Hecklers Ruin Free Speech Talk Hey people, I just ten minutes ago came from the speech scheduled this evening at UMass by former Boston Herald columnist Don Feder on the issue of hate crimes and free speech. Ironically, the speech was unable to be delivered due to constant interuptions and insults f...

Early Testing of the Field In America presidential campaigns never really end. A gathering of conservatives was polled this weekend and it seems a face from 2008 is leading the pack early on to challenge President Obama, assuming he seeks a second term. According to Politico, former Massachusetts Go...

Yeah I was skeptical when I heard they were voluntary students. I just received this e-mail and I am a little bummed:( No teen brains for me. Not tonight anyway. )Hey guys,So there has been a slight (well, more than slight) change in formatting for POP nights. Basically, recruiting of HP youth was n...

Question #1 on the first quiz: Conjugate amo in the present active indicative (6 forms):(Please use commas to separate the forms.)Student Response: amas, amamus, amat, amant, amatis, amo Sample Correct Answer amo, amas, amat; amamus, amatis, amant. Score: 2/6Comments: These are all the correct forms...

Today's Video Hey United States Congress, this one's for you! Beating the Caffeine Blues Fuck politics for one day. This is where I got my coffee this morning for the bus ride into Amherst. Yes, I should have gone to a locally owned coffee shop rather than a national chain. So shoot me. Critics clai...

Pretty sure I screwed up my Latin quiz. D'oh!I misunderstood the directions. It asked for the vocab definitions of words like "amoro" which I answered "I love" and apparently he wanted "to love" which is weird but yeah. EDIT: doesn't the o mean 1st person singular?...

My Latin class is online. The professor has a strict policy against having the book open during quizzes and tests. How can he know whether we have checked the book? I feel like I have to make a mistake so he doesn't suspect I am "cheating." According to the syllabus I will get an F for cheating. Wha...

To the world that works. Gee Republicans can be dumb. I can't believe that they are trying to tar Barack Obama with the scandal involving Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Unless there emerges a direct link between Obama and the Governor's apparent wrong-doing then the Republicans only make themsel...

Obama moves rightward. Just as I and others predicted, there's a rising chorus of disillusionment among those who felt that Barack Obama would bring in a true era of change. As Yahoo News reports: Liberals are growing increasingly nervous – and some just flat-out angry – that President-elect Bar...

Hurry up and wait. One thing you can be sure about UMass, if nothing else it will teach you how to stand in a line. A line for breakfast at the Campus Center coffee shop. The line at the library's Procrastination Station. A line to use the library's computers. A line at the packed to the wall Blue W...