http://www.amherstwire.com Local New Media Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:46:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kevin Knobloch, President of the Union of Concerned Scientists, talks about his work with U.S. energy policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Knobloch visited UMass on April 28 to give a guest lecture to an environmental economics class. http://www.amherstwire.com/2009/05/12/video-interview-with-kevin-knobloch/ On April 15, UMass Student Action held a speak-out event to raise awareness about state cuts in funding for higher education. http://www.amherstwire.com/2009/04/24/video-students-speak-out-on-rising-college-costs/ Can we spend our way out of a bad economy? Six professors from UMass and Mt. Holyoke explore the costs, benefits and impacts of Obama's $787 billion stimulus bill in this interactive video guide by AmherstWire.com. Go to this feature now → http://www.amherstwire.com/2009/03/12/special-feature-economic-stimulus-101/ In an e-mail sent out to the UMass Amherst campus community yesterday, Chancellor Holub announced the first results of the Budget Planning Task Force's meetings. Over $500,000 will be cut from the central administration's executive area, and a spending freeze of $5 million has been placed on capital construction, effective ... http://www.amherstwire.com/2008/12/17/chancellor-announces-first-budget-cuts/ On Tuesday, Dec. 9, UMass students gathered to discuss the university budget cut at a town hall-style meeting hosted by SGA President Malcolm Chu and Student Trustee Lindsay McKluskey. Watch the highlights here: Read the write-up on The Daily Collegian: "The crisis entails an anticipated $38 million deficit facing the University next year. ... http://www.amherstwire.com/2008/12/11/video-student-town-hall-on-budget-cut/ One day. One vote. One word to describe your emotions on Election Day 2008. On Nov. 4, we asked UMass students and local residents how they felt and tracked the trends in moods from morning to night. This was the result. The bigger the word, the greater the frequency of its ... http://www.amherstwire.com/2008/11/05/aw-vox-pop-issue-2-election-moods/ Former Virginia governor and Republican senator George Allen spoke at UMass on energy policy Wednesday. Allen's key points were in favor of achieving energy independence through clean coal, nuclear power, advancements in nanotechnology and fewer restrictions on off-shore drilling for oil in the United States. The former governor and senator ... http://www.amherstwire.com/2008/10/30/students-weigh-in-on-george-allen-at-umass/ vox pop: [origin: Latin vōx populī] noun — the voice of the people; popular opinion. Have an opinion? Make it heard! AW Vox Pop is an ongoing forum for UMass students to voice their thoughts on community issues. We go on campus, film your opinions and publish them online, and invite ... http://www.amherstwire.com/2008/10/22/introducing-aw-vox-pop/ The Amherst Wire and Commonwealth College collaborated to host an event Wednesday night for students interested in watching and talking about final presidential debate. Politikos Discourse, AW's web radio show, went on the air at 8 p.m. for students and faculty to talk about their expectations and predictions prior to ... http://www.amherstwire.com/2008/10/16/weekly-web-radio-the-pre-debate-show/ "Hey, are you on Twitter?" "Yeah, I'll be tweeting during the debate tonight, follow me!" This was talk heard amongst UMass journalism students all day Thursday and Tuesday as they prepared for the vice presidential and presidential debates over the past week. And no, Twitter isn't a hot new drinking or video ... http://www.amherstwire.com/2008/10/08/on-debate-night-umass-classes-aflutter-over-twitter/