Press Record

This week, first-years talk about what it's like to start college during COVID-19. Then, we hear from Record reporters about conservative group Turning Point USA's visit to campus. 

One the first episode of Press Record this academic year, we hear about students' experiences in quarantine, and have conversations with first-years and seniors about their first first days and last first days starting Williams in a pandemic.

For our last episode of this academic year, as part of our special issue devoted to the class of 2020, we asked seniors for advice to underclassmen. Here's what they had to say.

This week, we asked a range of students to give a timeline of spring 2020 – in two minutes.

This week, we hear two members of the College community read articles they wrote about loved ones in their lives effected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

You can read Professor LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant’s full piece “My Mother Is Busy Getting Ready to Die” from the New York Times here, and first-year Zia Saylor’s full piece “She was my cheerleader and my mentor. Then she was hospitalized with COVID-19”  from The Los Angeles Times here. LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant (@DoctorRMB)’s recording was produced by Michael A. Betts II (@kidsweater), with music by Blue Dot Sessions.

This week, we chat with the College chaplains about celebrating Passover, Easter and the start of Ramadan during the pandemic. Then, we hear a throwback clip from last year's Spring Fling concert and this week's audio journal from Onder Kilinc '23.

This week, we hear from the Zilkha Center's zero-waste interns, Lauren Lynch '23 and Coco Rhum '23, about their continued work remotely. Then, we hear music by the Springstreeters, editor Kevin Yang's dispatch from campus and this week's audio-journal.

This week, we hear from biology professor Joan Edwards about how she transitioned her lab class to remote learning. Then, we hear this week's dispatch from campus, audio journal, and sounds of Williams, featuring Gospel Choir.

This week, we hear from a range of students about the transition to online learning, from editor Kevin Yang reporting from campus, to other students across the country.

This week, we hear from an incoming member of the class of 2024 about being a pre-frosh during this time. Then, editor Nigel Jaffe talks about changes to Integrative Wellbeing Services and remote therapy options for students who are now scattered across the country and the world, and editor Kevin Yang gives us this week's dispatch from campus.