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Coakley Malaise? Regarding Amanda Drane’s story “Berwick-Stricken (Sept. 18): Yes, I was also “struck” by Berwick. His authentic, passionate speech at the Democratic Convention was thrilling to experience. I want to be struck by our...
An Exclusive Homecoming
This Saturday, Sept. 27, the UMass football team returns to play a home game at McGuirk Stadium for the first time in three years, since making the jump to upper-division college football—a move that necessitated an upgrade to its on-campus facilities. All home...
Meeting Halfway
Early afternoon on Saturday, Sept. 20, the scene at the Amherst Town Houses was foreboding. Music blasted into the streets as a crowd of UMass students gathered and Amherst Police cruisers pulled in and out of the neighboring parking lots. By 2 p.m., there was a fresh...
Song and Dance
Japanese scholar and performer Yuko Eguchi visits the Valley this week to illustrate the arts of the geisha, the traditional entertainers of Japan. She performs kouta, short songs delivered with accompaniment by shamisen (a stringed instrument), and koutaburi, a dance...E-Edition
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