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Will COVID-19 Stop Amherst's Infamous Blarney Blowout This Year? Will COVID-19 Stop Amherst's Infamous Blarney Blowout This Year?
Will Covid-19 Stop Amherst's Infamous Blarney Blowout This Year? Can COVID-19 stop the annual Blarney Blowout in Amherst? The University of Massachusetts and Amherst police are working on a plan just in case it doesn’t. The Blarney Blowout is a UMass tradition. It’s a multi-day bacchanal that takes place the weekend before St. Patrick’s Day. The Blowout is infamous for chaos. Typically, the event involves huge house parties and late nights in the town’s pubs and restaurants. Thousands of young adults from UMass as well as many out-of-towners attend the festivities. The university is operating at an elevated level of pandemic precaution due to an earl…

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by Kristin Palpini
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COVID-19: University Puts 13,000 Students On Lock-Down Following 'Massive' Frat Party COVID-19: University Puts 13,000 Students On Lock-Down Following 'Massive' Frat Party
Covid-19: University Puts 13,000 Students On Lock-Down Following 'Massive' Frat Party More than 13,000 students will be in self-sequester for the next two weeks following an outbreak of COVID-19 at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. As of Sunday, Feb. 7, the UMass Amherst campus had 398 active COVID-19 cases - nearly 300 of which were reported, Feb. 2-4.  On Sunday, UMass Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy sent a campus-wide email announcing the self-lockdown. He said that the flagship is now considered “high risk” for the spread of COVID-19 and that the rise in infections is likely due to undergrads. “Contract tracing indicates that transmission of the virus is especi…

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by Kristin Palpini
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MA Democratic Party Accused Of Trickery In Holyoke Mayor Scandal MA Democratic Party Accused Of Trickery In Holyoke Mayor Scandal
MA Democratic Party Accused Of Trickery In Holyoke Mayor Scandal The Massachusetts Democratic Party has been pulled into a scandal over whether Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse is the victim of a political smear. New allegations have surfaced that the Massachusetts Democratic Party was in cahoots with the University of Massachusetts Amherst College Democrats in a scheme to accuse Morse of being inappropriate with students. Records and call logs reviewed by The Intercept allegedly show that the Massachusetts Democratic Party’s executive director Veronic Martinez and chair Gus Bickford connected the UMass students with attorneys, one of whom helped the student cl…

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by Kristin Palpini
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Political Hoax? Texts Raise Questions About Accusations Against Holyoke Mayor Morse Political Hoax? Texts Raise Questions About Accusations Against Holyoke Mayor Morse
Political Hoax? Texts Raise Questions About Accusations Against Holyoke Mayor Morse Allegations that the UMass College Democrats orchestrated a scandal to sink Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse’s Congressional run were aired in a recent investigation by The Intercept. Was this whole thing a “honey trap”? Text conversations between Morse and a member of the College Dems were revealed by the news publication Thursday, Aug. 13. The texts appear to show intent among club members to set Morse up for a fall. Morse is accused of "inappropriate" relationships with university students while a professor there. No complaints about Morse have been filed with the university, said the mayor. No…

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by Kristin Palpini
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Quit Now? Following Sex Scandal, Two Holyoke City Councilors Call For Mayor To Resign Quit Now? Following Sex Scandal, Two Holyoke City Councilors Call For Mayor To Resign
Quit Now? Following Sex Scandal, Two Holyoke City Councilors Call For Mayor To Resign Holyoke City Councilors are calling for Mayor Morse to resign following allegations that he had “inappropriate sexual relations” with UMass students while a professor there. Mayor Alex Morse, who is running for U.S. Congress, has not denied the relationships but said that they were all consensual. City Councilors Linda Vacon and Mike Sullivan said since Morse has admitted to dating students that he should resign as mayor now. “We have been shocked to learn that our mayor acknowledges that he used his position of power as mayor and candidate for Congress to engage in romantic and sexual a…

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by Kristin Palpini