News
Noam Chomsky Speaks at Hampshire
Continuing an annual tradition at Hampshire, the eighth annual Eqbal Ahmad Memorial Lecture was delivered on the evening of October 11 by Noam Chomsky, America’s most celebrated intellectual and linguist. Chomsky is a MIT Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy and a well-published author. This year’s lecture was titled “Democracy Production, Past and Present: Rhetoric and Reality”. Read More
Light in the Darkness
A recent thread on the Daily Jolt campus forum entitled “Darkness” features a number of students remarking on the morbidity and gloom that has engulfed this campus as of late. The miserable weather, too, has aptly expressed these sentiments. Minding the pathetic fallacy, this thread makes some way into conveying the general mood of many individuals for whom this past month has seen a series of events that have elicited shock and disbelief. None more so than the recent passing away of three Hampshire alumnae: Margaret (Meg) Sanders, Emily (Em) Doran and Emily Richardson (all Class of ’04) within a day of each other. Read More
Amherst’s Treatment of Wastewater
Residential, commercial, and industrial sources all produce wastewater. Luckily, Amherst is supported primarily by colleges, not industry. Still, residential and commercial sources provide a great deal of wastewater that must go somewhere. Read More
The Bridge Café and The Tavern: Exposed
The Tavern recently opened for the first time this semester, serving late evening food and snacks. The Bridge Café, located in the upper RCC, has also started to serve food and drinks at similar times. According to some older students, they are excellent spots to get food on campus. Read More
Arts & Entertainment
Reel Cool Movies that You May Have Scene
Donnie Darko: Time travel, changing the course of history, oh, and a giant bunny rabbit. Donnie Darko has it all, but it may take you a few times to figure that out. I first rented Donnie Darko while I was home sick one day during my senior year in high school. I finished watching it and had no idea what it was about. Read More
A Killing Read of Life, Death, and Rock ‘n’ Roll
Although women are the minority in rock ’n’ roll, they have surely inspired some of the greatest pieces of art, and that’s certainly the case in Chuck Klosterman’s new book, Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story. Read More
News Shorts
Fall Farm Festival Cooking Contest
Like to cook? Like to eat? Want to watch?
Carrots are the challenge ingredient at this year’s Fall Farm Festival Cooking Contest. You can bring anything as long as it’s edible, tastes good, and contains carrots. Prizes will be awarded, including a grand prize, second, and third place; most carroty; and most original. The contest is open to the entire expanded Hampshire community--students, faculty, staff, friends, family, neighbors, etc. (Yes, that means your mom or grandmother can enter if she’s here for Family and Friends Weekend! Group entries are also acceptable, as long as you’re willing to split the prize.)
You may enter as many dishes as you like, provided they all contain carrots! Be original or do your best with a tried-and-true classic.
Bring your dishes to the CSA barn at 2:30 Saturday, October 15. Judging will take place at 3. After prizes have been awarded, servings of the entries will be sold. Please bring your food ready-to-be-served, in containers to keep it hot or cold, since there are no kitchen facilities in the barn (the Thorpe House kitchen will be hosting other Farm Festival events). Label your dishes with your name if possible.
Questions? Want to help? email Fonda (mfl02)
Humble Boy Opens at Hampshire
Thirty-five-year-old Felix Humble is a Cambridge astrophysicist in search of a unified field theory. Following the sudden death of his father, he returns to his middle England home to find his difficult and demanding mother in an affair with another man, while their neighbors watch. He soon realizes that his search for unity must include his own chaotic home life. Felix struggles to find his place amidst the family chaos and begins to reconcile his feelings to seek a new beginning.
This is the plot of Charlotte Jones’s Humble Boy, Hampshire College newest theatre production. A comedy-drama set in rural England, the play is directed by JP Hitesman and produced by Kevin Mullins.
Performances are at 8PM, and run from Thursday, October 13 to Sunday, October 16, and again from Thursday, October 20 to Saturday, October 22. The cost of admission is $3 for students and $5 for general admision. To make reservations, please call the theatre box office at x5351.