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Chapter 2: September 11, 2001 and Anti-War Protests

… the deed. The fact that they still draw breath now makes me proud to be in America, and to have served in the armed … into the statement, the final draft being completed in a near all-night meeting the week prior to the referendum. The … into the statement, the final draft being completed in a near all-night meeting the week prior to the referendum. The …

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Hampshire College Alum Illuminates Refugee Issues Through Photography Installation

… including one on global justice. His classes really helped me understand a lot of complex sociopolitical issues across … the world, and he was a constant source of support for me throughout my Div III. Did your experience here at … your current work? If so, how? Absolutely! Hampshire gave me the ability to study a variety of subjects and allowed me

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A Recent Graduate Turns Their Attention to Environmental Justice through Urban Farming and Affordable Housing

… lines of thinking. I prefer to ask questions that interest me, no matter where the inquiry leads. At Hampshire, I … of buying the warehouse from the city. Hampshire allowed me to follow that golden thread we often call inspiration, … without resorting to violence?   Hampshire allowed me to follow that golden thread we often call inspiration, …

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Stefanie Brendler 00F on Music, History, and Resistance

… my parents felt so limited by their options, they wanted me not to feel so restricted. I was attracted to the freedom … capitalism was important to my family, and they taught me to believe that there’s no work for artists. Since I was … languages, I had a friend in high school who taught me to read Cyrillic, and I was told by my family that “we …

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Recent Grad Ezra Dodson 18F’s Div III Project Explores the History of Queer Communities

… my focus when I came to college, so it is unsurprising to me that I changed my course of study. However, the actual … at a public library as a work study student brought me to library science and eventually I discovered archives. … "The most rewarding part of the Div III process for me was learning what I am capable of and then challenging …

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Hampshire Alum and Soon-to-Be Dr. Talia Adi 10F Studied Neuroscience and Dance on Her Way to Researching Migraine Pain

… education. I loved that the Hampshire curriculum let me combine my interests in a self-directed way. What did you … late Professor of Biology Lynn Miller really helped mold me into the scientist and person I’ve become. I’m incredibly … had a more holistic liberal arts education has helped me interact with patients and better appreciate the social …

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Hampshire College Remembers Former History Professor Anson Rabinbach

… Cerullo recalls: “Just as he was leaving, he recruited me, saying, ‘It's a crazy place, but the students are … Jim Wald recalls: “I owe my career to Andy. He encouraged me to publish my first article in his journal and later alerted me to a job opening at Hampshire College, telling me it was …

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Alum Matthew Pitt 92F Considers Cults, Rock and Roll, and Celebrity in New Novel

… attracted you to Hampshire? Admitting this sort of stuns me, but I matriculated sight unseen. I was largely eyeing … lessons? Creative writing and theater catapulted me to Hampshire. I didn’t waver from those fields, but they widened. Faculty connected me to writers whose power came from challenging convention, …

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Mandy Young-Guzmán S25 Impresses Fellow Attendees at a National Professional Conference

… at NAEYC? I took an education class at CCSU that made me interested in the way that neurodiversity is accommodated … I contacted Professor Wenk and asked her to advise me as I conducted an independent study during which I would … within my field. At the end of that semester, he told me about the annual conference of the National Association …

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Alum Gordon Williams 89F Credits Hampshire for Love of Math

… Ken Hoffman and David Kelly did a great job of setting me up to appreciate how much fun mathematics could be." What … so that was something that was super appealing to me in the colleges I was looking at and for. Hampshire also … and director of HCSSiM] did a great job of setting me up to appreciate how much fun mathematics could be, and …

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Alum Anders Zanichkowsky 04F Weaves together Death, Spirituality, Craftsmanship, and Sustainability

… been ferociously independent, so that was really what drew me to Hampshire—the ability to design my own curriculum and … technical skills that I learned, I feel like Hampshire set me up to become an artist-entrepreneur by giving me skills to approach my work with real deep integrity. I …

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Lab Safety Manual: Radiation and Laser Safety

