In the middle of their careers at the College, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of students made a choice this fall to drastically uproot their lives in order to work as campaign staffers for the 2020 general election.
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...
At a Williamstown Select Board meeting on Oct. 26, Town Manager Jason Hoch ’95 announced his decision to retain Kyle Johnson as the chief of the Williamstown Police Department (WPD). The announcement comes as Johnson faces allegations of sexual assault and racial harassment in a federal lawsuit filed in August, and as local police accountability organizers have called for his removal.
Following this announcement, in a Monday Select Board meeting, Johnson apologized for “some poor judgement” early in his tenure, and “tolerating and participating in behaviors that should never have occurred in the workplace.” He also said that an investigation had been initiated into new reports that a WPD officer shared racist posts on Facebook.
Phillips (top center) attends a basketball game between the New York Knicks and the Indianapolis Pacers along with author John Green (top right), a long-time friend of Phillips who shares his love for...
On Thursday afternoon, a staff member of the College received a hate letter at their home. The letter communicated an explicit threat of violence, as well as racist and anti-LGBTQIA language, and targeted the racial identity, gender identity and sexual orientation of the staff member in graphic terms.
The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is promoting voter registration among student-athletes through digital campaigns as part of a NESCAC challenge. The image above was designed by programming committee...
“They were looking for a couple extra people to fill in the last five or six slots, because they didn’t have enough people, and they asked me if I would be interested, and I didn’t really think twice about it,” Greenman said. “I was like, ‘Yeah absolutely!’”
“For me, I never really processed the idea of not having a fall season until Maud’s email, so that was kind of the point where I was like ‘Crap this is actually happening,’” said Jake Saudek ’22.5, a rising junior on men’s soccer who ultimately decided not to enroll.
When retailers, restaurants and hotels could begin to offer some in-person services again under phase two of the Massachusetts reopening plan in early June, most small business owners were not expecting much from the summer, which is usually their busiest time of the year.
Having completed the budget for fiscal year 2021 in February, town manager Jason Hoch ’95 had to go back to the drawing board once the effects of the pandemic became clear.
The Clark and Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MOCA) both closed on March 14 and remained shuttered through the spring. The long months without visitors took a heavy toll on both museums.
As college towns across the country have reeled from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses, cultural institutions and local government in Williamstown have weathered heavy losses while managing to avoid the absolute worst of the crisis. Still, lasting pain from the spring and deep uncertainty about the future remain.
The Center for Development Economics (CDE) will defer admissions for its incoming class of students to the 2021-22 academic year, while the Graduate Program in the History of Art will proceed with a combination of remote and hybrid courses in line with the College’s plan to convene an in-person semester for fall 2020.
In response to an anonymous Record survey sent to the entire student body following President Maud S. Mandel’s email last week about reopening campus in the fall, 66 percent of the 685 students who completed the poll said that they would likely return to campus and live in on-campus housing.
Summiya Najam ’20 will study at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar for Pakistan. She attended the Williams-Exeter Programme at Oxford during the 2018-19 academic year. (Photo courtesy of Summiya...
Rock Stewart ’20, surrounded by his teammates and friends, signed with the New York Lizards in a rooftop ceremony. (Photo courtesy of @LizardsLacrosse.)
On May 4, senior men’s lacrosse captains...
Gail Ouellette, a breakfast and lunch cook in Dining Services who worked at the College for 35 years, died on April 17 at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, Vt. She was 68.
Ouellette...
What if I told you that an alum of the College, remembered by his professors as the quintessential liberal arts student and now as a critically-acclaimed documentary filmmaker, is the biggest name in sports right now?
Rep. Ed Case (D-HI) returned to Washington on a red-eye flight in the middle of the congressional recess to vote for a $484 billion coronavirus relief package. Photo courtesy of @RepEdCase.
Congress...
Mapes has decided to withdraw from the remainder of her classes and re-enroll next spring, allowing her to play a full senior season in the Purple Valley.
