While graduation is a time of celebration, there are circumstances in which students may wish to use the occasion to further a meaningful message.
Election Day Registration would bolster statewide civic engagement
In another job, additional work hours would result in additional compensation.
The editorial board recounts some notable numbers
Colleges have no obligation to satisfy every demand college students make — especially unreasonable ones.
Collective bargaining is essential to ensuring student employees can advocate for their needs
We also have to ask ourselves, do we still want to be a party school?
The board’s in-fighting only serves to distract from the issue of how the University can improve access to resources, financial and otherwise, for students in need.
While we believe McDonnell should serve time for his crime, whether conduct in the same vein should always be subject to prosecution is perhaps a trickier matter than McDonnell’s individual offense.
As the year comes to a close, the editorial board recounts some notable numbers
Basketball courts are expendable — essential services, such as academic programs and student services, are not.
UMass will enable its students to better understand human relations when approaching their subsequent academic pursuits and future interactions.
A system that bars felons from voting unfairly limits political participation.
When hate rears its ugly head, it is not enough simply to condemn it; we need to back up that condemnation by showing up.
In policymaking, it is important to start with institutions that hold power; at the collegiate level, these are social institutions like final clubs.
Failures from local law enforcement agencies to handle sexual assault cases should not be detrimental to survivors.
This set of changes has been in the works since 2011 — so why is it we can’t seem to find out more beyond buzzwords?
The editorial board recounts some notable numbers from the police chief’s tenure.
Blocking Yik Yak would not end hate, nor would it prevent the proliferation of another anonymous social media platform.
State universities should first and foremost meet the needs of their state residents, and with last week’s release of the California audit, we saw one of our peer institutions fail to do so.
