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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

Olivia (Liv) Cushman

Olivia (Liv) Cushman, Head Podcast Editor & Opinion Columnist

Liv Cushman has been writing for the Daily Collegian since she transferred to the University of Massachusetts Amherst as a Journalism major during the Fall 2022 Semester. She has thrived within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences’ Journalism program, and has since declared a double major in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts’ English major in the Creative Writing Concentration. Now a senior, she is an established Columnist within the Collegian’s Opinion section, as well as having a few Arts articles published. She was recently promoted to Head Podcast Editor during her final UMass Semester before Graduation, Spring 2025.

All content by Olivia (Liv) Cushman
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Elon Musk is only going to get worse

By Olivia (Liv) Cushman, Head Podcast Editor
April 29, 2025
Photo provided by Liv Cushman.

A personal essay dedicated to Cinnamon

By Olivia (Liv) Cushman, Assistant Podcast Producer
October 16, 2024
Bisexuals are queer too

Bisexuals are queer too

By Olivia (Liv) Cushman, Collegian Columnist
October 3, 2023
Graphic by Nick Archambault/ Daily Collegian.

The Autist Papers: Self-diagnosis

By Olivia (Liv) Cushman, Collegian Columnist
May 17, 2023
Graphic by Nick Archambault/ Daily Collegian.

Our Voices: The Autist Papers

By Olivia (Liv) Cushman, Collegian Columnist
May 4, 2023
Graphic by Nick Archambault/ Daily Collegian.

Our Voices: The Autist Papers

By Olivia (Liv) Cushman, Collegian Correspondent
April 13, 2023
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