The Last Dance, ESPN's 10-part documentary on Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, premiered on Sunday night. The series is directed by Jason Hehir ’98. Photo courtesy of ESPN.
Every year, the College...
Pappa Charlie's is one of several Spring Street businesses that have stayed open. The sandwich spot recently added a curbside pickup option. (Kevin Yang/The Williams Record)
On a week when many students...
John M. Gibson ’42, a retired central Pennsylvania farmer who served as a national board member for the American Heart Association and the Boy Scouts of America and led numerous civic and nonprofit organizations in his longtime home of Lancaster County, died on Saturday in Greenwich, Connecticut. He was 99.
Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders (top left), Joe Biden (bottom left) and Elizabeth Warren (right) engage potential voters during campaign events in New Hampshire. JACK McGOVERN/EDITOR-AT-LARGE
Only...
EMMA TENBARGE ’19
WOMEN'S LACROSSE
Peapack, N.J.
Emma TenBarge ’19 was named to the All-NESCAC Second Team last week, after a record-breaking final season for the Ephs. TenBarge, who...
The Print Shop celebrated softball pitcher Mackenzie Murphy ’19 and men’s lacrosse in early April. Photo courtesy of Sports Information.
Walk down Spring Street during NESCAC championship season,...
In 2018, Sean Gleeson ’07 led the Princeton offense to a FCS-best 470 points en route to an undefeated season and an Ivy League title. Photo courtesy of Princeton Sports Information.
In January,...
A March 28 report released by U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy ’96 of Connecticut criticized “the college sports industrial complex,” calling on the NCAA to pay student-athletes. “The NCAA must start putting...
Emma TenBarge ’19 has scooped up 24 groundballs and a team-high 62 draw controls this season. Photo courtesy of Sports Information.
CREW
Back from their spring break training trip to South Carolina,...
Jessica Kim ’19 is one of two softball captains. Photo courtesy of Sports Information.
Team: Softball
Hometown: Tustin, Calif.
Major: Psychology
How did you first get into playing...
In his job as a custodian, Andy Briggs works to make Pratt a home away from home for first-year residents. Aniah Price/Photo Editor.
Andy Briggs is a familiar presence to those who live in the Pratt...
It takes a lot of behind-the-scenes preparation to get facilities ready for Eph sports teams to shine. The groundskeeping staff work day and night, rain or shine to make sure the College’s fields, courts...
Men's lacrosse attacker and last season’s leading scorer Kevin Stump ’20 scored 6 goals in the first two games of the team’s season. Photo courtesy of Sports Information.
As the snow starts...
Men's Squash
After placing second at NESCACs on Feb. 3, No. 20 men’s squash (15–12) concluded its regular season with victories over No. 18 Brown, a 5-4 come-from-behind win on Feb. 6, and No....
Kristi Kirshe '17, who holds the women's soccer all-time career scoring record, notched a team-high five tries in six games. Photo courtesy of KLC Fotos.
Kristi Kirshe ’17 is one of the most decorated...
Bobby Casey ’19 scored 29 points, including five 3-pointers, on Friday night. Casey is one of three career 1000-point scorers on the team. SABRINE BRISMEUR/PHOTO EDITOR.
When Amherst point guard...
Manning has compiled a 500–236 record and nine NCAA tournament appearances in 29 seasons as head coach of women's basketball. Photo courtesy of Sports Information.
Pat Manning didn’t think anyone...
Mason served as head coach of women’s lacrosse from 1980 to 2017. She coached 34 All-Americans during her 33 seasons at the College. Photo courtesy of Sports Information
Long-time women’s...
NO. 3 MEN’S BASKETBALL
Overall Record: 16-2
NESCAC: 4-1 (T-1st)
Men’s basketball opened its season with 15 consecutive wins, a program record, before falling to Amherst on Jan. 16 and Middlebury...
