Calls to reform the Facilitators for Allocating Student Taxes (FAST) have intensified as a group of elected FAST facilitators are pushing for a referendum proposing several changes to FAST’s constitution, in an effort to make the funding allocation system more equitable. This academic year, the Williams College Debating Union received over $42,000 from FAST, thousands more than the Williams Outing Club and nearly as much as all campus performance groups combined.
Students in the Class of 2028 declared their majors and concentrations on April 29, solidifying the academic paths they will pursue during their remaining time at the College. Registrar’s office data shared with the Record shows a sharp rise in Division I declarations, an all-time high in the number of English majors, and a continued decline in computer science majors.
The Williams Free Speech Alliance (WFSA), an alum-led organization pushing the College to focus on institutional neutrality and ideological diversity, is seeking a student liaison to serve as on-campus leader for the organization. This is the first time the group has recruited a student employee. The student will be paid $5,000 for a five-month term.
The Record sent its biannual approval ratings survey to 500 randomly selected students last week. Respondents were asked to indicate their approval, disapproval, or neutrality towards 27 campus entities, including Housing, Dining Services, the faculty, and the Record.
The Record board has elected Hannah Marx ’27 and Juno Pelczar ’27 to serve as managing editors for the newspaper in the fall of 2026. They will join incoming Editor-in-Chief Sonia Zinkin-Meyers ’27. Marx, Pelczar, and Zinkin-Meyers will succeed current Editor-in-Chief Ellie Davis ’26.5 and Managing Editors Rosario Carranza Rengifo ’27 and Ben Niewoehner ’27.
The Williams College Conservative Society and the Williams College Democrats of America (CDA) hosted a moderated conversation last Thursday in Griffin. Conservative Society founder Arjun Patel ’29 and treasurer Bennett Gorman ’29 joined CDA co-founders Charles Hughes ’28 and Eve Kaplan ’29 to answer questions on politics at the College and the state of the Democratic and Republican parties.
Students, faculty, staff, and community members gathered last Friday on Paresky steps to demonstrate for workers’ rights. The rally organizers — the Minority Coalition (MinCo) along with several other student and local groups — hoped to increase student political engagement and commemorate May Day by showing solidarity with College staff and other workers, according to MinCo Steering Committee Co-Chair Sam Samuel ’26 and Communications Director Oluwatosin Ibidokun ’27.
Scott Cameron, a former U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) official, will serve as the new director for the Center for Development Economics (CDE) following the upcoming retirement of longtime director Tom Powers ’81.
In February, 1,507 students filled out the Williams Marriage Pact survey. This week, Marriage Pact released its report on the response data. It revealed, among other things, that students at the College...
