Mount Holyoke College community responds to student accounts of food poisoning
The College celebrates 10 years of MoZone during More than An Ally Week
Senators discuss Gracious Dinner, ‘eggy-smelling water’ and more
Ilyasah Shabazz’ reflects on sisterhood, faith, and ‘moral courage’ during keynote speech
The theme of this year’s Trailblazers of Color Leadership Conference was “Looking Back to Look Forward.” According to Mount Holyoke College’s events calendar, the conference aimed to “[mark] a decade of commitment to empowering gender-diverse individuals of color across the Five Colleges, Western Massachusetts, and beyond.”
Transphobic messages found in Blanchard Hall on Trans Day of Visibility
“This business is proud to say we don’t care about women,” declared a sticker bearing the colors of the transgender flag. This sticker, along with several transgender flags placed into toilets, was found in one of the bathrooms inside Blanchard Hall on March 31, International Transgender Day of Visibility.
Senior singles shortage and late night construction addressed at latest senate meeting
Mount Holyoke College Senate held its weekly meeting this past Tuesday, April 2, 2024. To start the meeting, the Mount Holyoke College Land Acknowledgement was read aloud to the senate board, giving the attendees time to reflect on the land they inhabit.
After the land acknowledgment, the E-Board shared updates regarding laundry and the Ways and Means Guidelines for the 2024-2025 school year.
Danielle Holley to attend upcoming Senate meeting to discuss tuition
Mount Holyoke professors discuss why 2024 is the ‘biggest year in election history’
On Wednesday, Feb. 28, Mount Holyoke students and community members gathered in Hooker Auditorium to attend a McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives panel. The event, titled “Democracy’s Global Test: Reflections on the Year of Elections,” aimed to explore threats to democracy, important elections and their international impact in the “biggest election year in history.”
Student-led vigil for late transgender Indigenous teen sparks tears, fear and hope
On Feb. 7, 2024, 16-year-old Indigenous nonbinary student Nex Benedict went to use the bathroom at an Oklahoma high school. Teen Vogue reported that because of anti-transgender laws in the state, requiring students to use the bathroom that correlated with the gender they were assigned at birth, Benedict was required to use the women’s restroom.