Joey Fox ’21 is a history and English major from New York, NY. He is a managing editor, and previously served as a section editor and executive editor for the news section.
The Record sent a survey to every staff member at the College, and spoke with seven of them about their experiences since the pandemic began. The stories they told speak to the challenges staff have confronted in the past year, the ways staff feel they do and don’t fit in at Williams, and the hopes many staff have for a post-COVID future.
According to Samra Brouk ’08, few of her peers from her time at the College would have predicted a future for her in public office. Yet last November, Brouk made history by becoming the first Black woman ever elected to the New York State Senate from upstate New York.
Williams opts in to competition, but with no spectators
March 10, 2021
The presidents of NESCAC institutions announced in a statement yesterday that the athletic conference will hold a limited spring sports season from mid-April until mid-May.
North Adams Mayor Tom Bernard ’92 announced Feb. 23 that he would not seek reelection this year to a third term in office. Bernard, who grew up in North Adams before attending the College, was elected in 2017 and reelected in 2019, both times with commanding majorities.
This week the computer (using a script in R) chose Jared Berger ’21, who talked about playing trumpet, being tall, and how sledding makes your butt hurt. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
An investigation into a Jan. 21 Zoom-bombing attack that targeted a Black child of College employees has concluded that the primary perpetrator was a student of color, Mount Greylock Regional School District Superintendent Jake McCandless said at a school committee meeting on Thursday.
According to Dean of the College Marlene Sandstrom, 991 students were dropped from at least one class, compared to 816 last spring. The registration software PeopleSoft was overloaded by hundreds of students last Monday night as regular registration opened, making matters even more difficult for those dropped from classes.
The spring semester will start as previously scheduled, with students returning to campus beginning Feb. 10, President of the College Maud S. Mandel and Dean of the College Marlene Sandstrom announced today in an email to students, staff, and faculty. Additionally, the College plans to hold an in-person commencement for seniors, albeit with no off-campus guests.
Dean of First-Year Students Chris Sewell ’05 said that, despite the slight dip, he is confident this year’s applicant pool is large enough to assemble a strong JA class.
With the in-person semester completed, the campus is now home to only 157 students. (Kevin Yang/The Williams Record)
On the weekend before Thanksgiving, the College was a flurry of packing...
With most students leaving campus behind, the Record looks back on the semester’s positive COVID tests. (Devika Goel/The Williams Record)
Fourteen weeks since students first arrived on campus...
Korean Garden will soon move to Colonial Plaza in Williamstown after more than four years in North Adams. (Joey Fox/The Williams Record)
Korean Garden, long a staple of Korean fare in northern Berkshire...
The cello ensemble Cello Shots — including, from left, Nat Davidson ’22, Esther Kim ’23 and Michael Fallon ’24 — held their fall semester concert remotely last week. (Joey Fox/The Williams Record.)
Ten...
(Visual by Joey Fox. All photos courtesy of the Massachusetts General Court and the United States Congress.)
Today marks the end of voting in the 2020 general election, and with it comes the end of...
All Campus Entertainment (ACE) organized a pumpkin-carving contest, which featured over 20 pumpkins. (Joey Fox/The Williams Record)
It’s been a scary year, but with Halloween just around the corner,...
(Visual by Rachel Buccalo/The Williams Record.)
The structure of an in-person fall semester has generated a split among students, one that has affected academics, athletics, extracurriculars and the...
(Joey Fox/The Williams Record)
The faculty will vote in a meeting today to adopt one of two models for the spring 2021 academic calendar, both of which the Calendar and Scheduling Committee (CSC) have...
With the College’s self-imposed deadline for reconsidering its COVID-19 policies arriving tomorrow, members of the administration and the newly formed ad hoc committee on COVID and campus life policies...
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According to data provided by Dean of the College Marlene Sandstrom, 55.1 percent of all classes at the College this semester are currently listed as remote, while 40.5...
Three students on campus have tested positive for COVID-19, leading their close contacts to be moved to quarantine housing. (Annie Lu/The Williams Record)
For most students on campus, the first full...
(Graphics by Joey Fox.)
After a long and turbulent primary season, two incumbents representing Western Massachusetts — Democratic Sen. Ed Markey and Democratic Rep. Richard Neal — were re-nominated...
Rep. Richard Neal (D-Springfield) and Mayor of Holyoke Alex Morse are competing in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts' 1st congressional district this Tuesday. (Photos courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.)
