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

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All content by Catherine Ferris
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Learning to rebuild confidence from scratch

By Catherine Ferris
April 28, 2015
(Christina Yacono/Daily Collegian)

SGA elects new speaker of the Senate and associate speaker

By Catherine Ferris
April 13, 2015
(Araz Havan/Daily Collegian)

Kickin’ Back Dance Crew looks to emerge as its own dance club

By Catherine Ferris
March 30, 2015
(Christina Yacono/Daily Collegian)

SGA election results ratified Monday night

By Catherine Ferris
March 30, 2015

Kickin’ Back Dance Crew looks to emerge as its own dance club

By Catherine Ferris
March 30, 2015
(Alex Lindsay/Daily Collegian)

International Relations Club sparks interests across disciplines

By Catherine Ferris
March 11, 2015
(Christina Yacono/Daily Collegian)

Student trustee candidate Kabir Thatte looks to create his own path as a UMass legacy student within SGA

By Catherine Ferris
March 3, 2015
(Christina Yacono/Daily Collegian)

Kelly, Gay to focus on transparency, accessibility and sexual assault training

By Catherine Ferris
March 3, 2015
Claire Anderson/Daily Collegian)

Students, faculty gather to discuss UMass’ Diversity Strategic Plan

By Catherine Ferris
February 6, 2015
(University of Massachusetts)

Student committee presents diversity plan to University

By Catherine Ferris
February 5, 2015
(Courtesy of Beautiful)

Beautiful focuses on body image and loving oneself

By Catherine Ferris
January 29, 2015
Students enjoy the warm weather. Photo by Alec Zabrecky.

Town Gown Steering Committee makes recommendations to UMass chancellor, town manager

By Catherine Ferris
January 21, 2015
(Christina Yacono/Daily Collegian)

SGA discusses goals and accomplishments, appoints members during final meeting of semester

By Catherine Ferris
December 2, 2014
Community members sat in groups and discussed their thoughts Tuesday on the recent events in Ferguson, Missouri. (Cade Belisle/Collegian)

Students and staff discuss racial and social inequality following Ferguson decision

By Catherine Ferris
November 26, 2014
Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy addresses the Diversity Town Hall Meeting Oct. 16, 2014. (Shannon Broderick/Collegian)

Chancellor addresses campus regarding grand jury decision in death of Michael Brown

By Catherine Ferris
November 25, 2014
(Christina Yacono/Daily Collegian)

SGA passes 10 motions at meeting Monday night

By Catherine Ferris
November 25, 2014
(Christina Yacono/Daily Collegian)

Two SGA officers resign during weekly meeting

By Catherine Ferris
November 4, 2014
(Courtesy of Cade Belisle/Daily Collegian)

Racist vandalism prompts emergency meeting to discuss race relations and diversity

By Catherine Ferris
October 16, 2014
Tyler O'Day (Cade Belisle/Daily Collegian)

SGA members discuss their support of the confidential informant program after last week’s debate

By Catherine Ferris
October 13, 2014

SGA’s official statement on confidential informant program causes heated debate

By Catherine Ferris
October 7, 2014
(Allison Ludtke)

Students find Active Minds a safe, open place for discussion

By Catherine Ferris
October 2, 2014
(Photo byCade Belisle)

Policies for upcoming Homecoming game outlined by UMass Athletics

By Catherine Ferris
September 24, 2014
(Christina Yacono/Daily Collegian)

First SGA meeting begins with a new Senate

By Catherine Ferris
September 23, 2014
The Old Chapel at UMass, which was nominated as a Historic Place for the National Register. (Justin Surgent/Collegian File Photo)

UMass’ Old Chapel nominated for listing on National Register of Historic Places

By Catherine Ferris
September 3, 2014
(Cade Belisle/Daily Collegian)

New SGA leaders spend summer preparing for fall semester

By Catherine Ferris
September 2, 2014
UMass mourns death of alumnus and journalist James Foley

UMass mourns death of alumnus and journalist James Foley

By Catherine Ferris
August 21, 2014
Courtesy of TedXUMassAmherst

Speakers at TEDxUMassAmherst encourage change in the world

By Catherine Ferris
April 27, 2014
Cade Belisle/Daily Collegian

Student rally in support of Gordon, LGBTQ community

By Catherine Ferris
April 16, 2014
Taylor C. Snow/Daily Collegian

One year later, spectators look to move on

By Catherine Ferris
April 14, 2014
MCT

Local business contributes to One Fund Inc.

By Catherine Ferris
April 14, 2014
APO continues long running service project

APO continues long running service project

By Catherine Ferris
April 7, 2014

Athlete Ally chapter moves to UMass

By Catherine Ferris
March 11, 2014
Alex Lindsay/Daily Collegian

UMass student veterans services expands

By Catherine Ferris
February 20, 2014
Charles Slate/Myrtle Beach Sun-News/MCT

UMass geoscientists finds 2012 lunar models similar to model from 1960s

By Catherine Ferris
February 11, 2014
Courtesy of Donald Tomaskovic-Devey

UMass sociology professor receives international award

By Catherine Ferris
January 22, 2014
(David Ohmer/Flickr)

Massachusetts Senate votes to raise minimum wage

By Catherine Ferris
December 5, 2013

Honors Dorm Open Door Competition, but not all interested

By Catherine Ferris
December 2, 2013

Food for Thought bookstore may close after 37 years

By Catherine Ferris
November 25, 2013

Breaking down the Affordable Care Act

By Catherine Ferris
November 13, 2013

Journalism department helps Amherst Wire to re-launch

By Catherine Ferris
November 12, 2013

Research suggests nonviolence as a solution

By Catherine Ferris
October 31, 2013

NESCI conducts Twitter-based study determining mood of entire city

By Catherine Ferris
September 17, 2013

Amherst Town Meeting bans Styrofoam

By Catherine Ferris
December 6, 2012

Michael Phelps’ manager talks about how he did it

By Catherine Ferris
November 29, 2012
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