The Student-Run Newspaper of Williams College Since 1887

The Williams Record
The Student-Run Newspaper of Williams College Since 1887

The Williams Record
The Student-Run Newspaper of Williams College Since 1887

The Williams Record

Hugh Kane, Executive Editor for News

Hugh Kane ’27 is a Russian major from New York, N.Y. He is an executive editor for news. He previously served as section editor for the opinions section and managing editor. He can be reached via email at [email protected].

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Record elects 2026 leadership

Davis, Zinkin-Meyers to serve as editors-in-chief; Carranza Rengifo, Niewoehner as managing editors
Phoebe Pallesen and Hugh Kane • December 3, 2025
The Record board has elected Ellie Davis ’26.5, Sonia Zinkin-Meyers ’27, Rosario Carranza Rengifo ’27, and Ben Niewoehner ’27 to lead the newspaper in 2026. Davis will serve as editor-in-chief in the spring, alongside managing editors Carranza Rengifo and Niewoehner. In the fall, Zinkin-Meyers will follow Davis as editor-in-chief. The incoming management will succeed editor-in-chief Haley Zimmerman ’26 and managing editors Inés Garcia ’26 and Aliya Huprikar ’26. 
Photo courtesy of The Williams Record. A correction issued in the February 15th, 1977 issue of the Record.

This Week in Williams History: Cap and Bells gets musical, student petitions against restrictions on first-years, and panelists discuss queer life

Phoebe Pallesen and Hugh Kane • February 19, 2025
“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.
Tatiana Geroulanou/The Williams Record

College implements new public art policies

Haley Zimmerman and Hugh Kane • October 9, 2024
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.
College community remembers Tonio Palmer

College community remembers Tonio Palmer

Hugh Kane • May 8, 2024
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.
Faculty split on first-semester Credit/No Credit

Faculty split on first-semester Credit/No Credit

Hugh Kane • April 17, 2024
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.
Bill Cotter ’21, otherwise known as ‘Billy Fooball,’ is running for Congress. (Photo courtesy of Bill Cotter.)

Bill Cotter ’21, or ‘Billy Football,’ kicks off congressional campaign

Hugh Kane and Maya Prakash • April 10, 2024
“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. 
Community members honor translator Paul Olchváry at memorial event

Community members honor translator Paul Olchváry at memorial event

Hugh Kane • February 28, 2024
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.
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