Christian De Leon, a PhD candidate at UCLA recently hired by the philosophy department for a two-year faculty position starting next fall, presented “Faces, Emotions, and Values: Prospects for a Formal Semantics of Emoji” on Monday.

In the 2021 film Drive My Car, Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi drives viewers through the emotional journeys of two unlikely friends, artfully bringing to life Haruki Murakami’s short story of the same name.

The Berkshire Symphony Orchestra performed live for the first time in 18 months on the night of Oct. 1. The musicians, all masked, walked onto stage and were met with a packed audience.

Many students had hoped that this fall, with the campus largely vaccinated, would finally be free from COVID restrictions. But the prevalence of the Delta variant has led the College to reimplement an indoor mask mandate and a weekly testing requirement. And if the campus sees an outbreak, the College could implement more stringent restrictions, according to administrators.

This week, the computer (using a script in R) chose Nelly Lin-Schweitzer ’21 and Caleigh Paster ’21, who talked about their experiences as seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic, their academic interests over the years, and their thoughts about leaving campus.

The owners of the now-closed Sweet Brook Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Williamstown reached a settlement last month of $110,000 with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts after repeated allegations of failure to care for residents.