Smoking Weed May Not Be as Harmless as You Think
In my experience, both legal and illegal marijuana are easily accessible in college. The COVID-19 pandemic has encouraged many college...
In my experience, both legal and illegal marijuana are easily accessible in college. The COVID-19 pandemic has encouraged many college...
As the pandemic wears on into the winter, mental illness knocks on our door. The combination of social isolation, not being able to get out...
It’s easy to underestimate the extent to which losing our acquaintances affects us. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have all lost...
Some people get bangs after a life-changing event; I went vegetarian . I had made a change that was supposed to make me happy. So, why wasn...
I thought dating was hard in 2019. When the pandemic hit, I remember thinking, “Thank God I’m not single!” However, I spoke too soon. As a...
I have been an RA facing housing insecurity for a year now. When the pandemic hit, I was told UMass Amherst reversed its reopening plan. I...
Andrew* started playing poker at eight years old, following in the footsteps of his grandfather, a professional poker player. At fifteen,...
I wasn’t worried until my University sent on-campus residents home and I lost my summer internship. Here’s what you need to know about the...
Around the month of October last year, my boyfriend stopped having time for me. I was the youngest in my family growing up, and they used...
On November 30, 2018, Lili and I were leaving Wheeler Hall on foot when she was hit by a car on Thatcher Street. It all happened so fast...
When I started paying my own bills, the first thing I did was create a personal budget spreadsheet to make sure I could afford all my bills...
One of my residents knocked on my door last month, specifically to ask me, “Why don’t you ever wear a bra?” I wish this story could end...
In late September, Forever21 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company was founded by a young South Korean immigrant couple in 1984. Do...
The holiday season is upon us: Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. ‘Tis the season of getting drunk every weekend. Since Amherst is...
I have been self-supporting financially for seven months, and last week I bought my own car. Last week, I got an internship 30 minutes away...