Hugh Kane ’27 is a prospective Russian and Comparative Literature major from New York, NY. He is a managing editor. He previously served as a section editor for the opinions section. He can be reached via email at [email protected].
Valerie Jarrett, a former senior advisor to President Barack Obama, will deliver the 2025 commencement address on June 8. The day before, Esther Duflo, a Nobel laureate and MIT professor of economics will deliver the College’s baccalaureate address.
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.
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.
“This Week in Williams History” is a column that looks back at memorable moments in the College’s past through articles in the Record. This week in history, the Record covered Cap and Bells’ first musical, frustration with a restriction on women visiting dorms at night, an overstatement of the frequency of sex on campus, and a student panel discussion on queer life.
The Record sent its biannual approval ratings survey to 500 randomly selected students last week. The survey asked students to indicate their approval, disapproval, or neutrality toward various campus institutions.
The money will also go toward the implementation of the College’s carbon master plan, reimbursements for the construction of the new Davis Center, renovations for dorms and dining facilities, and other smaller capital projects.
Long before he became the head coach of the Utah Jazz, Will Hardy ’10 was taking seminars as an English major at the College. Despite the differences between a seminar classroom and an NBA locker room, Hardy noted that his academic experiences influenced his coaching philosophy.
The Board of Trustees approved a new set of policies at its Sept. 27 meeting that outline the process through which community members can propose new public art. It also established a Public Art Committee that will provide guidance on the process and review proposals.
The student body elected three members of each class to the Williams Student Union (WSU) and two members of the Class of 2028 to join the Honor and Discipline Committee on Sunday.
The College has formed the First-Year Housing Working Group, chaired by Senior Associate Dean of Campus Life Doug Schiazza, to evaluate changes to the College’s first-year housing system for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Tonio Palmer, former director of entrepreneurship at the ’68 Center for Career Exploration, died on April 28, President of the College Maud S. Mandel announced in a statement. He was 65 years old and battled with a rare cancer, ocular melanoma. Palmer worked at the College from 2017 until his retirement earlier this year.
Last Thursday, the third and final installment of the on-campus speaker roundtable “The War in Gaza and the International Context” was interrupted by student protestors affiliated with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), some of whom may face disciplinary action from the College.
Following two wins last weekend at the Williams Spring Invitational and Little Three Championship, men’s golf finished eighth out of ten teams at the NESCAC Championship at Brunswick Golf Club in Maine last weekend.
In the maelstrom of pandemic closures and election cycle frenzy, Madeleine Dyke ’21.5 decided to spend a semester away from the College. Like many Ephs, Dyke pored through the alum network searching for career advice and eventually — after about 15 other meetings — ended up chatting with Eliza Nemser ’98.
During a discussion at the Faculty Meeting on April 10, faculty were split by a memorandum submitted by student members of the Committee on Educational Affairs (CEA) that proposed a policy for a pilot program of mandatory Credit/No Credit (C/NC) grading system for first-year students during their first semester.
“Turning 21 is fun, turning 22 is fine, and then you end up at 25,” Bill Cotter ’21 reflected in an interview with the Record. Cotter — better known online as Barstool Sports’ “Billy Football” — saw his 25th birthday less as a tempus fugit reality and more of an opportunity: Having just hit the age threshold to be elected to Congress, Cotter saw himself as a fresh face to represent New York’s 3rd district in the House of Representatives.
An impromptu memorial service for translator Paul Olchváry was held at Spoon Café in the College’s bookstore on Wednesday, Feb. 21. The event was planned as a book talk with Olchváry, a community member, who was also a renowned translator of Hungarian literature and publisher at the Williamstown-based New Europe Books, but he passed away on Feb. 14, at age 58.
After snow returned to Williamstown on Thursday, women’s skiing put up a strong performance at this season’s home carnival at Jiminy Peak amid a weekend of Winter Carnival festivities.
This year, students spent Winter Study all over the globe: from Austria to Georgia to Japan. To learn more about their experiences, the Record spoke with students currently and recently abroad, as well as faculty that organized and oversaw the trips.