… toward the eye of individuals, and shall be placed on or near the laser in a conspicuous location. Class 3a denotes … toward the eye of individuals, and shall be placed on or near the laser in a conspicuous location. Class 3a denotes …

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Newly Minted Alum Sophia Hill 23F Finds Expansive Support for Anthropology and Advocacy Studies

… County, Kentucky, in central Appalachia. What this showed me is that communities with extractive economies such as coal … but Hampshire and the Five College Consortium allowed me to expand far beyond what I ever thought possible. I was … my toes into multiple fields of research, which has helped me home in on what I really want for my future. When I …

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Jacory Martin F24 Took His Passion for Film Studies All the Way to Cannes

… learned a lot about myself and adulting there. It reminds me of Hampshire, where interdisciplinary learning and … my time here at Hampshire College thus far and have helped me deepen the connection between myself and my work as a … media marketing and film industry partnerships, introduced me to the festival community. That semester, I happened to …

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Playwright and Scientist

… thinking I couldn't do anything to help them, was hard for me. So I decided to investigate eating disorders from an … thinking I couldn't do anything to help them, was hard for me. So I decided to investigate eating disorders from an …

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Stephen Dillon Publishes 'Fugitive Life: The Queer Politics of the Prison State'

… to lasting social justice, Dillon says, “it’s jarring to me that almost everyone in the media is saying that voting is … to lasting social justice, Dillon says, “it’s jarring to me that almost everyone in the media is saying that voting is …

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Why Do Mice Horse Around?

… and gender studies,” she says. “The College completely let me create my own path.” Academic ProgramCognitive ScienceDiv … and gender studies,” she says. “The College completely let me create my own path.” … Why Do Mice Horse Around? …

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Div III Profile: Flannery Weiss Drafts Sex Health Education Curriculum

… Fried made up Weiss’s faculty committee. “Steve challenged me to think in a critical lens and Tim’s expertise in … Fried made up Weiss’s faculty committee. “Steve challenged me to think in a critical lens and Tim’s expertise in …

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Bridging Divides, Embracing Diversity Through Spiritual Student Life Work

… class. The freedom to tailor my learning like this gives me the ability to go deeper without risking compromising what … class. The freedom to tailor my learning like this gives me the ability to go deeper without risking compromising what …

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Experimenting at Hampshire Summer Academic Programs

… to make a narrative film, and I thought the CMI would give me a better sense of what I had to do and should do for that. … to make a narrative film, and I thought the CMI would give me a better sense of what I had to do and should do for that. …

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HIV-Prevention Education

… that students are at risk of dying before us?' It made me turn toward the epidemic and take stock of the social and … that students are at risk of dying before us?' It made me turn toward the epidemic and take stock of the social and …

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Chapter 8: Students

…   I think perhaps the most dear symbol of Hampshire for me is, and will always be the windmill. When in the future I … I am not talking ahout you. I know I am talking about me. And I am talking about the History, and trying to … we're doing with each other," Thurston-Shaine said. "For me it's really cool to get to share space with people who …

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Transfer Student Leo Giannini S23 Explores the Intersection of Biochemistry and Art

… lack of opportunity to do art that was detrimental to me. I also didn’t enjoy many of the required classes that didn’t interest me, so when I discovered that Hampshire exists, I was very … ability to take classes I actually care about that made me come here. 
What did you plan to study? Did that change? …

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Introducing Assistant Professor of Creative Writing & U.S. Literatures Dr. Caoimhe Harlock

… those skills into the classroom is part of what has helped me foster the kind of inclusive and individually tailored … the thing that first made language a lifesaving force for me as a kid, and it’s the thing that keeps me excited about writing even now."  What have you published? …

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She Sells Seashells: Michele Mirisola 08F Mixes Media and Inspiration in Her Home Goods

… attracted you to Hampshire? My college counselor told me about Colleges That Change Lives and she thought Hampshire would be a good fit for me. I was artistic and had crazy colorful hair, but beyond … courses offered and so much of it sounded interesting to me. All I knew was that I didn’t know enough and I was …

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