Editor’s note: This article contains images and descriptions of anti-Black racist and violent language and imagery. A dispatcher with the Williamstown Police Department (WPD) resigned on Thursday...

Hoch announced his decision to retain Kyle Johnson as WPD chief at a Williamstown Select Board meeting on Oct. 26. (Photo courtesy of Willinet.) Johnson apologizes, announces investigation into new...

Close contacts of students who test positive at the College move to Dodd House to quarantine for two weeks. (Joey Fox/The Williams Record.) In October, two more students at the College...

Berkshire County District Attorney Andrea Harrington’s office put Williamstown Police Department (WPD) officer Craig Eichhammer on a list of police officers flagged by the office for having engaged...

Students have been gathering in large groups that violate the 10-person limit imposed by COVID guidelines. (The Williams Record) If you walk past Frosh Quad at 11 p.m. on a Friday, you’ll...

Editor’s Note: This article describes instances of sexual assault and sexual harassment. The Williamstown Select Board released a response Thursday addressing some of the allegations made by Williamstown...

Renewed criticism of College’s 2018 funding of new police station, concerns over WPD presence on campus President of the College Maud S. Mandel sent a letter to the Williamstown Select Board on Aug....

Editor’s note: This article describes instances of sexual assault and sexual harassment.  The lawsuit, which was filed by a WPD sergeant, Scott McGowan, alleges that: Chief Kyle Johnson sexually...

The Williamstown Police Department’s (WPD) use of force policy does not require the use of de-escalation tactics before force is used.  It does not establish a duty to intervene when officers...

As chants of “no justice, no peace” and “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA” erupted in Field Park, drivers passing by the roundabout honked their horns in support, many stopping to pump their fists...

Increased numbers of state police troopers have been stationed in Berkshire County in the past few days as part of a statewide plan responding to what state law enforcement officials say are reports of...

The class of 2020 is graduating into a job market that has “literally imploded,” according to Director of the Career Center Don Kjelleren. “We have never seen the labor market unravel that fast...

Angela Chen ’23, who lives in Taiwan, has to keep up with remote learning with a 12-hour time difference from her professors. (Photo courtesy of Angela Chen.) Two weeks ago, Angela Chen...

A note from the reporters: In the weeks after students dispersed across the globe in light of the pandemic, the Record sent out a survey to 500 randomly selected students to get a sense of their...

Jesus Estrada ’20.5 lives with his mother and sister in Huntington Park, Calif. Estrada’s mother provides most of the family’s income, and as an employee at a fast-food chain, she’s classified...

While many students at the College have felt the effects of COVID-19 from afar — financially, emotionally, academically — relatively few have come into close contact with the virus itself. But for...

As a result of College social distancing policy, the Paresky Center is only open between 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on weekdays for mail retrieval. (Kevin Yang/The Williams Record) On May 6, the College began...

Passing Abstract Algebra, a 300-level mathematics class which is a prerequisite for several other courses, has remained demanding for many during this semester of remote learning.  In a shift...

Students whose petitions to stay on campus were denied met with deans in Hopkins Hall to discuss their decisions. (Kevin Yang/The Williams Record) Seven students’ stories reveal 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...

As the coronavirus epidemic continues to spread, international students at the College are experiencing the consequences of increasing travel restrictions. As of Tuesday, The Centers for Disease Control...

Professor of History Jessica Chapman said she plans to return to Kenya in May. (Zoe Bank/The Williams Record) For decades, St. Patrick’s High School has graduated students who have broken world records...

PHOTO COURTESY OF BEIJING LANGUAGE AND CULTURE UNIVERSITY The Harvard Beijing Academy, hosted in the BLCU, was one of the summer programs affected by the coronavirus. As the coronavirus outbreak...

Professor of English John Kleiner’s use of the N-word in a class precipitates petition, website, broader conversations After a white professor used the N-word in an English class, a student-led movement...

On May 3, President Maud Mandel sent an all-campus email, “Our past, current and future work for an inclusive Williams,” detailing ongoing and future initiatives for inclusion at the College. This...

The Coalition Against Racist Education Now (CARE Now) has extended its deadline for President Maud Mandel’s response to its list of demands from the original date of April 26 to Friday, May 3. According...

ANIAH PRICE/PHOTO EDITOR As a fellow member of the Octet, I have had the pleasure of spending at least six hours a week with Tom, if not many more. With his philosophizing about the relative merits...