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A free and responsible press serving the UMass community since 1890

Massachusetts Daily Collegian

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The power of greyscaling your phone
By Nat Bloom, Collegian Contributor • April 7, 2025
Smartphones hold immense power. They can be an incredible tool or a distracting curse. Our phones are deeply embedded in our lives. They are
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Everyone should write a bucket list
By Julia Bragg, Collegian Columnist • October 6, 2024
Your photos are worth developing
Your photos are worth developing
By Fiona McFarland, Collegian Columnist • April 21, 2024
How the solar eclipse gave us community
How the solar eclipse gave us community
By Manas Pandit, Assistant Opinion Editor • April 18, 2024
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Appeasement has never worked and it won’t save us now
By Jacob Nevins, Collegian Correspondent • April 9, 2025
Opinion: “This is a moment that requires more than quiet reassurance. It requires visible, unapologetic action.” writes Jacob Nevins.
UMass Amherst during sunset on 10/16/2023.
UMass Amherst is failing its students
By Jacob Nevins, Collegian Contributor • February 27, 2025
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Leave me and my Toyota alone
By Lily Fitzgerald, Collegian Columnist • April 15, 2025
“Since the United States is a car dependent country, this promises a heavy blow on consumers, with the tariff estimated to cost the country 30 billion dollars.”
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The media’s role in America’s growing rift
By Dylan Podlinski, Collegian Columnist • March 9, 2025
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Are you only being told the things you want to hear?
By Kelly McMahan, Collegian Columnist • April 10, 2024
Opinion: “In the age of the algorithm, we must relinquish the conviction that we ought to have some sort of ownership of truth,” Kelly McMahan writes.
Sexual harassment in the age of AI
Sexual harassment in the age of AI
By Brigid Baleno, Collegian Columnist • April 3, 2024
Our laundry system is terrible, and it needs to change
Our laundry system is terrible, and it needs to change
By Piper Morgan, Collegian Contributor • October 21, 2024
“I’ve heard [laundry] equated to a workout, a battle or a tough final”
College life won’t be like the movies
College life won’t be like the movies
By Katie Seda, Collegian Columnist • April 16, 2024
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College kills creativity
By Hailey Furilla, Collegian Columnist • April 11, 2024
We shouldn’t be ashamed of transferring
We shouldn’t be ashamed of transferring
By Michael Perrone, Collegian Columnist • February 27, 2024
The Opinion Havers Podcast Election Special Episode 
By Manas Pandit, Zach Leach, and Hailey Furilla November 6, 2024
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7FHOYLPTJRyX8Wlw8MseuS?si=Di3jVXA0TiWD8NT53FXrew

On this special episode of the Opinion Havers, the Opinion section team, joined by Editor-in-Chief Caitlin Reardon, Managing Editor Johnny Depin, Head News Editor Daniel Frank and Assistant News Editor Alex Hill, discusses and live reacts to the 2024 Presidential Election. The team shares their wildcard electoral prediction!
Letter: The power of purposeful purchases
Letter: The power of purposeful purchases
By Shalini Bahl, PhD and Iman Fenina March 24, 2025
Purposeful purchases can drive change, foster stronger communities, and create a sustainable future. These Amherst businesses are leading the way, Shalini Bahl, PhD, and Iman Fenina write.
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Editorial: Community, not division
By Collegian Staff May 4, 2022
We, the members of the Massachusetts Daily Collegian editorial board, write today to condemn the individuals involved in sending a racist, hateful email to Black members of