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

Massachusetts Daily Collegian
Alvin Buyinza

Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor and Assistant Photo Editor

Alvin Buyinza is a senior assistant news editor and assistant photo editor at The Daily Collegian. He joined as a sophomore in the spring 2017 semester. He mainly reports on race, gender, current events and local politics. His dream job is to be a reporter for the Washington Post.

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‘Not Backing Down’ panel draws in hundreds of attendees despite legal controversy

By Alvin Buyinza and Abigail Charpentier
May 5, 2019
(Courtesy of UMass Fine Arts Center official Facebook page)

An interview with ‘Orange is the New Black’ star Lea DeLaria

By Alvin Buyinza and Phillip Bishop
May 1, 2019
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Learning not to be ‘the scary’ editor (after being one)

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
May 1, 2019
APD Logs: Friday, April 19 — Sunday, April 21

APD Logs: Friday, April 19 — Sunday, April 21

By Alvin Buyinza, Abigail Charpentier, and Hayley Johnson
April 23, 2019
Organizaciones estudiantiles de UMass llevan a cabo una marcha por la asequibilidad universitaria

Organizaciones estudiantiles de UMass llevan a cabo una marcha por la asequibilidad universitaria

By Alvin Buyinza, Álvaro García, and Adriana Rozas
April 19, 2019
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麻州大学的学生组织举行游行，要求学费合理

By Alvin Buyinza, Translators: Robert Canning;Jonathan Heinrichs, and Editors: Ying Hua; Mei Du
April 17, 2019
Organizações estudantis realizam manifestação a favor da acessibilidade financeira da faculdade

Organizações estudantis realizam manifestação a favor da acessibilidade financeira da faculdade

By Alvin Buyinza, Drew Sullivan, and Gabriella Lalli Martins
April 17, 2019
Official Trevor Noah Facebook Page

Trevor Noah brings witty, clever humor to the big stage

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
April 17, 2019
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UMass student organizations hold march for college affordability

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
April 16, 2019
(Collegian file photo)

UMass graduate student dies in car accident

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
April 15, 2019
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Mental health start-up company takes top prize at Isenberg Innovation Challenge

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
April 8, 2019
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Le premier mois de Porta entaché par des comptes piratés et différents litiges

By Kathrine Esten, Alvin Buyinza, Nicole Bates, and Florent Charrier
March 30, 2019
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Porta’s first month marred by ‘hacked’ social media and ongoing legal disputes

By Kathrine Esten and Alvin Buyinza
March 28, 2019
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La fundadora del movimiento ‘Me Too’ Tarana Burke habla sobre liderazgo comunitario y activismo

By Alvin Buyinza, Rebecca Duke Wiesenberg, Álvaro García, and Adriana Rozas
March 23, 2019
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‘Me Too’ founder Tarana Burke talks community leadership and activism

By Alvin Buyinza and Rebecca Duke Wiesenberg
March 21, 2019
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[Photo] SGA ratifies election report, Sullivan will serve second term

By Leticia Medeiros, Collegian Correspondent
March 20, 2019
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Lawsuit filed against Porta in Amherst by restaurant of the same name

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor and Assistant Photo Editor
March 18, 2019
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Dozens celebrate Ash Wednesday at the Newman Center

By Alvin Buyinza and Will Mallas
March 7, 2019
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UMPD Logs: Friday, March 1, 2019 — Sunday, March 3, 2019

By Alvin Buyinza, Will Mallas, and Irina Costache
March 5, 2019
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SGA选举主席人选尚未公布

By Kathrine Esten, Alvin Buyinza, Jonathan Heinrichs, and Feng Gao
February 28, 2019
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SGA選挙の開票　当選者不在

By Kathrine Esten, Alvin Buyinza, Akane Okamoto, and Yurika Yamazaki
February 26, 2019
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Four historical takeaways from the Malcolm X Cultural Center’s ‘Tour of Slavery’

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
February 25, 2019
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No presidential winner announced yet in SGA elections

By Kathrine Esten and Alvin Buyinza
February 25, 2019
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How a local adult store creates a sex-positive experience

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
February 13, 2019
Photo By Eva Trainer

Amherst celebrates first day of Winterfest

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
February 4, 2019
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Two new artists break open their exhibits at UMass museum

By Alvin Buyinza, Collegian Staff
January 31, 2019
(Collegian file photo)

