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Decisions Points
by Katharine Whittemore
Students role-played how to handle terrifying scenarios—with a professor who was on the National Security Council.
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Reading Tea Leaves
![3-2018_0416_Japanese Tea Class_TT_050-1600px.jpg The ceremony leader, dressed in a kimono, hands a cup of tea to a student](/system/files/styles/square_thumbnail/private/media/3-2018_0416_Japanese%20Tea%20Class_TT_050-1600px.jpg?h=34bbd072&itok=WaExlqJD&__=1531925855)
by Katharine Whittemore
Imagine spending an entire semester on a single ritual: the Japanese tea ceremony.
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When Freezers Go Green
![WhenFreezersGoGreen_820x445.jpg New "green" freezers being moved into the new Science Center](/system/files/styles/square_thumbnail/private/media/WhenFreezersGoGreen_820x445.jpg?h=715f5141&itok=vf2wT1KN&__=1536862618)
by Rachael Hanley
Jess Martin, the administrative director of the new science building, and Laura Draucker, director of sustainability, spent the summer quietly replacing aging, electricity-hogging science fridges and freezers
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We'll Always Have Paris
![Amherst_Paris_review_franziska_final_820x566.gif Illustration by Franziska Barczyk](/system/files/styles/square_thumbnail/private/media/Amherst_Paris_review_franziska_final_820x566.gif?h=818113da&itok=hcD8hPDf&__=1536863223)
by Bill Sweet
Amherst has acquired the archives of the small but influential Paris Press, which published groundbreaking, overlooked literature by women.
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A Pilgrimage to Frost
![APiligrimageToFrost_450x362.jpg Rare Book School in Frost Library](/system/files/styles/square_thumbnail/private/media/APiligrimageToFrost_450x362.jpg?h=14498633&itok=rW9Jhv4Y&__=1536863693)
by Bill Sweet
2,600 volumes have established the library as a destination for scholars of Native American history, culture and tradition.
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Their Summer Vacation
![2018_0719_SURF_Science-of-Waiting-in-Line_MS_49_820x547.jpg Jane Kim ’20 conducting research over the summer at Amherst College](/system/files/styles/square_thumbnail/private/media/2018_0719_SURF_Science-of-Waiting-in-Line_MS_49_820x547.jpg?h=b69f83ed&itok=OBZBZz67&__=1536864042)
by Bill Sweet
Without leaving campus, undergraduate fellows earned $440 a week plus housing to study everything from dining hall lines to exoplanets to post-election Kenya.
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The Taste of Resilience
![custard-apple-final_300x229.gif Illustration by Rosie Scott](/system/files/styles/square_thumbnail/private/media/custard-apple-final_300x229.gif?h=05638912&itok=z9Ix5Xx9&__=1536864592)
by Chipo Dendere
Dendere, visiting assistant professor of political science, reflects upon what she loves about Zimbabwe, her homeland.
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Czechoslovakia, 1968
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by Katharine Whittemore
Fifty years ago, Professor Pavel Machala lived through the reformist Prague Spring, and watched the Soviet tanks come in to crush it.
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Q&A: Katharine Fretwell ’81
![Katie Fretwell](/system/files/styles/square_thumbnail/private/media/Fretwell_820x547.jpg?h=b69f83ed&itok=2tE1fKwQ&__=1536865911)
by Katharine Whittemore
Katharine Whittemore interviewed Katharine Fretwell who retired this summer after 30 years in admission at Amherst.