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Here is an account of September 10, 2001, 12 hours before the first plane hit. I was at a rally to support the flying of the American Flag from the telephone poles down Main Street in Amhert Mass. What happened that night was quite profound!~

In response to yesterday's student takeover of the Goodell Building at the University of Massachusetts, the Amherst College Student Policy Committee voted unanimously to support the demonstration by issuing a letter of solidarity to the student protesters. The motion to support the student takeover arose at last night's monthly meeting of the SPC. Representatives from the University's African, Latino, Asian, and Native American organization (ALANA) were invited to the meeting to inform SPC members about th e ongoing student protest and give a summary of the students' demands. According to these representatives, the impetus behind the student protest was the...

FOCUS: HEROISM IN IRAQ 'Like flying through hell' The pilot of a military helicopter, an Amherst native, tells of terror and triumph in the heroic rescue of two wounded soldiers in Iraq By CHARITY VOGEL News Staff Reporter5/1/2004 Maj. Steven R. White, left, on flying into danger: "You train forever for the Super Bowl, so when the Super Bowl comes up, you don't want to sit on the bench."   Click to view larger picture Maj. Steven R. White, first row, second from right, piloted a Pave Hawk helicopter through a blinding sandstorm into a volatile area near Baghdad to...

The Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee banned "West Side Story" because its members said it stereotyped Puerto Ricans. They banned "Peter Pan" because it stereotyped Native Americans. Yet they want the play the "Vagina Monologues" performed even though it stereotypes males and Christians -- not to mention the fact that it's crude and arguably pro-pedophilia.Most disturbing about the play is the fact that it features the seduction of a female minor by an adult woman, legitimizing predatory sexual behavior before an audience of minors. It seems the Amherst School Committee is indoctrinating rather than educating. The Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee approved the performance of...

AMHERST - Support for next month's student production of ''The Vagina Monologues'' outweighed dissent among members of the community at Tuesday's Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee meeting. About 40 residents, parents and faculty members from the high school attended the public comment portion of the meeting. Faculty supporters of the student production advised students to avoid the meeting because of its potential for controversy. Written by Eve Ensler, ''The Vagina Monologues'' is a series of short scenes based on her interviews with more than 200 women around the globe. The play, to be performed Feb. 13 at the high school, will...

"V-Day" in Amherst December 28, 2003 by Isabel Lyman Sexualizing minors, in the name of art, has found a niche in Amherst, Massachusetts. Last week the college town was abuzz after learning that The Vagina Monologues will be performed at the Amherst Regional High School in February with the approval of the school committee and the superintendent, Jere Hochman. According to the Amherst Bulletin, Hochman chirped, "We hope that there are ways for our students to find their voice in their years with us."As part of a global campaign, students and staff at the school will stage the work of...

Amherst man gears up to defeat Bush in '04 By NICK GRABBE, Staff Writer Friday, July 18, 2003 -- AMHERST - Alan Kanner, who wants to mobilize local support for defeating George Bush in 2004, is undeterred by the president's plan to raise $200 million for his re-election campaign. "I hope he raises a billion," Kanner said. "In those terms, the role of money, greed and corruption in the Bush administration will become so obvious that people will know exactly the kinds of interests they're representing." Kanner has formed a group called Anybody but Bush - Anybody! and has scheduled...

Monday, May 5, 2003 -- AMHERST - University of Massachusetts and town officials said today they will take steps to prevent a recurrence of Saturday's "full-fledged riot" that resulted in more than a dozen injuries and 45 arrests after several thousand college-age revelers gathered for the annual Hobart Hoedown in North Amherst. During a press conference this morning, Police Chief Charles Scherpa said, "What began as a series of parties developed into a full-fledged riot." Scherpa said town and UMass officials are assessing how to prevent such problems in the future. Also at today's press conference, UMass Police Chief Barbara...

An anti-abortion display outside the Student Union at the University of Massachusetts was destroyed by vandals Wednesday night, police said. The display of 160 white crosses, representing the number of abortions every hour in the United States, had previously been the site of vandalism and an alleged assault. It had been up for three days. UMass police received a call reporting the incident at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday, said Deputy Patrick Archbald. When officers arrived at the south side of the Student Union, they found the crosses broken and strewn around the area, with some in a nearby garbage can, he...

