Golf team keeps their cool
“We’re just a bunch of young savages,” said ARHS senior and golf team co-captain Stephen McCudden. As one of three other seniors that play for the ARHS team, McCudden was chosen to become co-captain...
Football team morale way up this fall
After winning their first home game against Monument Mountain 32-12, morale is up on the football team. With the goal of winning their league, the team said they have buckled down and are working...
Girls’ volleyball on fire this season
“The thing we all love most about volleyball is that it is exciting, fast-paced, challenging, and everyone on the court is involved in every play,” said ARHS coach Kacey Schmitt. “It’s also fun to...
A week full of spirited competition
Spirit Week is a student favorite each year, with competition between classes driving up participation and excitement. “Spirit Week is fun. I like competing,” senior Andreas Gilpin-Falk said. For junior Margaret O’Connell, the entire...
Voices from the semester: students and staff explore this year’s workload, routines, and relationships
ARHS is currently immersed in a new semester schedule, touted by Principal Mark Jackson as offering educational benefits and as a solution to financial constraints. A typical schedule for students includes a total of...
Volleyball girls ‘take a knee’ in protest
Members of the undefeated girls’ varsity volleyball team wove a passion for justice into their sport before taking down Minnechaug High School 3-1 at an away game on Friday, October 7. Before the game,...
Cross country teams run like the wind
The dominant girls’ cross country team is having another strong season with their only loss coming at the hands of an incredibly strong Northampton team. Their top runner, Sophia Jacobs Townsley, is one of...
Marching band plays and “makes bucks”
At the beginning of the 2015-2016 year, the Amherst Marching band was only three members strong, and few knew who they were. Since then, their numbers swelled to nine, with the band now a...
New regulations on fan behavior enforced
Amherst Regional High School was criticized for its fan behavior at a girls varsity soccer game on September 23 against Holyoke. Receiver of Holyoke Public Schools Dr. Stephen Zrike alleged that Amherst students used...
Lance Piantaggini, new Latin teacher
ARHS has welcomed several new teachers this year, including Lance Piantaggini, a D and E period Latin teacher. Mr. Piantaggini, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, attended UMass. Once there, he began his study of the...
Asexual students speak out in hopes of creating visibility, education
In a country where sex is so glorified, it’s hard to believe that someone could be uninterested in sex. And though some deny asexuality’s existence, it is alive and well, with the asexual community...
Vegetarians and vegans talk health, morals, and money
Livvy Weld opens her orange lunch box slowly but surely. She methodically removes a Tupperware of salad and another of dressing. Weld’s salads usually hold a variety of nutritious tidbits, and today her salad...
Pita Pockets: a delightful local restaurant with flavorful falafel
Youssef smooths out the pita bread on the countertop. His hands move fast—dashes of lettuce and tomato, and a dribble of tzatziki, a yogurt-based sauce. He swivels around to lift a batch of falafels,...
Bridge for Resilient Youth in Transition program a powerful mental health resource for ARHS students
In a country where forty percent of students are suffering from a variety of mental health disorders, eight percent of which are severe, one may think that there would be accessible mental health resources...
Chess lovers spice up lunch
When Principal Mark Jackson pushed his way through a yelling crowd of ARHS seniors outside the cafeteria one spring afternoon, he found not a fight at the center of the circle as he had...
The Warriors’ rise to power
Even though I have always been a basketball fan, watching the Warriors’ rise to greatness has been special. This team showed me something I had never seen on the court before: a team that...
People of Color United members participate in revitalization project in Springfield
ARHS People of Color United members Iani Ferreira, Lanre Thomas, and Edward Cage joined 1,500 volunteers who took part in the #GreenNFit Block Rebuild in Springfield, Mass. on Saturday, April 23, 2016. The volunteers...
Lead-up to presidential elections bizarre and polarizing
Last October, I turned 18. But I can’t vote. As a non-citizen, I’ve been observing this election cycle from the outside with great interest, and sometimes with amusement or outright horror. In an incredibly...
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist visits ARHS to discuss groundbreaking new book
On April 15, science journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Amy Ellis Nutt paid Amherst Regional High School a visit. She spoke to two of English teacher Sara Barber-Just’s classes, LGBTQ Literature and Journalistic Writing. Students...
Battle against Whitsons leaves Jazz Club with limited funding
A clash between an ARHS club that sells food and the school’s food service provider emerged just a week before the second trimester began. The question was whether students could sell food and drinks...
Mexico agrees to pay for wall
After little debate between newly instated President Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, it has been decided. Mexico will pay for the wall. During Trump’s run for presidency he pledged, “I will...
Netflix removes controversial new feature
Netflix has repealed its newest feature after numerous complaints from users. The online streaming site’s effort to keep its watchers from binge watching hours on end has been labeled pushy and annoying by people...
Apple concedes to make backdoor for FBI
After months of debate, Apple has decided to work with the FBI to create a backdoor to enter into any iPhone. This request followed the shooting in San Bernardino where the accused shooter had...
Deflated footballs spark outrage and raise speculation
Reports erupted January 19, 2015 accusing New England Patriot’s Tom Brady of deflating footballs during the AFC championship game against the Indianapolis Colts. Fast forward a year and a half later and the NFL...
Customers upset with Chipotle’s efforts to restore public image
Chipotle enthusiasts are unhappy with their beloved restaurant’s new initiative to regain the public’s trust in their food after a widespread E. coli outbreak. According to a December 21 announcement from the Center for...
Drunken, non-Irish students celebrate Irish heritage at annual Blarney Blowout
On Saturday, March 5th UMass threw its annual Blarney Blowout. The Blarney Blowout is a Saint Patrick’s Day celebration where UMass students in the area drink throughout the day. Jessica Fox, a senior at...
Absence makes the heart grow fonder: when siblings head off to college, how do those left behind hold down the fort?
When my sister Nicole left for Wesleyan University two years ago, my first reaction was excitement for her and all the great things she would experience at college. However, soon afterward, I realized I...
Extra, extra, read all about it—online!
On Febuary 9, 2016, ARHS’s student newspaper, The Graphic, left the dark ages and entered the 21st century. Since 1914, the paper has been exclusively issued in print. One hundred and two years later,...
Morning beverages provide energy
Every morning at ARHS, students and faculty pour through the front doors and into the hallways, many of them with a beverage in their hands,whether it be in a mason jar, travel mug, Dunkin’...
In Our Shoes: a student-produced intersectional feminist blog
Sophomore Olive Osten had been thinking about starting a platform for young people to share their thoughts on feminist issues for a while. She discussed the idea of a blog with a few ARHS...
