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The Student-Run Newspaper of Williams College Since 1887

The Williams Record

The Student-Run Newspaper of Williams College Since 1887

The Williams Record

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One in Two Thousand: Gautham Narendar ’27

Arleny Flores April 16, 2025
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, Gautham Narendar ’27 discussed the various places he grew up, his interest in urban planning, and his favorite board games.
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From pig heads to warm breads: Student chefs share campus cooking stories

Henry Hilton, Satya Kluth, and Hannah Marx April 16, 2025
Dining halls aren't the only places to find cuisine on campus. Meet the student chefs who whip up baguettes, ice cream, and even roasted pig heads.
Martin Luther King Jr. speaks with students at the College.
Photo courtesy of Special Collections.

‘An anemic democracy’: Looking back on Martin Luther King Jr’s sermon in Thompson Chapel

Aiden Clarke and Hugh Kane April 16, 2025
64 years ago today, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a notable sermon and advocated for the Civil Rights movement on campus.
Photo courtesy of Abd al-Wahāb.
Edwards and Whitmore watch Daud sign a contract to transfer the archive to the College.

How Osama bin Laden’s personal cassette collection ended up in a Williams basement

Hugh Kane and Hannah Marx March 19, 2025
Deep in the College's archives, thousands of hours of footage and other artifacts immortalize the sermons and declarations of Osama bin Laden, as well as records of Afghanistan in the 1980s and '90s. Professor of Anthropology David Edwards, along with four Afghan journalists from Pakistan, worked tirelessly to archive these vestiges of the past.
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This Week in Williams History: The great flood, a red scare, and pets to-go

Dalia Levanon March 19, 2025
This week in history, the Record covered an 11-hour power outage, Senator Joseph McCarthy accused a professor at the College of communism, and Dining Services had a giveaway for goldfish.
Staff Spotlight: Meet Molly O’Brien,  Driscoll’s manager

Staff Spotlight: Meet Molly O’Brien, Driscoll’s manager

Tess Halpern March 19, 2025
Staff Spotlight is a new column that highlights the contributions of the people who keep the College running. This week, the Record spoke to the manager of Driscoll Molly O'Brien, who enjoys mocha iced coffee, umami burgers, and creating menus for campus-wide events.
Image courtesy of Uriah M. Hernandez.

One in Two Thousand: Uriah M. Hernandez ’27

Akkshansh Bagga March 19, 2025
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, Uriah M. Hernandez ’27 discussed his favorite running trails, spring break plans, and memories from living in Costa Rica.
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James Cart ’05 hopes you’re laughing at him — as long as you fill out his surveys, too

Luke Chinman March 19, 2025
You know him. You love him. You fear him. James Cart '05 graces students' inboxes at the close of every semester, and he's after only one thing: your thoughts (on class quality and professor performance). What is the story behind these iconic emails?
Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Levine.

‘We poets are cartographers of the soul’: Tupelo Press defends its mission amid Trump attacks on the arts

Hugh Kane and Phoebe Pallesen March 12, 2025
Tupelo Press, a North Adams-based literary press, announced on Feb. 9 that it would not comply with the National Endowment for the Arts' new guidelines restricting federal grants. Tupelo's founder and poet Jeffrey Levine offered his thoughts on the press' decision and the power of poetry.
Photo courtesy of Valerie DiFebo.

When in Goodrich, eat 150 sfogliatelle: Italian department hosts its last hurrah

Rosario Carranza March 12, 2025
Last Thursday, the Italian department hosted a festival which highlighted Italian culture, food, music, and language. Students enjoyed delicacies such as pasta alla vodka driven in from the Bronx and almond cookies imported from Rome, all while listening to serenades by the Williams Concert Choir.
Photo courtesy of David Paresky.

David Paresky ’60: The man behind campus’s most popular building

Dalia Levanon and Sophia Anisman March 12, 2025
David Paresky '60, namesake for the iconic Paresky Center, discusses his childhood in Vermont, experiences at the College, illustrious career, and hopes for future students.
Photo courtesy of Linden Niedeck

One in Two Thousand: Linden Niedeck ’25

Arleny Flores March 12, 2025
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, Linden Niedeck ’25 discussed his experience on the Nordic ski and club cycling teams, his interest in making pasta, and his decade-long study of French.
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