Opinion: Stop with the Exaggerated Library Repair Costs!
In an attempt to sell the public on the need for a $46.1 million Jones...
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The Generation that Says No More: Inside the Columbia University Encampments for Palestine
A Better World is Possible The following article, “The Generation that Says No More: Inside...
Here Are Some of the Challenges Facing Jones Expansion Bidders
The Jones Library in Amherst received just one, unaffordably high bid for its renovation plans....
Designers Propose Cuts to Library Sustainability and Historic Preservation
Green Building Features May be EliminatedAfter rejecting a lone construction bid that would have put...
Opinion: I See No Reason to Hope That the Jones Expansion Project Will Become Affordable
Trustee Raises Alarm over Letter from Library Consultant Smearing Project Opponents Outgoing Jones Library Trustees...
Opinion: Amherst Has a Gambling Disorder
Amherst has a gambling problem. The Mayo Clinic defines gambling as being willing to risk...
Opinion: UMass Chancellor Reyes’ Police Action Was Unnecessary and Unprecedented. A Brief History of Dissent At UMass Amherst
Note: the following analysis draws substantially from the blog Radical UMass that was started around...
Assessment of Jones Library Financial Statements Reveals Inaccuracies
Throughout the long, contentious, and ever-costlier history of the Jones Library Renovation-expansion plan, critics have...
The War on Protest
by Adam Federman The following article, “The War on Protest” by Adam Federman, appeared originally...
Bid Deadline for Library Project Slips Again Without Explanation
Potential Bidders Continue to Seek ClarificationThe Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) has contractually imposed...
Tax Returns Offer Small Window onto Friends of the Jones Library Operations
Paid Fundraisers Not IdentifiedA recent post describing lack of transparency by the Jones Library’s private...
Friends of the Jones Library Wield Power Without Public Accountability
Fundraisers Shape Library Programming and Town SpendingThe Friends of the Jones Library System, Inc. (the...