Massachusetts’...
Campus in the fall will no doubt be a dramatically different place for those who return, with social distancing restrictions, hybrid or all-remote classes and countless other changes. But despite the...
The College has announced that it will reopen the campus to students for the fall semester, though with stringent measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and with a 15 percent lower cost of attendance.(Photo...
The Williams Black Lives Matter Project aims to collect student writings, videos, art and more, such as this painting by Manny Copeland '23, who also co-founded the project. (Photo Courtesy of Manny Copeland.)
The...
Surf Club, founded by Skylar Chaney ’20 and several friends, takes several trips each year to Narragansett and other northeastern shores. (Photo courtesy of Skylar Chaney.)
Classes are finished,...
At last Wednesday’s virtual faculty meeting, the faculty voted near-unanimously to approve two motions submitted by the Committee on Academic Standing (CAS) concerning academic requirements. Both motions...
Memes, like this one made by Adam Jones ’21, are among the records the College is working to preserve as part of its COVID-19 archival project. (No decision has yet been made relating to the College’s...
Jacqueline Hidalgo, chair of religion and associate professor of Latina/o/x studies, will assume the role of associate dean for institutional diversity, equity and inclusion in July 2020. (Photo courtesy...
Although Images Cinema may be closed, a world of movies is still available to bored or procrastinating Ephs. (Joey Fox/Williams Record)
If you don’t have a Netflix subscription — or even if you...
Remote physical education (PE) classes began this week, in an effort to allow seniors still in need of PE credit to fulfill their requirements and to provide other students with a healthy option for exercise...
Non-essential staff at the College have been directed by Human Resources to work remotely. (Kevin Yang/The Williams Record)
Since Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed an executive order on March...
David Han ’19 was on an English teaching assistantship in Russia before being forced to return home due to the coronavirus. (Photo courtesy of David Han.)
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colleges and universities around the...
For the first time in over 50 years, the College has decided to disrupt normal operations mid-semester in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. President of the College Maud S. Mandel announced in...
PHOTO COURTESY OF RACHEL JIANG. As part of a project led by AASiA, students at the College signed a pledge of solidarity with Asians facing racism globally because of the coronavirus.
As the number...
Avery Sharpe's jazz performances were inspired by the history of the black experience in America. (Photo courtesy of Avery Sharpe.)
A silence settles over Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall.
Through...
Last Wednesday, President Maud S. Mandel sent an email to students, faculty and staff announcing the public release of draft strategic planning reports, marking a new phase in the multi-year strategic...
In a Claiming Williams event last Thursday examining the Difference, Power and Equity (DPE) requirement, approximately 40 students, faculty members and administrators reviewed the history of the requirement...
The Williamstown town hall is the center of the town's government (Photo courtesy of the Williamstown Police Department).
With 22 elected officials and 63 employees, the government of Williamstown...
This past week, the Record sent out its semiannual approval ratings survey, giving students the options of “approve,” “disapprove” and “neutral” for a variety of campus institutions....
The College Democrats, long a staple of campus politics but relatively inactive in recent years, has been revived this year under new leadership. However, despite a lengthy history under the name of the...
The Davis Center building project’s new location at 36 Spring St. features maps of the campus, diagrams of workspaces and floorplans of the Center’s current buildings. (Joey Fox/The Williams Record.)
Last...
Williamstown’s fire district will hold a special election next Tuesday Nov. 19 for two seats on its prudential committee as the district prepares to move its fire station from Water Street to Main Street.
David...
Alongside local and state-level elections around the country, North Adams and Pittsfield held mayoral elections yesterday, Nov. 5. In North Adams, incumbent mayor Thomas Bernard ’92 was re-elected to...
With homecoming approaching this weekend, campus safety and security (CSS) and dining services, among other College departments, will adjust their schedules and staffing to handle the crowded campus.
“We...
Voters in North Adams will go to the polls next Tuesday to determine their next mayor in a nonpartisan contest that pits incumbent mayor Thomas Bernard ’92 against McCann School Committee member Rachel...
Following a years-long process that went through four separate faculty committees and multiple all-faculty votes, changes to the Student Course Survey (SCS) which were first approved in 2017 will be implemented...
In Other Ivory Towers is the Record’s look at colleges and universities outside the Purple Bubble.
Federal District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs ruled on Oct. 1 that Harvard University’s admission...
