The Collegian News Hour: Recent Episodes
Sara Abdelouahed
Staff reporter Sophie Hauck joins Rebeca Pereira of the Collegian News Hour to discuss Attorney General Maura Healey's visit to UMass Amherst, the last stop on her tour of the UMass system. Healey is the Democratic nominee for governor of Massachusetts, an office that polls project she's likely to win. Read her story here: https://dailycollegian.com/2022/10/maura-healey-visits-umass-campus/
Student organizations, businesses and on-campus dining retailers have been facing difficulties in their return to campus. Sara Abdelouahed is joined by Daily Collegian staff writer Lucas Ruud and correspondent Kami Nguyen to discuss their reporting on these challenges.
With the recent protests against sexual assault at the University of Massachusetts came widespread coverage from student media organizations. Sara Abdelouahed is joined by the the Daily Collegian's managing editor McKenna Premus and head news editor Sophia Gardner to discuss their reporting processes.
The news team discusses recent special issues for Spring 2021, including the Black History Month special issue and the COVID-19 one year anniversary special issue and reflects on one year into the pandemic.
After classes resumed in early February UMass saw its largest spike in positive COVID-19 cases to date with over 600 new cases in the span of two weeks, largely due to social gatherings that broke COVID-19 rules and guidelines. The fallout from the massive increase was felt in a multitude of ways including a self-sequester period, UMass students losing access to their jobs, systematic failures, among others issues.