UMass - Amherst

Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

All the news we missed, served fresh.

Advertisement
Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

All the news we missed, served fresh.

UMass Amherst Without The Amherst

UMass Amherst was named after its beloved hometown of Amherst but apparently its hometown isn’t so beloved anymore. After years of bearing the town’s name, the university now wants to drop Amherst and keep the UMass.

 

Like Penn State, which has campuses all over Pennsylvania and does not carry it

... MORE »
Latest comment by Anonymous: USnews rankings. Michigan 25, Penn state 48, Umass 96. Gotta do more to improve academics and reputation than change your name
UMass Has Got Big Balls

UMass officials must have been successful porn stars in past lives because they're definitely well-endowed.

Alum Reaches Out in a Public Letter

Austin Purnell '08 recently sent out the following letter in an effort to raise support and funds for an amazing service and documentary film project his is working on along with current students in India.  In order to best promote his cause, I thought it appropriate to post his heartfelt letter

... MORE »
Awesome! Alumni Musicians: MGMT

MGMT.


Even the frat boys of Beta were blasting MGMT songs at their parties over the last week (although their MGMT picks were hideously mismatched with their "I'm a white boy from the suburbs and I consume mainstream rap to feel like a rebel" musical choices). Enough about the crowd. Everybody's a fan.

... MORE »

MOBIUS BAND according to Wikipedia: Mobius Band is an electronic rock trio from Brooklyn, New York consisting of drummer Noam Schatz, bassist, singer and keyboardist Peter Sax and guitarist, singer and keyboardist Ben Sterling.

 

MOBIUS BAND according to Wesleyan fans: Awesome! 

 

Check their Myspace: 

 http://www.myspace.com/mobiusband

Awesome! Wesleyan Musicians: Max, Ben, Jacob

Their summer tour was made up of three solo performers including Max Horwich '08, Ben Seretan '10, and Jacob Milstein '09. Max told me in an email earlier this summer that each performed their "own material, sometimes alone and sometimes supported by the other two."

 

Check out the three tour mates' Myspace pages for more: 

... MORE »

CAMPUS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

UMass - Amherst

There is no editor-in-chief for this school. Want to be the editor-in-chief of the UMass - Amherst blog? Click here to apply »
Popular Editor's Picks

WHAT'S THE DEAL?

CollegeOTR is the country's premiere college blog, capturing the best of everything that happens at college. Post now to share!

FEATURED COLLEGES

FRIEND AN EDITOR

Hector Nazario
Hector Nazario
Senior Managing Editor
Samantha Beerman
Samantha Beerman
Managing Editor: South
Tracy O'Neill
Tracy O'Neill
Managing Editor: West
Paul Tassi
Paul Tassi
Managing Editor: Midwest
Advertisement
Advertisement