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ConsentFest Keeps The Conversation Moving Forward

In The 'Cac | Posted 04.28.2013 | College
In The 'Cac

When Angie Epifano published the story of her sexual assault at Amherst College--and the lack of support she received--readers were saddened, disturbed, and enraged. Although an investigation has since concluded that "[Amherst] failed to follow policy and procedure in a way that would have provided a prompt and integrated response to Ms. Epifano's report," students are not done addressing the issue of campus sexual assault--and reaching out to other campuses to talk about it.

Amherst Investigation Finds Failure In Response To Sexual Violence

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 02.01.2013 | College

Amherst College failed to provide adequate support to student victims of sexual violence, according to the findings of an investigation released Wedne...

Tyler Kingkade

Angie Epifano On Rape Op-Ed Response: I Cried All Night

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 01.15.2013 | College

Angie Epifano was working on a dude ranch in Wyoming in the fall of 2012, feeling frustrated that before she left school a few months earlier, she had...

Amherst College Will Not Put Up With Offensive Vandalism

Posted 12.13.2012 | College

Someone nearly vandalized a menorah and a sign attached to it on display on the Amherst College campus in Massachusetts last week, and school Presiden...

Shame and Pride at Amherst College

Laurence Pevsner | Posted 01.19.2013 | College
Laurence Pevsner

I would like to suggest that there is reason to be ashamed of Amherst College, and a reason to be ashamed of ourselves. But I would also like to argue that, in our response, we have something to be proud of.

Late Amherst Student's Sexual Assault Case Never Reported To DA, Officials Say

masslive.com | Posted 01.15.2013 | College

AMHERST - The alleged sexual assault on Amherst College freshman Thomas F. "Trey" Malone III by another student was never reported to investigators fo...

Tyler Kingkade

LOOK: Sexual Assault Survivors Speak Out In Photo Series

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 11.11.2012 | College

Students at Amherst College have put pressure on administrators over how their school handles reports of sexual assaults, as several first-person acco...

Amherst Student's Suicide Note Points Blame At College Administration

The Huffington Post | William McGuinness | Posted 11.14.2012 | College

Editor’s note: HuffPost College is reprinting parts of a suicide note left by an Amherst College student named Trey Malone, who killed himself when ...

Students Who Speak Up Can Make a Difference

Esta Soler | Posted 12.26.2012 | College
Esta Soler

As a student, you may feel like your school's policies and programs regarding sexual violence are largely out of your hands. They're not. I know this because I've seen a campus completely transform its sexual violence resources because of pressure from students.

11 Ideal Inns For A Northeast College Tour

Malerie Yolen-Cohen | Posted 10.23.2012 | Travel
Malerie Yolen-Cohen

Your kid's future alma mater isn't cookie-cutter, so why should your college tour accommodations be?

Amherst Plans Independent Review Of Sexual Assault Policies

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 10.22.2012 | College

The Amherst College Board of Trustees on Saturday promised to act swiftly to combat a campus culture criticized as misogynistic and sexist and to righ...

The Death of Innocence at Amherst College

Avery Stone | Posted 12.22.2012 | College
Avery Stone

I wish I could say I'm a stranger to hearing about sexual assault at Amherst, but that wouldn't be true. Even though this cracking of the College's perfect faƧade will catalyze change, there are many survivors who have lost something vital -- and no amount of change in policy, discussion or apology can return it to them.

Dominique Mosbergen

Shocking T-Shirt, Stories Of Sexual Assault Trigger Debate About Amherst College's 'Sexist Culture'

HuffingtonPost.com | Dominique Mosbergen | Posted 12.18.2012 | College

An offensive T-shirt printed by an off-campus fraternity at Amherst College has triggered a heated debate about the school's alleged "sexist" culture,...

Neighboring College's Student Allegedly Paints Hateful Image On Amherst College

Posted 09.17.2012 | College

A University of Massachusetts student was arrested this weekend after police say he broke into neighboring Amherst College where he allegedly stole tw...

The 10 Most Gay-Friendly Schools

Unigo | Posted 11.10.2012 | College
Unigo

Students from these schools were far from shy about showing their pride in support of the LGBT community on campus. In one of our favorite list names...

NYPL President Arrested For Drunk Driving In Reverse To Avoid Marathon

Posted 01.08.2012 | New York

New York Public Library President, Anthony Marx, was arrested on drunk driving charges on Sunday after police officials say he "sideswiped" a parked c...

All Around Amherst: Exploring a College Town

The Cac | Posted 11.07.2011 | College
The Cac

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12 Liberal Arts Schools That Pay

Posted 09.28.2011 | College

Harvey Mudd College is the top paying liberal arts school in the country, according to the salary website PayScale's report on alumni median career ea...

When College Presidents Exit the Public Square

The Chronicle of Higher Education | Posted 08.17.2011 | College
The Chronicle of Higher Education

William Ayers said that democracy requires dialogue, but that too many academics refuse to express their opinions.

'How Dare You!': Q&A with Adam Carolla

Joshua Kors | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Joshua Kors

Adam Carolla takes a moment to talk with me about dating, Dr. Drew and whether radio's Adam Carolla really is Adam Carolla.

Ilan Stavans' Magnum Opus: After 13 Years, The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature Is Here

Joshua Kors | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Joshua Kors

I make my books for elite audiences, mainstream audiences, families in the barrio. That's not a contradiction. It's a full life.

The Possessed: Academics Going to the Trades

Alexandra Juhasz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Alexandra Juhasz

In The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them, Elif Batuman succeeds at the almost impossible: the Professor-written, trade-press, paper-back of the otherwise undecipherable dissertation.

David Foster Wallace's Undergraduate Thesis To Be Published Next Year As 'Fate, Time, And Language'

GalleyCat | Mark Byrne | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Columbia University Press announced recently that its fall catalog will include an unpublished book by David Foster Wallace. No, not The Pale King, wh...

College Grads Shun Wall St. For Non-Profits

bloomberg.com | Oliver Staley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Nationally, 27 percent of about 1.6 million graduating seniors plan to work for nonprofit groups or governments, an increase from 23 percent in 2008, ...