SGA Vice President Amazan to resign

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
January 25, 2019
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Student Union renovations begin

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
January 23, 2019
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Third annual Pioneer Valley Women’s March held on Saturday

By Alvin Buyinza, Collegian Staff
January 22, 2019
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UMass President Marty Meehan to work with alums and state to lower tuition

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
December 13, 2018
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[Photo] UMass women’s basketball team looks to bounce back against Incarnate Word on Friday

By Dan McGee, Collegian Staff
December 6, 2018
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Local Jewish group celebrates Hanukkah on the Amherst Common

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
December 6, 2018
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“每日秀”节目主持人Trevor Noah将于2019年做客麻州大学

By Alvin Buyinza, Feng Gao, and JingJing Ao
December 4, 2018
Amherst celebrates the annual lighting of the Merry Maple

Amherst celebrates the annual lighting of the Merry Maple

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor and Assistant Photo Editor
December 3, 2018
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‘The Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah to visit UMass on 2019 tour

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
December 1, 2018
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UMass students hold walkout against ‘right-wing terror’

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News and Photo Editor
November 8, 2018
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, candidate for governor Jay Gonzalez visit UMass to encourage early voting

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
October 23, 2018
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First Congregational Church of Amherst commemorates one year with undocumented immigrant family

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
October 22, 2018
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Hundreds participate in UMass Multicolor Mile

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
October 21, 2018
Hundreds of UMass students march to protest campus racism

Hundreds of UMass students march to protest campus racism

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor and Assistant Photo Editor
September 27, 2018
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Thousands attend this year’s Amherst block party

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
September 21, 2018
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麻州大学学生抗议汉普餐厅（Hampshire）的典礼

By Alvin Buyinza, Jonathan Heinrichs, and Ying Hua
September 14, 2018
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UMass students protest Hampshire Dining Commons celebration

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor and Assistant Photo Editor
September 13, 2018
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NBA photographer visits UMass Journalism Department

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
September 11, 2018
(Collegian file photo)

TEDx to come to Amherst

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
September 4, 2018
Smith College police called for student eating lunch

Smith College police called for student eating lunch

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
August 4, 2018
(Collegian file photo)

Update: Driver pleads guilty to motor vehicle homicide death of Larry Kelley

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
April 26, 2018
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MASSPIRG holds panel discussing college affordability

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
April 19, 2018
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UMass wins free Cardi B concert

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
April 18, 2018
Visiting Prof. Robert Gooding-Williams gives lecture at Amherst College, speaks on ideology and race

Visiting Prof. Robert Gooding-Williams gives lecture at Amherst College, speaks on ideology and race

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
April 17, 2018
Update: Body found at Amherst College identified as an AC sophomore

Update: Body found at Amherst College identified as an AC sophomore

By Alvin Buyinza and Rebecca Duke Wiesenberg
March 31, 2018
Northampton City Council plans to fund $75,000 for police department next year

Northampton City Council plans to fund $75,000 for police department next year

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
March 29, 2018
(Courtesy of The Lead with Jake Tapper official Facebook page)

CNN journalist Jake Tapper to deliver this year’s undergraduate commencement speech

By Alvin Buyinza and Jackson Cote
March 22, 2018
(Collegian File Photo)

Lil Yachty and Khalid to perform in Spring Concert 2018

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
March 19, 2018
(Courtesy of Amherst College Official Facebook page)

Amherst College Hosts Panel discussing #MeToo movement and feminism

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
March 7, 2018
(Collegian file photo)

Threatening Snapchat post causes false alarm at UMass

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
March 1, 2018
(Caroline OConnor/Daily Collegian)

UMass Admissions support high school students protesting against gun violence

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
February 28, 2018
(Courtesy of Mullins Center Facebook)

Mullins Live! concert line-up announced

By Jackson Cote and Alvin Buyinza
February 25, 2018
(Katherine Mayo/Daily Collegian)

Timothy Sullivan and Nathalie Amazan win SGA election, Jiya Nair elected student trustee

By Alvin Buyinza, News Assistant Editor
February 24, 2018
(Courtesy of timandjake.weebly.com)

Question and Answer: SGA presidential and vice-presidential candidates Timothy Conceison and Jake Binnall run for election

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
February 19, 2018
(Caroline OConnor/ Daily Collegian)

Six UMass students arraigned in Hampshire District Court in connection to Southwest Super Bowl rally

