Williams College Announces 27 Phi Beta Kappa Members

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams College announced 27 members of the Class of 2011 elected into Phi Beta Kappa, the national honor society. Membership signifies top academic success at institutions of higher learning across the country.

Based on cumulative grade point averages at the end of junior year, the top five percent of students in a given class are selected for Phi Beta Kappa.

The following students, listed with name, major(s) and hometown, are this years elected seniors.

Antoniya Aleksandrova, physics and math, Varna, Bulgaria

Joseph Augenbraun, psychology, Wilton, Conn.

Robert Cuthbert, psychology and art, Pittsfield, Mass.

Christopher Fox, English and psychology, Sea Cliff, N.Y.

Mary Freeman, art and history, West Bath, Maine

Peter Hick, history, Tarrytown, N.Y.

Elizabeth Kalb, chemistry, Mountain Lakes, N.J.

Daniel Kenefick, math and economics, New Canaan, Conn.

Marissa Kimsey, economics and women's and gender studies, Westfield, N.J.

William Lee, history, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Jake Levinson, math, Montreal, Canada

Ang Li, biology and chemistry, Beijing, China

Alexa Lutchen, economics, Harrison, N.Y.


Briana Marshall, psychology, Norwich, Vt.

Julia McGuinness, biology, Bellport, N.Y.

Yuzhong Meng, math and chemistry, Nanjing, China

David Oakley, geosciences and astrophysics, Rehoboth, Mass.

Colin Platt, chemistry, Lake Oswego, Ore.

Mark Prins, English, New York, N.Y.

Jennifer Rowe, contract major, Bangor, Maine

Erdem Sahin, computer science and music, Bursa, Turkey

Ville Satopaa, math and computer science, Raisio, Finland

Jasper Scheppe, political economy, Berlin, Germany

Gea Hyun Shin, economics and math, Seoul, Korea

Andrew Victor, Chinese and political economy, Wayne, Pa.

Zhaoning Wang, math and economics, Beijing, China

Joshua Wilson, psychology and philosophy, Wesley Chapel, Fla. 
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To the Editor:

I urge my Republican friends to vote for someone other than Donald Trump in November. His rallies are getting embarrassingly sparse and his speeches more hostile and confused. He's looking desperately for money, now selling poor-quality gold sneakers for $399. While Trump's online fans embrace him more tightly, more and more of the people who actually worked with Trump have broken with him, often issuing statements denouncing his motives, intellect, and patriotism.

Mike Pence is the most recent, but the list now includes William Barr, former attorney general (who compared him to a 9-year-old); former NSC Chairs Bolton and McMaster; former Defense Secretaries Mattis and Esper; former Chiefs of Staff Kelly and Mulvaney; former Secretary of State Tillerson; former Homeland Security chief Bossert; and former Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, who referred to Trump as a "wannabe dictator." This level of rejection by former colleagues is unprecedented in American politics.

Are these people just cozying up to the Establishment "Uniparty," as his fans would have it? No. Most of them are retired from politics. It's just that they see the danger most clearly. General Milley is right. Trump's most constant refrain is his desire to hurt his critics, including traditional conservatives. Although Liz Cheney lost her Wyoming seat in Congress, he now wants her jailed for investigating him.

This man should not be president of the USA.

Jim Mahon
Williamstown, Mass.

 

 

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