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A free and responsible press serving the UMass community since 1890

Massachusetts Daily Collegian
A free and responsible press serving the UMass community since 1890

Massachusetts Daily Collegian

Alanna Joachim

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Finding time to write was not a sacrifice, but a necessity

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
May 3, 2022
Parker Peters / Daily Collegian

Perder amigos es inevitable, pero no tiene que ser algo malo

By Alanna Joachim, Paulina Ortiz Orive, and Paulina Ochoa-Figueroa
April 15, 2022
Parker Peters / Daily Collegian

Perdre des amis est inévitable, mais ce n’est pas forcément une mauvaise chose

By Alanna Joachim, Veronika Jaster, and Iris Thesmar
April 15, 2022
Parker Peters / Daily Collegian

Losing friends is inevitable, but it doesn’t have to be a bad thing

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
April 14, 2022
Cade Belisle / Daily Collegian

Graduating seniors without a plan: you are not alone

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
March 29, 2022
Collegian File Photo

Amherst needs to take responsibility for infrastructure related damages

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
March 8, 2022
Justin Surgent / Daily Collegian

Engineering students still face issues with remote learning

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
February 24, 2022
Anish Roy / Daily Collegian

Point: UMass needs to focus on traffic volume, not traffic control

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
February 9, 2022

UMass parking fees are unfair

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
November 18, 2020
Blue light glasses can help mitigate Zoom fatigue

Blue light glasses can help mitigate Zoom fatigue

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
October 21, 2020

Why you should be shopping at Trader Joe’s

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
October 6, 2020
Photo courtesy of UMass Dining Flickr

UMass Dining is still No. 1

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Staff
September 20, 2020
Mehroz Kapadia

Standardized tests should not be required

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian columnist
September 6, 2020
P/F 옵션은 게으름 피워도 된다는 핑계가 아니다.

P/F 옵션은 게으름 피워도 된다는 핑계가 아니다.

By Alanna Joachim, Sarah Selin Kim, and Wooseong Kwon
April 7, 2020
Collegian file photo

Having a Pass/Fail option isn’t an excuse to slack on academics

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
April 5, 2020
(Mehroz Kapadia/ Daily Collegian)

Faculty should consider more alternatives to Zoom

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
March 25, 2020
Manuel Mager/All Creative Commons/Flickr

Noreste antes que costa oeste

By Alanna Joachim, Raúl Ameneiro, and Xenia Ariñez de la Vega
March 11, 2020
Manuel Mager/All Creative Commons/Flickr

Northeast over West Coast

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
March 8, 2020
(Photo courtesy of the Parasite official Facebook page)

Parasite’s win does not diminish Academy’s past failures

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
February 24, 2020
(Nina Walat/ Daily Collegian)

There’s no excuse for distracted pedestrian behavior

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
February 6, 2020
Powhusku/All Creative Commons/Flickr

Skip the Black Friday mania next year

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
December 9, 2019
Collegian File Photo

Re-examining diversity

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
November 7, 2019
(Will Katcher/ Daily Collegian)

Perpustakaan sahaja adalah tidak memadai

By Alanna Joachim, Anis Kamarddin, and Alif Subardi
October 24, 2019
(Will Katcher/ Daily Collegian)

The library isn’t enough

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
October 23, 2019
Collegian File Photo

Research Opportunities are out there

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
October 6, 2019
Collegian File Photo

School shootings are not your art

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Contributor
September 24, 2019
Collegian File Photo

Intramural sports can create and strengthen friendships

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
April 28, 2019
Alastair Vance/flickr

Earth Day: Climate change makes allergies worse

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
April 16, 2019
Photo by Alvin Buyinza

La mémorisation n’est pas la meilleure façon d’apprendre

By Alanna Joachim, Meg Beauregard, and Florent Charrier
March 21, 2019
Photo by Alvin Buyinza

Memorization isn’t the best way to learn

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
March 19, 2019
(Collegian File Photo)

Les étudiants devraient avoir plus de temps pour choisir une majeure

By Alanna Joachim, Mandy Koska, and Florent Charrier
February 28, 2019
(Collegian File Photo)

Students should be given more time to pick a major

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
February 27, 2019
(Collegian file photo)

Recorded lectures shouldn’t be a substitute

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
February 11, 2019
Photo taken by Will Katcher

Super Bowl regulations on campus don’t solve anything

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
January 29, 2019
(Alvin Buyinza/ Daily Collegian)

The commercialization of Christmas

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
December 4, 2018
Mike Mozart/Flickr

The lottery: miracle or curse?

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
October 31, 2018
Collegian File Photo

Does convenience come before cost?

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
October 14, 2018
(Collegian File Photo)

公共休息室的那点事儿

By Alanna Joachim, MJ Ma, and Mei Du
October 2, 2018
(Collegian File Photo)

Common rooms matter

By Alanna Joachim, Collegian Columnist
September 30, 2018
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