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
February 7, 2018
Update: Seven students arrested and thousands of dollars in damage to residential halls after Super Bowl loss

Update: Seven students arrested and thousands of dollars in damage to residential halls after Super Bowl loss

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
February 6, 2018
Caroline OConnor/Daily Collegian

Chaos ensues in Southwest after Patriots’ Super Bowl loss

By Gretchen Keller and Alvin Buyinza
February 5, 2018
(Collegian File Photo)

UMass Professor Shaheen Pasha named recipient of 2018 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellow

By Alvin Buyinza, Assistant News Editor
January 31, 2018
UMass student arraigned on three counts of rape

UMass student arraigned on three counts of rape

By Alvin Buyinza
January 31, 2018
Racist and homophobic Snapchat videos causes mass outrage at South Hadley High School

Racist and homophobic Snapchat videos causes mass outrage at South Hadley High School

By Alvin Buyinza
January 25, 2018
UMass awarded $1.1 Million to work with Tesla Energy to build Large Battery Storage System

UMass awarded $1.1 Million to work with Tesla Energy to build Large Battery Storage System

By Alvin Buyinza
January 24, 2018

Conservative student activism group sues UMass over free speech policy

By Alvin Buyinza
January 10, 2018

Northampton City Council elects Ryan O’Donnell as new council president

By Alvin Buyinza
January 7, 2018

Smith College’s Jandon Center reaches out to University of Puerto Rico professors

By Alvin Buyinza
December 7, 2017

UHS holds large-scale, walk-in Meningococcal B vaccinations

By Alvin Buyinza
December 1, 2017

“麻州大学癌症关怀小组”举行制作毛毯活动

By Alvin Buyinza
November 17, 2017

‘UMass Cares About Cancer’ Hosts Blanket Making Event

By Alvin Buyinza
November 15, 2017

Roxane Gay delivers keynote address on diversity and identity politics at Smith College

By Alvin Buyinza
November 6, 2017

Inmigrantes indocumentados comparten sus historias en Amherst College

By Alvin Buyinza
October 27, 2017

Undocumented immigrants share their stories at Amherst College

By Alvin Buyinza
October 25, 2017

La profesora de UMass, Barbara Krauthamer, recibe el premio de la Asociación de Mujeres Historiadoras Negras

By Alvin Buyinza
October 21, 2017

UMass Professor Barbara Krauthamer receives award from Association of Black Women Historians

By Alvin Buyinza
October 18, 2017

Northampton City Council votes to oppose local charter school expansion

By Alvin Buyinza
October 17, 2017

Panel on women’s rights in prisons comes to UMass

By Alvin Buyinza
September 28, 2017

SPIRE changes to include more gender and sexual orientation options

By Alvin Buyinza
September 19, 2017

UMass Journalism hosts panel on crossing the divide

By Alvin Buyinza
September 7, 2017

Co-chair of women’s march on Washington Linda Sarsour talks resisting the age of Trump

By Alvin Buyinza
April 29, 2017
Jong Man Kim/ Daily Collegian)

Jose Antonio Vargas speaks on immigration, race and what it means to be an American

By Alvin Buyinza
April 12, 2017
Collegian file photo

Political speechwriter Lindsay Hayes shares experience at Smith College

By Alvin Buyinza
April 6, 2017
(Judith Gibson-Okunieff/ Daily Collegian)

Community talks education, immigrants’ rights, climate change with state senators

By Alvin Buyinza
March 29, 2017
Collegian File Photo)

Black Student Union aims to be a strong voice for the African-American community on UMass’ campus

By Alvin Buyinza
March 28, 2017
Aakanksha Gupta/Collegian)

UMass group hosts panel on race, gender and resisting Trump

By Alvin Buyinza
March 9, 2017
Panel discusses racial, sexual and psychological violence in response to art exhibit

Panel discusses racial, sexual and psychological violence in response to art exhibit

By Alvin Buyinza
February 23, 2017
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Best-selling author Roxane Gay talks about modern day feminism at Mount Holyoke College

By Alvin Buyinza
February 21, 2017
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Flickr

Journalist speaks on criminalization of youth in the United States

By Alvin Buyinza
February 16, 2017
(Aakanksha Gupta/ Daily Collegian)

Leila Kawar speaks on immigration hosted by International Relations Club

By Alvin Buyinza
February 9, 2017
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