By Alex Solari, Staff Writer “I have to make an appointment with my advisor so I can pick classes this week,” I said to my girlfriend across the room. She looked at me, confused, and said, “What’s an advising hold? At UMass Amherst I never even met my advisor.” This was when I first realized that not all schools have “advising holds,” and in fact, … Continue reading Should we have advising holds?

By Alex Solari, Staff Writer In a phone call on Thursday afternoon, Trump told Shinzo Abe, the Japanese Prime Minister, that the U.S. would be willing to take military action against North Korea if needed. Trump said this because of the missile test that North Korea conducted mid-February that ultimately failed. Some may be asking, “Well, could this missile actually do severe damage to our … Continue reading Trump’s threat to North Korea

By Alex Solari, Staff Writer Remember when everyone scoffed at Bernie becoming president? When people pointed and laughed at “Feel the Bern” stickers? Well guess what? Bernie’s back, and better than ever! Sanders just did what everyone thought was impossible: taking over the Trump administration and destroying every one of the policies Trump has put into place, along with stealing the beloved Melania Trump from … Continue reading Bernie becomes president through flash mob

By Alex Solari, Staff Writer Boston Medical Center received a $25 million gift this March, which is the highest donation that they have received to date. The center plans to use this money to help them launch a new opioid center. The name of this new center will be “Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine,” named after the billionaire investor John Grayken and his wife, Eilene, … Continue reading $25 million gift used for new opioid center

By Alex Solari, Staff Writer This year at the Fall Family Festival, I saw a familiar face that I had never actually seen in person. It was a face that I had seen on the UMass Dartmouth home page, and even in the Monday Updates we receive in our Zimbra (now Outlook) mailbox. It was Chancellor Helm, the man who has been the leader of … Continue reading Thank you, Interim Chancellor Helm

By Alex Solari, Staff Writer Recently, the people of our country have been particularly worried about the future of our planet, especially with our current political situation. The temperature of our planet is rapidly increasing and the endangerment of many animal species has gotten progressively worse. However, here in Massachusetts, we are helping the planet just a little bit with our black bear population consistently … Continue reading Should we be concerned about the growing black bear population?