by Stephanie Kraft | Dec 3, 2009 | News
Many years ago I was chatting with local American Civil Liberties Union attorney Bill Newman about the meaning of freedom of speech. The concept of free speech, he said, "has a lot of corners. It includes the right to hear."That had never occurred to me. But...
by Mark Roessler | Dec 3, 2009 | News
As the area's first and most eminent geologist, Professor Edward Hitchcock felt it his duty to name features in the landscape, and throughout the Pioneer Valley he has left his mark. Some places he named while composing scientific reports of the area's mineral...
by Mark Roessler | Dec 3, 2009 | News
In 2006, after Amherst College's Natural History Museum had been housed for nearly 70 years in the stately Pratt Gymnasium, the College invested $10 million to build it a new home. It is the fifth location for the college's ever-expanding scientific...
by Our Readers | Dec 3, 2009 | News
Forestry: Dollars and SenseAs a landowner and tree farmer for 55 years, I offer a brief commentary on biomass' actual potential impact on Massachusetts forests. Will biomass encourage clear-cutting or mass destruction of our forests? The answer is a resounding No....
by Steve Sauter | Dec 3, 2009 | News
As a the Coordinator of Education at the Amherst College Natural History museum, Steve Sauter has made it his business to be a scholar of Edward Hitchcock and his collection of dinosaur footprints. Recently, he gave the Valley Advocate a tour of some of his and the...
