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Massachusetts Daily Collegian

A free and responsible press serving the UMass community since 1890

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

Manas Pandit

Manas Pandit, Head Opinion Editor

Manas Pandit is the Head Opinion Editor and Assistant P.R. Coordinator for the Massachusetts Daily Collegian. He is a Senior in the Commonwealth Honors College, majoring in Economics, Mathematics & Political Science. Joining the Collegian during the fall of his freshman year, he eventually went on to work as an Assistant Editor with the section during his junior year. Outside of the Collegian, Manas enjoys weightlifting, reading and the Midwest.

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(Daily Collegian, 2024)

Election chief races 2024

By Manas Pandit, Head Opinion Editor
November 5, 2024
Daily Collegian

An antidote to doomerism

By Manas Pandit, Head Opinion Editor
November 1, 2024
An idiotic response by UMass administration

An idiotic response by UMass administration

By Manas Pandit, Assistant Opinion Editor
May 8, 2024
"An injury to one of an injury to all" read a sign attached to a tent. Many tents were adorned with signs showing solidarity with Palestine or calling for divestment.

On protests and students going too far

By Manas Pandit, Assistant Opinion Editor
May 1, 2024
How the solar eclipse gave us community

How the solar eclipse gave us community

By Manas Pandit, Assistant Opinion Editor
April 17, 2024
Daily Collegian (2011)

Decolonization isn’t left or right, it’s human

By Manas Pandit, Assistant Op/Ed Editor
November 9, 2023
Photo courtesy of Unsplash.

Cigarettes are bad for you, so why are they so cool?

By Manas Pandit, Assistant Op/Ed Editor
October 30, 2023
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Calling judges ‘Your Honor’ is un-American

By Manas Pandit, Assistant Op/Ed Editor
October 12, 2023
Cold approach yourself out of loneliness

Cold approach yourself out of loneliness

By Manas Pandit, Assistant Op/Ed Editor
September 24, 2023
Daily Collegian archives (2013)

Reopen the UMass student food pantry

By Manas Pandit, Collegian Columnist
May 17, 2023
Judith Gibson-Okunieff / Daily Collegian (2016).

Journalism needs ethics

By Manas Pandit, Collegian Columnist
May 8, 2023
Hannah Cohen/Daily Collegian (2009)

The left needs to talk to young men

By Manas Pandit, Collegian Columnist
February 15, 2023
Nina Walat/Daily Collegian (2019)

We need harsh teachers

By Manas Pandit, Collegian Columnist
October 20, 2022
Shaina Mishkin/Daily Collegian

We’re bored and that’s a big problem

By Manas Pandit, Collegian Columnist
October 3, 2022
Justin Surgent/ Collegian

Lettered grading has got to go

By Manas Pandit, Collegian Columnist
February 9, 2022
Collegian File Photo

We need 24-hour dining

By Manas Pandit, Collegian Contributor
October 27, 2021
Kira Johnson / Daily Collegian

American college students need to be more grateful

By Manas Pandit, Collegian contributor
September 15, 2021
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