A University of Massachusetts junior studying abroad in Chile is safe after the South American nation was rocked by one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded on Saturday.
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UPDATED | UMass junior Rebecca L. Walsh studying in Chile is safe after massive quake
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Boston Globe: Confessed rapist remains enrolled at UMass due to administrative error
According to a story in today’s Boston Globe, “officials at the University of Massachusetts Amherst this week acknowledged that they allowed a student who confessed to raping a friend on campus last fall, a felony, to remain enrolled and avoid significant discipline.”
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Collision sends car over embankment into campus field
A two-car accident sent one vehicle over a steep embankment and into the athletic fields along Commonwealth Avenue across from the campus Recreation Center earlier this evening.
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Rte. 9 collision separates engine from vehicle, hospitalizes four
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.
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UMPD releases photo of stolen laptop suspect
The University of Massachusetts Police Department this morning released a photograph of a suspect thought to have stolen a laptop from Webster Residence Hall earlier this week. From the crime alert: A neighbor saw a man leaving the victim’s room during that timeframe and described him as a white male, older than traditional college age, [...]
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Heavy rain causes flooding on campus
Flash flooding in parking lots surrounding the Robsham Visitors Center formed a small lake by mid-Monday, flooding nearly a dozen vehicles.
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AP calls election for Brown
The Associated Press is reporting Republican Sen. Scott Brown has claimed a shocking come-from-behind win in the Massachusetts special election over Democratic candidate Martha Coakley, who most had believed until recently was a shoe-in for the U.S. Senate seat the left vacant by the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. More to follow.
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Drug Policy Initiatives: Amethyst vs. Emerald
By: Tim Wallace Binge drinking has been viewed by college campus leaders as one of the biggest health and safety risks for college students of our generation, according to a recent Inside Higher Ed article. As a result, administrators are focusing on ways in which alcohol policies could be reformed not just on their [...]
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“The Sicily Class”
Blog entry and photos by: Katherine Neubert Journalism 391R: Travel Writing and Photojournalism (aka “the Sicily class”) is by far, hands down, no doubt about it the best class I’ve ever taken at UMass. For starters, it gets you out of the class room and into real life… Sicily, to be exact. You can only [...]
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Haymarket Cafe: A little more than your average “coffee shop”
By: Katherine Neubert I was standing on Main Street in Northampton, around the corner from Smith College, where my father taught film once upon a time, my cousin became an alumnus in 2003 and where, last weekend, I saw “Thin & Girl Culture,” a photography exhibit by Lauren Greenfield at the Smith College Museum of [...]
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