Q: I read somewhere on the Internet that masturbating a lot can make it harder to orgasm when you're with another person. Is that true? A: Basically, no. Masturbation-and just so we're clear on the definition, it means touching yourself for pleasure-is many things to many peo...Full Article

Last Monday, Lindsay Farmer, Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, delivered a lecture entitled "Secret Trials and Public Justice." Farmer addressed the evolution of the criminal trial with respect to publicity, as well as normative theory about the present jus...Full Article

This holiday season, students at the University of Massachusetts–Amherst are hoping to increase awareness about global hunger by hosting a Hunger Banquet in the University's Campus Center Auditorium. The purpose of this event is to make people more knowledgeable about the realiti...Full Article

As a result of sustained efforts to drum up student involvement prior to Thanksgiving, MassPIRG's Thanksgiving Food Drive succeeded in raising 341 pounds of food and $891.26 in monetary donations from various sources. Collected with support from the Association of Amherst Student...Full Article

Amherst graduate Katherine Soule '88 was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) Society Senate this Oct., at a meeting of the society's legislative body, known as the Triennial Council, in Atlanta, Ga. She joins the PBK Senate this year with Amherst College Trustee Danielle Allen, a...Full Article