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Shifting landscapes: A look into Blanch before it was “super”

Shifting landscapes: A look into Blanch before it was “super”

When they arrived on campus in the fall of 2017, the members of the class of 2021 became the last to experience Mount Holyoke’s traditional dining arrangements before the renovated Dining Commons opened in Blanchard Hall in January 2018. Before this, Blanchard served several different purposes for the College.

Dis-O: Mount Holyoke, what’s happening to me?

Dis-O: Mount Holyoke, what’s happening to me?

Mount Holyoke College boasts a myriad of traditions that date back more than a century. One of these traditions, dating back to the early 1900s, aims to bring the senior and first-year classes together: DisOrientation or Dis-O, formerly known as Hazing Day or Freshman Day.

MHN 101: Student activism from cultural houses to fighting hunger

MHN 101: Student activism from cultural houses to fighting hunger

BY MADELINE FITZGERALD ’21

It is often said that journalism is the rough draft of history and nowhere is this more apparent than on a college campus. Institutional memory is naturally short and information is held in the memories of students who are only on campus for four years before leaving forever. But what remains at the College forever is the Mount Holyoke News.

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