The Williams Record

College receives anonymous $25 million gift for new WCMA building, athletics and wellbeing facilities, all-grant financial aid
Max Billick April 24, 2024
The College received a $25 million gift to support the construction of the first purpose-built site for the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA), the renewal of athletics and wellbeing facilities, and the funding of the all-grant financial aid program, it announced in a press release on April 16.
Jeff Palmer hired as director of Campus Safety Services
Beatrice Larzul April 24, 2024

Jeff Palmer will step in as the next director of Campus Safety Services (CSS) on July 17, Vice President for Finance and Operations Mike Wagner...

Ballet, pickleball, and art for all
Tahlia Gerger April 24, 2024
In an op-ed, Gerger ’27 argues that art classes should be made lower stakes and more accessible for all.
‘New beginnings’: SASA and HSA welcome spring with Holi celebration
Rehema Mwamburi and Dilay Kalınoğlu April 24, 2024
Last Friday, students, led by members of the South Asian Students’ Association (SASA) and the Hindu Students Association (HSA) gathered to celebrate Holi, the traditional Hindu festival of colors, on Paresky Lawn. 
Photo courtesy of Maddie Feldman.
In Other Ivory Towers: Princeton to set financial aid, Pell Grant targets for undergraduate admissions following affirmative action ruling
Maya Prakash April 24, 2024

Beginning with the next admissions cycle, Princeton will target a student body in which 70 percent of students are eligible for financial aid...

The Ephs persevered despite the weather, taking home wins in three of their four races last Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Sports Information.)
Women’s crew battles the elements, finds success at Little Three Championship
Ben Niewoehner April 24, 2024
Despite brisk and windy conditions, women’s crew triumphed on Saturday, seeing three of its four boats defeat the Wesleyan Cardinals in the 55th Little Three Regatta, held in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
(Photo courtesy of Julia Clark.)
One in Two Thousand: Aidan Slovinski ’26
Megan Lin April 24, 2024
Each week, the Record (using a script in R) randomly selects a student at the College for our One in Two Thousand feature, excluding current Record board members. This week, Aidan Slovinski ’26 discussed the contemporary art market in Japan, inflation, “WUF time,” and study spots.
Leave single rooms to upperclass students — first-years don’t need them
Leave single rooms to upperclass students — first-years don’t need them
Pauli Voelkel April 24, 2024
In an op-ed, Voelkel ’27 argues that Mission, a long-time first year dorm, should be converted to upper class housing.
Theatre department to perform Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Theatre department to perform Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Aliya Huprikar and Ava Rahman April 24, 2024
The theatre department will perform its first musical in a decade, Dave Malloy’s Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, this weekend.