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Sydney is a student journalist studying politics and journalism at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. She currently works as a features section editor for the Mount Holyoke News, where her focuses include features, politics, and local news. She also does freelance reporting for her local newspaper, The Montgomery County Sentinel, which includes notable alums like Bob Woodward.
By Sydney Wiser ʼ27 Features Section Editor Mount Holyoke's Professional and Graduate Education - also known as PaGE - program has offered students in the education sector opportunities for higher education for 13 years, graduating 545 masters students as of May 2025 and serving 330 non-degree
Amid a flurry of executive actions in the weeks following his inauguration, U.S. President Donald Trump has taken unprecedented steps toward reducing the federal government's budget by cutting an estimated $4 billion in federal research funding. This decision is a heavy blow to the National Institut
After a two-year-long fight between the Howard County-based chemical company, W.R. Grace, and Howard County community members, Grace was approved to begin building its plastic recycling pilot project in Columbia,
On a rainy Saturday morning on June 7, current and former NIH employees stationed themselves in front of the Medical Center Metro Station directly outside of the NIH campus. They
By Sydney Wiser ʼ27 Staff Writer In the months since Donald Trump took office, an unprecedented amount of federal records have been altered or erased from government websites. According to the New York Times, over 8,000 web pages across at least a dozen U.S. government websites have been take
By Sydney Wiser ʼ27 Staff Writer After six months of preparation, the National Transgender Leadership Conference Committee, founded by Lily Rood '27, has officially begun operations. The NTLCC, which launched on Feb. 24, 2025, is a new organization designed to cultivate aspiring transgender leaders in a diverse range of fields, including politics, the arts and community service.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Mount Holyoke College's historic gender-inclusive admissions policy. At convocation on Sept. 2, 2014, former President Lynn Pasquerella welcomed in the school year with the official announcement of the policy, making the College the second historically women's
Throughout its 170 year history, the Sentinel has had several famous alums including Watergate reporter Bob Woodward, Virginia's first transgender state senator Danica Roem and Pulitzer Prize winner Penny Feuerzeig.
"Northampton traffic, Warrior 17 November Alpha departing runway 14 Northampton," Selma Keochakian ʼ27 said, giving her departure call as she took off from the Northampton Airport for a short flight above the Pioneer Valley.
by Sydney Wiser '23 Former Student Member of the Board (SMOB) and Sherwood alum Matt Post ('18) is running in a special election for Maryland state delegate, one of the two houses in the Maryland...