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One in Two Thousand: Jamie Mazzacco ’26

Kiara Royer December 6, 2023
This week, Jamie Mazzacco ’26 discussed Thursday football traditions, a potential redesign of the College mascot, and his Spotify Wrapped.
Elizabeth Curtis ’17 and six others composed the Berkshire Doula Project’s original leadership circle. (Photo Courtesy of Elizabeth Curtis).

Amid changing abortion landscape, Berkshire Doula Project evolves to meet community needs

Luke Chinman November 29, 2023
Since its inception over seven years ago, BDP has been an ardent advocate for reproductive justice at the College. Today, it’s responding to the changing abortion landscape in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision.
Photo courtesy of Alisha Naidu.

One in Two Thousand: Alisha Naidu ’24

Haley Zimmerman November 29, 2023
Each week, the Record (using a script in R) randomly selects a student at the College for our One in Two Thousand feature, excluding current Record board members. This week, Alisha Naidu ’24 discussed early mornings, the harp, and her love of feminist philosophy.
Members of men’s hockey were some of Tony’s Sombrero’s first regulars under its new management. (Photo Courtesy of Hector Palestino).

Hats off to nearly a year of new management at Tony’s Sombrero

Inés Garcia and Beatrice Larzul November 29, 2023
Tony’s Sombrero was founded about 12 years ago by Antonio “Tony” Palestino, the original owner. According to his brother Hector Palestino, who now operates the restaurant, Tony Palestino quickly recognized the demand for a Mexican restaurant in town and founded Tony’s Sombrero on Spring Street soon after. 
The 29-foot shelves in the LSF hold items that are organized by size. (Safiyah Anwar-Chuku/The Williams Record)

Onsite at the College’s offsite facility for library storage

Luke Chinman and Safiyah Anwar-Chuku November 29, 2023
Off of Route 7, tucked between the Williamstown Police Station and a field of solar panels, a boxy concrete building sits on an unassuming side road. The LSF looks like a warehouse, and, in many ways, it is. Inside, stuffed on shelves that measure nearly 40 feet high, the College stores everything from back runs of academic journals to archival letters — essentially, everything in the College’s multimedia archives that does not fit inside the limited library storage on the College’s campus.
Special Collections, housed on the fourth floor of Sawyer Library, holds archival pieces, rare books, and other research materials. (Luke Chinman/The Williams Record)

Early morning auction bids and family donations: How Special Collections fills its archival shelves

Aluna Brogdon November 15, 2023
Over 300 visitors came to the Weber Special Collections Reading Room in the past semester to view Special Collections materials — those viewers may not be aware, however, of the intricate process behind acquiring those manuscripts.
Students observe a wall painting in the College’s Afro-American Center in 1969, a record year for Black student enrollment at the College. (Photo courtesy of The Williams Record archives.)

Historical Ephvents: Record reports during Civil Rights Movement

Ydhan Naidoo November 15, 2023
This week, "Historical Ephvents" details how the the Record reported on the Civil Rights Movement of the early 1960s in the lead-up to the 1969 occupation of Hopkins Hall, where 34 students took over the building with 15 demands aimed at diversifying the curriculum and faculty.
Photo courtesy of Theo Duarte-Baird.

One in Two Thousand: Theo Duarte-Baird ’26

Ella Marx November 15, 2023
Each week, the Record (using a script in R) randomly selects a student at the College for our One in Two Thousand feature, excluding current Record board members. This week, Theo Duarte-Baird ’26 discussed an unexpected favorite class, art on campus, and the many foods one can eat with a spoon.
Students in their contra-dancing outfits at the monthly contra dance event at First Congregational Church. (Phoebe Pallesen/The Williams Record)

Students, Town residents ‘contra dance’ together at monthly event

Phoebe Pallesen November 15, 2023
Many members of the Williamstown community — students at the College included — eagerly await the monthly contra dancing extravaganza at First Congregational Church. Contra dance, a form of traditional social dance, is practiced in pockets across the world. 
One year into all-grant financial aid, College analysis finds decrease in student borrowing, employment

One year into all-grant financial aid, College analysis finds decrease in student borrowing, employment

Izzy Polanco November 8, 2023
To better understand the results of the all-grant financial aid program, the College’s  Office of Admissions & Financial Aid — with support from the Institutional Research team and Human Resources — spent the summer analyzing data from its first year to determine the impact of the program.
Students share experiences of prayer at the College and off campus

Students share experiences of prayer at the College and off campus

Max Billick November 8, 2023
When students arrive at the College, some feel unmoored from the ways in which they practiced their faith at home, including attendance at houses of worship. While on-campus spiritual communities are part of many students’ religious lives at the College, some students seek spiritual community beyond the College’s campus.
Photo courtesy of Rachel Schmidt.
Last spring, Handbell Choir performed a mix of classical music and pop hits, arranged for handbells. (Photo courtesy of Rachel Schmidt.)

How the College’s Handbell Choir ‘modernizes the handbell’

Haley Zimmerman November 8, 2023
The Handbell Choir’s six members practice once a week for two hours and perform twice a year: once in December after the annual Lessons and Carols Christmas Service at Thompson Memorial Chapel, and again at a solo concert in the spring. The Record explored what goes into their performances.
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