By Ella Adams, Collegian Staff
January 16, 2021
What led to the siege at the Capitol? UMass panel talks historical patterns of action, disinformation and political discourse.
Chancellor Subbaswamy announces COVID-19 mitigation plan for spring semester
January 15, 2021
Subbaswamy’s email was divided into nine categories, each of which explained an aspect of UMass’ COVID-19 mitigation plans.
Despite COVID-19, Mock Trial team looks toward bright future
January 14, 2021
UMass’ Mock Trial team was experiencing record success, but had some setbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, they are finding new ways to adjust.
UMass reacts to insurrection in Washington, D.C.
January 10, 2021
I'm not going to lie and say that this didn't shake me a little, it did. But I'm refusing to let these cowards—these domestic terrorists—I'm refusing to let them see me in fear,” Zach Steward said.
By Sophia Gardner, Assistant News Editor
December 16, 2020
Rajkumar held a meeting Tuesday to discuss how to move forward after his racially charged tweets resurfaced in October.
Racially charged tweets, anti-racist initiatives addressed at final SGA meeting of semester
November 19, 2020
“I don’t want to hear anyone say that we’re anti-racist again until we actually mean it,” said Secretary of Diversity Carla Montilla.
Students express concerns about racially charged tweets from SGA’s chair of finance
November 17, 2020
Some of Prabhu Rajkumar’s tweets were directed at undocumented immigrants.
November 12, 2020
In the weekly SGA meeting, senators approved five new RSOs and assigned nine senators to committees.
By Matt Berg, Managing Editor
January 13, 2021
The four-month long investigation requested by UMass found that Morse did not violate the school's policy on consensual relationships.
UMass officials to evaluate student-professor relationship policy following Alex Morse report
January 13, 2021
Questions over such policies have arisen since Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse, a former adjunct professor at the school, was barred by UMass Democrats, Amherst College Democrats and College Democrats of Massachusetts from attending future events.
Amherst poll workers experience presidential election polls unlike ever before
November 5, 2020
Heavily staffed, but exceptionally desolate: Amherst poll workers notice fewer in-person voters than expected.
Mass. voters reject ranked-choice voting, splitting with party leaders
November 4, 2020
Even in deep blue areas of the state, like Amherst or Provincetown, support for ranked choice voting significantly trailed Democratic candidates.
By Will Katcher and Kathrine Esten
April 21, 2020
The report of graffiti came on the same day as Yom HaShoah, Israel’s day of remembrance for victims of the Holocaust.
APD Logs: Friday, April 17 – Sunday, April 19
April 20, 2020
APD Logs: A sun shelter on the Town Common, a truck stuck in the mud for “no apparent reason” and a Maine credit card wrongfully used to purchase earpods.
APD Logs: Friday, April 10 – Sunday, April 12
April 13, 2020
APD Logs: Yelling about ex-boyfriends, a sick skunk and an illegal transaction.
APD Logs: Friday, April 3 – Sunday, April 5
April 6, 2020
APD Logs: A woman was concerned her debit card had been compromised after she tried to order toilet paper online and a community member reported a house party for a lack of social distancing.
By Collegian News Staff
October 12, 2020
The News Team discusses the recent SGA elections and results after the debate and individual interviews with each of the candidates. Also, recorded before the larger number emerged, the News Team talks about the first UMass-linked COVID-19 cluster, its implications and how the coronavirus will affect next semester amid UMass’ shift in dates for the spring semester.
The Collegian News Hour S6 E1: Summer recap, Beginning of fall semester
September 27, 2020
The Daily Collegian News team begins their 6th season, giving a recap of the summer, and discussing how the start of the fall semester is going. This episode was recorded on September 7th, 2020.
The Collegian News Hour S5 E13: Hillel vandalism, last SGA meeting and COVID-19 changes campus life
April 27, 2020
This week, our news team talks about an act of vandalism that occurred at Hillel House on Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day, the final SGA meeting of the spring semester which voted to sponsor two letters requesting that the University use its excess spaces to house vulnerable people from Amherst and surrounding communities and how students remaining on campus and at the UMass Student Farm cope with changes due to COVID-19. We also look back to the 2006 summer orientation edition of the Collegian and share some of our favorite news story over the past academic year.
The Collegian News Hour S5 E12: Graduate student demands, SGA talks housing and UMass donates food
April 20, 2020
This week, our news team talks about a list of demands compiled by graduate students to the UMass administration, the SGA's talks on housing for the fall semester and for potentially housing vulnerable populations on campus during the pandemic, UMass giving back to local youth with food donations and a charitable effort by a local photographer to capture family life from front porches. We also look back to the April 21, 1993 edition of the Collegian.