Violent Reactions to Pro-Life Exhibit at UMass/Amherst By Izzy Lyman April 18, 2003 The "tolerant" types at UMass/Amherst have protested a pro-life exhibit this week by taking crosses off dead babies in a mythical graveyard, throwing them in a pond and breaking them in half. One UMass/Amherst undergraduate was assaulted while manning the exhibit that was displayed next to the Student Union. > Taking a stand: Kiera Manikoff, a UMass Junior, is proud of her pro-life and pro-child views. Kiera Manikoff, a political science major and a junior, scuffled with a female who verbally harassed her and held a hammer...

It had to happen sooner or later. There, on the first Sunday of April 2003 in historic, downtown Amherst, forty activists gathered with signs, "No blood for oil" and "No more wars." Directly across the street, another forty activists took their places, signs saying, "Support Our Soldiers." For nearly twenty-five years, a weekly peace demonstration has been held on the Amherst common at this time and place. Was this a challenge? Those supporting the U.S. military appeared to keep to themselves - waving Old Glory and receiving the lion's share of approving honks from motorists. Then the peace protestors tried...

Students stage rally to support troops 04/03/2003 By PATRICK JOHNSON Staff writer AMHERST - Amid flags and yellow ribbons, students at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst yesterday staged a rally on the steps of the Student Union to urge support of American troops fighting in Iraq. From Our Advertisers More than 75 people stood quietly, while speakers urged support for the troops, President Bush and overthrowing Saddam Hussein. The rally came on the same steps where a week ago opponents of the war staged an anti-war vigil. The latest event was sponsored by the UMass Republican Club and a...

<p>In a show of defiance to a statewide election, bilingual education proponents in Amherst and neighboring towns are seeking to exempt their schools from a voter-passed initiative replacing bilingual education with English immersion.</p> <p>After receiving more than 600 signatures on a petition, the Amherst Board of Selectmen will call a special Town Meeting to consider asking the Legislature to exempt Amherst and the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District from the mandates of Question 2. Only 200 signatures were needed to call a special Town Meeting, and the town clerk certified them yesterday.</p>

These days, defining diversity seems to be the big issue on campus.But at Amherst College in Mass. they are doing more than just talking about it.They're adding 'diversity seats' to the 32 member Student Senate for groups that have been 'historically silenced.'Five candidates representing different minority groups applied for the seats, including an international student, a homosexual, a Conservative (!!), a Latino, and an Asian.All but one were chosen-the Conservative candidate.Ted Hertzberg the conservative student says he deserved the seat for the same reasons the others did.

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advertisement home > this article Dinesh comes to Amherst By Isabel Lymanweb posted April 29, 2002Multiculturalists, wearing hijabs and keffiyehs, in earnest anxiety, attended Dinesh D'Souza's speech on "The Superiority of Western Civilization" at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst on April 24.So, if you thought that a topic like this would be a d'snooza on a campus where bored students elevator surf for fun, you would be wrong.The multicultis showed up - not to listen and learn - but to protest. A South Asian (anti-) American named Sonny Suchev said he came "to show my resistance to this bigoted...

Pushy feminists, who want to remake competitive boys into cooperative girls, run rampant in my neck of western Massachusetts. There are five colleges in the area, including two for women - Smith and Mount Holyoke - that aid and abet this old girls network through their respective (but not respectable) women's studies departments. These academic gulags are typically run by masculinity-and-make-up-hating harpies.If you are a guy who digs NASCAR, shingles roofs for a living, and was moved by We Were Soldiers, this place is an estrogen chamber of horrors. In fact, when someone sneezes, the politically correct say, "Goddess, bless...

MASS AND CONN FREEPERS: DAVID HOROWITZ APPEARING TOMORROW NIGHT IN AMHERST!! Speaking time is 7:30 in Amherst at the Johnson Chapel of Amherst College. Leftists will be in attendance!!!