http://www.amherstwire.com Local New Media Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:46:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The sun has yet to rise and the birds are just beginning to chirp at 6 a.m. when Cathy Keough opens the Wheatberry Bakery and Café. Though the café doesn’t open until 7:30 a.m., she arrives early to get the day's products baking. Wheatberry is located on Main Street five ... http://www.amherstwire.com/2010/04/07/handcrafted-artisan-bread-right-around-the-corner/ Did you know you could make a career out of befriending gang members, police officers, and social workers? Better yet, did you know there is someone on campus that has successfully done just that? He’s Assistant Professor of Sociology Andrew Papachristos, and he’s taught here at UMass for ... http://www.amherstwire.com/2010/03/09/andrew-papachristos-awarded-for-being-himself/ The March 4th Day of Action to Defend Education- UMass Amherst Coalition issued a set of demands to Vice Chancellor Jean Kim on Thursday, March 4th at around 1:00 p.m. The march began at the Student Union with chants and shouts for economic justice. When the crowd, led by megaphone-brandishing ... http://www.amherstwire.com/2010/03/07/show-me-what-democracy-looks-like/ The official Dominican Independence Day is February 27th and recognizes the nation’s separation from Haiti after 22 years of control. UMass students came together this past Friday to celebrate the holiday with food, music and performances in the Fine Arts Center lobby, all organized by Casa Dominicana, the official Dominican ... http://www.amherstwire.com/2010/03/07/umass-celebrates-dominican-independence/ A common love and respect for the works of Edgar Allan Poe brought authors Elizabeth Hand, John Crowley, and Martín Espada to Bowker Auditorium Oct. 29 to read some of their favorite Poe pieces along with their own writings.  The UMass English department sponsored the Oct. 29 event as well as ... http://www.amherstwire.com/2009/11/23/umass-celebrates-the-200-years-of-edgar-allen-poe/ 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/ This Wednesday at 6 p.m. EST, we are kicking off an exciting new project on Amherst Wire -- Politikos Discourse, a weekly web radio talk show. Hosted by junior political science major Kenneth Sentamu, Politikos Discourse will be a live forum for students to talk about controversial issues of the ... http://www.amherstwire.com/2008/09/29/web-radio-show-premieres-oct-1st/ If you're a past visitor to this site, you may have noticed that its pages now look a little crisper, more colorful, and easier to navigate. That's because we've made the switch to Wordpress, bringing you a legion of new features come this fall, including photo galleries, a multimedia browser, ... http://www.amherstwire.com/2008/07/22/wordpress-switchover/