Lucy Walker '23 is a prospective English and history major with a Spanish concentration from Washington, DC. She is the current executive editor for investigations and previously served as the section editor for news.
The College used WiFi data as part of its investigation of the Feb. 26 Wood House party, Dean Sandstrom and Director of CSS Dave Boyer told the Record. Boyer also said that the College has increased CSS patrols in students’ residential spaces following the party.
Due to a recent loss of housing units at Cable Mills, the College has continued to pursue other options for new faculty housing. In a faculty meeting earlier this year, members of the administration mentioned potential changes to the faculty housing lottery, among other suggestions.
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.
COVID-19 testing is now a part of daily life for on-campus students, faculty and staff at the College. Moving through the Greylock parking garage and now the Towne Field House, students have become accustomed...
Life across campus has shifted radically in order to implement safety measures and ensure socially distanced learning and residential life. These changes have had financial implications for the College,...
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...
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CORRECTION:
This article has been corrected on July 17, 10:58 a.m. to reflect that 6.2 percent of students on financial aid are taking a gap year/leave. According to...
Faculty members have been asked to inform the College by yesterday, June 20, whether they would teach in person or remotely if the campus were to reopen in the fall. The academic subcommittee of the working...
In an all-faculty meeting on Wednesday, President Maud S. Mandel announced that she is strongly considering adopting either a trimester or a three-semester model for the 2020-2021 academic calendar....
As the spring semester nears its end, the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the coming academic year remains unclear, making plans for first-year orientation programs uncertain. Ephventures organizers...
(Graphic by Nigel Jaffe/The Williams Record).
As institutions of higher education across the world are grappling with the question of reopening in the fall, the College has developed a plan to work...
In a faculty meeting conducted over Zoom last Wednesday, President of the College Maud S. Mandel announced the creation of an ad hoc committee tasked with planning alternative options if in-person classes...
Soraya Membreno ’12 gave a talk last Thursday on her experience as a first-generation immigrant of color at the College titled “These are the things that no one tells you: On navigating primarily...
PHOTO COURTESY OF ADLY TEMPLETON. Candidates for student government campaigned for various positions at Pub Night last week.
On Sunday, March 1, the Three Pillars Task Force released the results of...
On Monday, Feb. 24, self-nominations for positions within the Facilitators for Allocating Student Taxes (FAST) and the Williams Student Union, two bodies of the newly structured student government, were...
The faculty voted last Wednesday to change the weighting of an A+ grade from 4.33 to 4.00. The motion, led by the Committee on Educational Affairs (CEA), was presented at the Feb. 12 faculty meeting by...
JOEY FOX/THE WILLIAMS RECORD Students, faculty and staff gathered to share and discuss the experiences of transfer students at the College.
Last Thursday, several transfer students organized a Claiming...
Williamstown Apothecary
On Jan. 17, the College announced the development of the Williamstown Apothecary, a new pharmacy opening at 72 Spring Street in partnership with Berkshire Health Systems (BHS)....
Newly-installed signs along Main Street feature lights which alert cars to pedestrian crossings. (Leslie Garcia/The Williams Record.)
Last week, Williamstown installed several new pedestrian crossing...
From Oct. 22 to Oct. 24, Margolis Healy, a campus security consulting firm, conducted an external review process of the College’s campus safety and security (CSS). Steven Healy, CEO of Margolis Healy,...
High school students Elizabeth Westerdahl, Eliza Goldsteen, Ruby Lerman, Carly Anselmo and Devin Khoury (from left to right) strike in front of the First Congregational Church. (Lucy Walker/The Williams...
In Other Ivory Towers is the Record’s look at colleges and universities outside the Purple Bubble.
A month after a female student of color reported being attacked on the campus of Bard College at...
A proposal to turn a storefront at 742 North Hoosac Road into a sporting goods store has sparked controversy. (Nicholas Goldrosen/The Williams Record)
Following a contentious hearing, the Williamstown...
