By Collegian News Staff
April 25, 2010
Filed under Archives, Campus News, Five College News, Local News
April 12
Karen Brinn-Nazarro of Crestwood, New York, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct. At 8:34 p.m., two female students reported a woman in Hampden Dining Commons snack bar verbally harassing them. Brinn-Nazarro...
By Michelle Williams
April 22, 2010
Filed under Archives, Campus News, Five College News, Local News
Students, faculty and community members filled the Cape Cod Lounge in the University of Massachusetts Student Union Wednesday night, with students packing in to sit on the floor or stand in the back just to catch a glimpse of...
By Collegian News Staff
April 21, 2010
Filed under Archives, Campus News, Five College News, Local News
The 16th-Annual Taste of UMass will be held today from 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Mullins Center. PVTA buses to the Mullins Center from across campus will be available starting at 4:00 p.m., with extra buses running to accommodate...
By Jennifer Heshion
April 19, 2010
Filed under Archives, Campus News, Local News
Honoring Native American cultural traditions in dance, music, crafts and food, the University of Massachusetts will host a powwow on Saturday in conjunction with Thursday’s scheduled symposium, “Indigenous Peoples, Cultural...
By Collegian News Staff
April 19, 2010
Filed under Archives, Breaking News, Local News
While riding a bicycle downtown, a University of Massachusetts senior was struck by a car and injured in an alleged hit-and-run accident Saturday night.
The cyclist, Matthew Oliverio, a 22-year-old biology major originally...
By Matt Rocheleau
April 16, 2010
Filed under Archives, Breaking News, Crime, Local News
An Amherst man pleaded not guilty today to multiple charges stemming from an incident yesterday in which police said he intentionally drove a car into another man before pulling out a gun and chasing the man into the woods where he punched and kicked him in a dispute over a young wo...
By Angela Hilsman
April 12, 2010
Filed under Local News
In response to South Hadley High School student Phoebe Prince’s bullying-prompted suicide on Jan. 14, Amherst Regional High School (ARHS) students and faculty are standing up against bullying and cyber bullying.
ARHS students...
By Collegian News Staff
April 7, 2010
Filed under Campus News, Local News
By Owen Boss and Scott Merzbach, The Daily Hampshire Gazette
Special to the Collegian
A local shopkeeper, charged with using Bill Belichick’s daughter’s credit card to buy more than a thousand dollars of merchandise ...
By Matt Rocheleau
April 2, 2010
Filed under Local News
[Four portions of this story were updated between 12 and 3 p.m. on Friday, April 2. The updated sections are marked with asterisks (*).]
Local police will not file charges against the driver of a vehicle that struck and seriously...
By Chris Shores
March 29, 2010
Filed under Local News
Governor Deval Patrick declared a state of emergency for Massachusetts yesterday in response to a severe rain storm that hit the state Monday and will continue today.
“As you know the National Weather service is forecasting...
By Anna Meiler
March 29, 2010
Filed under Archives, Campus News, Local News
Once enemies during the Irish War of Independence, artists Danny Devenny and Mark Ervine, sat together on March 30 in the Cape Code Lounge at the University of Massachusetts. In front of a crowded room, the two discussed how they...
By Michelle Williams
March 25, 2010
Filed under Archives, Local News
Although Thursday’s Board of Health meeting did not end in a vote, it did alter the contours of the town of Amherst’s proposed smoking ordinance.
The committee decided to not include the widely used Amherst Commons in the...