Haley Zimmerman is a prospective English and math major from Seattle, Wash. She is a section editor for the features section. She previously served as a staff writer for the features section.
Some professors at the College live a stone’s throw away from campus and can be spotted walking their dogs across Paresky lawn in the afternoon — but some professors commute many hours every week to teach at the College.
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...
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.
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.
On Oct. 18, author Hernan Diaz read from his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Trust and discussed his background, work, and writing process to an audience of about 75 students, faculty, and Town residents....
This week, after the last Mountain Day before his retirement at the end of the 2023-24 academic year, Scott Lewis shared memories from Mountain Days over the years with the Record.
If you’re a Williams College student reading this article, Lucy Calkins ’73 and her ubiquitous — and recently controversial curriculum — probably taught you how to do so. The truth about the “reading wars,” she told the Record, is so much more complicated than her critics believe.
The College will relax its policies aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 on campus, Chief Communications Officer Jim Reische announced in an all-campus email on Jun. 22. While some COVID policies — such as required isolation after a positive test result — will remain in place, the College will no longer require its students or employees to be vaccinated against COVID.
By the end of this school year, Swanson and Behr will have traveled to a school in all 50 states. At each stop, they will give out free books through a partnership with the nonprofit First Book and document it on their Instagram, YouTube channel, and website.
On Feb. 24, students gathered at Agard House for live jazz, a silent auction, and dancing. The fundraising gala hosted by Williams Mutual Aid received over 150 donations and auction bids, raising over $1,500 to be redistributed to members of the College community.
The Record surveyed the on-campus water bottle fillers that display the number of bottles filled and ranked the most and least used by their counts as of Feb. 21.
In honor of Valentine’s Day, the Record brings you its annual profile of a campus couple. This year, Salvador Robayo ’23 and Lucia Sher ’23 recalled the first time they met, discussed how they got together, and gave advice to fellow Ephs looking for love.
At its winter meeting, the
Board of Trustees approved
the promotion of 11 assistant
professors to associate
professorships with tenure:
Alexander Bevilacqua, history;
Nicole Brown, classics; PeiWen Chen, biology; Brahim
El Guabli, Arabic studies;
Man He, Asian languages,
literatures, and cultures; Bill
Jannen ’09, computer science;
Laura Martin, environmental
studies; Sarah Olsen, classics;
Ben Snyder, sociology; Mason
Williams, leadership studies;
and Ricardo Wilson, English.
The promotions will go into
effect on July 1.
The Record spoke to three students entering the world of IB to answer some key questions: Why do so many kids go into IB? What’s the process like? What is IB, anyway?
The Record spoke to three students who have had off-campus jobs at Spring Street businesses as they discussed their observations on Town-Gown relations.
