At an emotional, one-hour discussion, campus administrators were challenged Thursday with questions on how and why a student who reportedly confessed to raping a UMass alum during the fall received “too light” of a punishment.

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A nor'easter hit the North Shore on the night of Feb. 25 into the following morning. The storm pulled trees from the ground, ripped roofs off of houses and businesses, and even started a fire. Many cars were crushed by fallen trees and parts of buildings. Crews are working around the clock to clean up the mess, but a handful of houses are still without electricity.

"Hairspray" came to the Mullins Center on Monday night as part of Broadway in Amherst.

Pete Rizzo and Shayna Murphy offer up their opinion of this year's Valentine's Day cinema entries. Movies topics include the romantic comedy "Valentine's Day," the remake of the "The Wolfman," and last weekend's new family feature "Percy Jackson & The Olympians."

Photos from the Five College Choral Festival at Smith College on Saturday night.

The Pink Floyd Experience came to the Calvin Theater in Northampton on Sunday night.

Former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Phil Lesh hit the Mullins Center with their new band "Furthur".

A serious head-on collision on Route 9 in Hadley earlier this week separated the engine from one of the vehicles involved and hospitalized four people, including three who are believed to be University of Massachusetts students.