Madeline Skrak

What will student employment look like in SuperBlanch?

BY MADELINE SKRAK ’18

Student workers, especially those who work in dining halls, are unsure how their jobs will change next year with the arrival of the new and improved Blanchard Community Center, colloquially known as SuperBlanch. Of the 70 percent of undergraduates who work on campus, “A little less than half are on work study,” said Janice Kane, the coordinator of student employment at the Career Development Center.

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Campus store to be replaced with Student Life Hub

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BY MADELINE SKRAK '18

After this semester, the Blanchard Campus Store will be no more. After Reunion II — which falls during the last weekend of May — the store will be closed permanently and its space will be converted into a Student Life Hub as part of the new Community Center’s construction. The spirit apparel and Mount Holyoke- printed items will be sold at the Odyssey Bookstore in the Village Commons.

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Dolores Huerta selected as commencement speaker

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Dolores Huerta selected as commencement speaker

BY MADELINE SKRAK '18 

Dolores Huerta — a civil rights activist, feminist and labor leader — was announced as the commencement speaker for Mount Holyoke’s 180th Commencement Ceremony this week. Joan Biren ’66 and journalist Kathryn Finney will receive honorary degrees.

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Students write to reps on Immigration Day of Action

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Students write to reps on Immigration Day of Action

BY MADELINE SKRAK '18

Feb. 17 marked the nationwide protest dubbed A Day Without Immigrants designed to demonstrate the crucial role immigrants play in everyday American life. Students at several colleges also marked the day by holding their own Immigration Days of Action.

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The two party consent law and you: Recording professors

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The two party consent law and you: Recording professors

BY MADELINE SKRAK '18 

The occasional student might covertly record a class lecture, but they may not realize that activity is illegal in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which has one of the most restrictive recording laws in the United States.

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