“Not all anti-Israel statements are antisemitic, but there was something about this one that was a little bit disturbing,” an alum from the Class of 1986 said in an interview with Mount Holyoke News.
The alum, who requested to remain anonymous for safety reasons, was referring to chalkboard messaging and an antisemitic flier they found while visiting campus with a friend on Oct. 26, 2023.
In honor of its annual Pronouns Day, the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion hosted a keynote event that featured sexuality educator Ericka Hart on Wednesday, Oct. 18. Ericka Hart is a queer, Black femme activist who received their master’s of education in human sexuality from Widener University. Afterward, they served as a sexuality educator, spending time in the Peace Corps as an HIV/AIDS volunteer based in Ethiopia. Hart has been engaging with youth as well as adults in New York for over 10 years.
After running a successful campaign that connected with the student body’s desire for progress, Elle Rood ’27 was elected president of the Class of 2027 earlier this month.
With a wealth of political experience and a desire for change, Rood sees her presidency as “aligning [her] passions of politics and political organizing with [her] purpose of advancing social justice causes.”
A student-created petition advocating for a raise in wages for housekeepers at Mount Holyoke College has recently circulated around the community.
On Tuesday, Oct. 10, Wilder Hall Residential Fellow Isha Chinniah ’24 posted a petition titled “Support MHC Housekeepers' Wage Proposal” to Change.org. The petition rapidly circulated on campus via student Instagram stories and social media pages, gaining the attention of hundreds in the community in just a few days. As of Oct. 20, the petition had over 500 of its desired 1000 signatures.
Senate on Tuesday, Oct. 17, began with the SGA senate team reintroducing themselves. The team consists of Linden Wade ’26, the chair of special interests, Serynn Nowlin ’25, the chair of halls and Julia Madonick ’24, the chair of the senate. Then, the group stated the agenda for the evening, which consisted of E-Board updates, a community guidelines workshop and open floor. The meeting also featured a presentation by Angie Gregory, the sustainability program manager at the Miller Worley Center for the Environment.
A recent event hosted by the Chinese Cultural Association invited Mount Holyoke College students to a Chinese celebration commemorating the end of the autumn harvest and celebrating the moon. On Sept. 29, the CCA held its annual Mid-Autumn Festival to observe the holiday, which takes place on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar.
Mount Holyoke College students have likely noticed the addition of several new plastic canines to campus this semester. Coyote decoys were installed to “keep the Canada goose population to a minimum on [Mount Holyoke’s] campus,” according to the Sept. 27 edition of the “MHC This Week” newsletter.
While these decoys may help repel the goose population, they have attracted another population: thieves.
