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At a predominantly liberal institution, conservative faculty are in the minority
OpenSecrets records reflect that College employees donate far more often to Democrats than Republicans. In 2016, the precinct containing the College supported Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump by a margin of 87 percent to 8 percent.
Many juniors choose to take breaks from the Purple Bubble to study away and return refreshed for their senior years. But each year, a handful of seniors decide that their penultimate semester is instead the perfect time to study away.
Director of International Education and Study Away Christina Stoiciu gave insight on why students choose to study away during their senior years.
Amy Sanders O’Rourke ’03 is now traveling across the country to support the presidential campaign of her husband, Beto O’Rourke./Photo courtesy of Amy Sanders O’Rourke ’03. Before Monday, no one had asked Amy Sanders O’Rourke ’03 whether she wants to be first lady.
Jason (left) and Lara (center) Meintjes ’22, pictured with daughter Jamie (right), transferred this fall from Long Beach City College./Photo courtesy of Jason Meintjes. “Imagine yourself in a tutorial at Williams,” one of the questions on the College’s application reads.
Photo courtesy of Michael Nettesheim. Each week, we randomly select a unix from a list of all current students at the College.
Jack’s Hot Dog Stand, a North Adams classic, offers reliably satisfying, inexpensive comfort food./Photo courtesy of USA Restaurants. North Adams has a turbulent history.
Photos (clockwise) posted by Sam Schraver, Ruth Kramer, Ella Napack and AbuBakr Sangare.
For almost two decades, Sean Saifa M. Wall ’01 has worked as an intersex rights activist, fighting to end medically unnecessary surgeries. (Photo courtesy of Sean Saifa M. Wall)
Looking back after almost two decades as an intersex rights activist, Sean Saifa M. Wall ’01 said he now finds it funny that he initially intended to follow one of the more typical career paths chosen by so many of his peers.
Seniors have begun to add personal touches, including potted plants, to their study carrels in Sawyer. (Nicky Wu/The Williams Record)
A couple of months ago, I was having lunch with a College alum who graduated in the ’80s.
For many, the combination of academics, extracurriculars and social life on campus is enough to fill their days in the Purple Valley. Some students, however, can also be found racing down Route 2 in ambulances, serving the community in their roles as emergency medical technicians (EMTs).
(Ethan Dinçer/The Williams Record)
Each week, we randomly select a unix from a list of all current students at the College. So long as the owner of the selected unix is on campus, willing to be interviewed and not a member of the Record board, that person becomes the subject of that week’s One in Two Thousand.
