BY MADELINE SKRAK '18
“It’s so weird that I never see any boys there,” says a young woman referring to the Mount Holyoke College campus, which is just 4 minutes away from where she works at the Cumberland Farms gas station and a half-mile drive from where she grew up in South Hadley. Her plastic nametag reads “Cortney.”
BY SHILOH FREDERICK '17
“Desserts with Sonya” doesn’t have quite the ring that “Nutella with Pasquerella” had, but Nancy Apple, the director of environmental health, safety and sustainability, hopes that a chance to dine with the head of the college will motivate students to actively participate in this year’s War of the Watts.
BY FLORI NEEDLE '20
Junior Show, or J-Show, is a time-honored tradition at Mount Holyoke College. According to materials from the Mount Holyoke Archives, it began in April 1901 and continued intermittently until 1921, save for one show in 1919 that did not occur because of World War I. J-Show originally had a different name, and was once called the Junior Play and Junior Vaudeville.
BY ISABEL KERR '19
The beginning of a new semester and a new calendar year has inspired Mount Holyoke students to reflect on how the school will change over the next decade. The community's reaction to the Trump administration, the construction of the new community center and the future of alumnae relations in the coming years are at the forefront of the student body's minds.
BY SHILOH FREDERICK '17
Charlie Kirk did not need a college degree to tell that something was amiss in the colleges and universities throughout the United States. In an email to media outlets in late November Kirk wrote, “It’s no secret that some of America’s college professors are totally out of line.” Kirk claimed that every day he had to listen to story after story about college professors targeting conservative students and promoting liberal propaganda in their classrooms. Kirk, the 23-year-old founder of the conservative youth activist organization Turning Point USA, decided “enough is enough.” It was time to expose these professors. So, on Nov. 21, “Professor Watchlist” went live.
