Tag Archives: politics

Take Down the Flag and/or Perish as an Institution

Treat Shepardson Trump won the election. This we know well by now; it has already transformed our lives. On Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, we passed through phases of grief and incomprehension. President Lash sent out an email meant to console; there were, suddenly, chalk drawings everywhere on campus, alternately comforting and galvanizing. In the […]

An Alarm, and a Call to Action

Eduardo Samaniego On Wednesday morning, around 3:30am someone pulled the fire alarms at different buildings at Hampshire College. Students rushed out, most had been in deep sleep. Watching the result of the election, most thought this was part of the reaction to Donald Trump becoming President-elect. After everyone gathered outside the building, we all waited […]