, y les agentes de la Sevicia Secreta miraron inexpresivamente.
Last Sunday, hundreds of UMass students gathered outside the Theta Chi fraternity house in protest of sexual assault allegations.
NORTHAMPTON -- Beneath a waving Confederate flag and MAGA banner, twenty white people shouted proudly on the corner of Elm and Prospect. Across the street, Smith students wrapped in pride flags kissed each other. A projected image declared, “Speaker Pelosi, Fight for our future!” on the Campus Center. Scattered police officers, campus safety patrollers, and Secret Service agents watched blankly.
After two days of the in-person International Student Pre-Orientation (ISP) program, the program transitioned to an online platform following a positive COVID-19 test from a student.
Smith College Dining Services made changes in the dining system for the Fall 2021 semester, both as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to the general needs of students.
The Northampton Policing Review Commission (NPRC), created by the Northampton Mayor and City Council, released its recommendations for reforming “the current organizational and oversight structures, municipal funding allocations, and policies and ordinances” of the Northampton policing system. The creation of a “new Department of Community Care” should be a top priority according to the NPRC.