When the trailer for the documentary Miss Representation began to create conversations about the media’s portrayal of women, many Mount Holyoke students inquired about a film showing. After a semester of organization, the screening will take place on Dec. 1 at 7:00 p.m. in Gamble Auditorium. In addition to the screening, a panel of faculty [...]

This past Tuesday, Nov. 15 the Senate meeting went through E-Board announcements swiftly to get to the main event of the evening: debriefing from last week’s meeting with Director of Residential Life, Jodie Castanza.

On Nov. 2, South Hadley lost a prestigious and beloved resident, with the death of Dr. Anthony Farnham at the age of 81. Anthony Farnham began teaching in the English Department at Mount Holyoke in 1961 and continued for 38 years until his retirement in 1999. Farnham was awarded emeritus status upon retirement in view of his services to the College.

Life came to a halt when the October Nor’easter arrived on campus last Saturday. At 9:17 p.m. the Mount Holyoke Emergency Notification System notified students via text message requesting that everyone stay indoors. Meanwhile, dozens of Mount Holyoke students, including 30 students at UMass, were left stranded on the other Five College campuses for the remainder of the night.

All sport, academic and other rivalries disappeared on Saturday night as all Five Colleges experienced a power outage. Although the power outage complicated communications between the schools, resources such as shelter, beds and buses were shared between Smith, Amherst, UMass, Hampshire and Mount Holyoke.

On Tuesday, Nov. 8 the Student Government Association’s Senate meeting convened at 7:30 p.m. in the Blanchard Great Room with Jodie Castanza, director of Residential Life, and Associate Director Melanie Lawson. The Residential Life staff intended to engage students in a discussion concerning policy and practices regarding student conduct regulation on campus, and the housing lottery.

Oct. Nor’easter damaged Wilder Hall, along with many other parts of campus. College lost power for approximately 32 hours, but started regaining electricity throughout campus early Monday morning. Mount Holyoke remained closed until Tuesday, while Hampshire College students continue to be housed until gas and electricity is restored to parts of their campus.

This past Tuesday night, President Lynn Pasquerella and Senior Advisor to the President Sally Sutherland attended the SGA Senate meeting to answer questions about the recently released Task Force Reports. Pasquerella and Sutherland opened the floor to any questions students had about the proposals. The conversation focused on credit-caps and a fee to prevent students from taking more than 18 credits per semester.

On Nov. 8, the town of South Hadley will vote to approve a debt exclusion as a way of raising taxes to pay the difference between a $4.8 million grant towards a new library and its $10.1 million price tag. Because this grant will be withdrawn if the town is unable to afford the full cost of the library, the possible debt exclusion will decide if residents are willing to pay more in taxes to accept the grant. If approved, the debt exclusion will raise taxes above the 25 percent ceiling to pay the difference, which calculates to an average $38 per person per year, or little over $3 a month.

This Saturday, Oct. 22, three hundred protesters marched from Lampron Park to the steps of the Northampton City Hall in support of the event Stomp and Holler to protest victim blaming and resist sexism. The protest was an attempt to unite people “in order to fully resist sexism in all of its manifested forms,” according to the event’s Facebook page. Though it was originally called SlutWalk Northampton, in the weeks leading up to the protest, the name was changed to Stomp and Holler; in spite of this the event continued to be in solidarity with SlutWalk movement.