1985-86

This Timeline is based on a portion of Tim Shary's A History of Student Activities and Achievements at Hampshire College. Anything not otherwise cited comes from this source.

[[Image:Scan0021.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Newsweek article on Hampshire]]September

 * Newsweek publishes an article on Hampshire: [[Media:Scan0021.jpg]]

Sep 1


 * Student enrollment falls to a low of 936. [In Black and White: October 24, 1986]

October
Oct 30


 * Over 150 people participate in a Take Back the Night rally, organized by Women's Center coordinator Ann Hackler and Counselor Advocates coordinator Sarah Ovenden.[In Black and White: November 13, 1985]

February
Feb 2


 * A fire in the Dakin House room of Vanessa Veselka raises suspicious shortcomings on the part of Hampshire security; the self-extinguished blaze is not reported to the Amherst Fire Department for three hours. [In Black and White: March, 1986]

March
Mar 1


 * Students have rallied in support of Roland Wiggins, a black professor of music, who has been suspiciously denied reappointment; an All-community meeting is held on the issue, and students hold a candlelight vigil in front of Adele Simmons's house. [In Black and White: March, 1986]

April
Apr 1


 * Carol Boardway, coordinator of Merrill House, announces the conversion of Merrill AB-3 from a wood shop to a recreation room; students and staff will complete the project for the fall semester.[In Black and White: April, 1986]

Apr 17


 * Andrew Hermann, an accepted student and brother of student Steve Hermann, kills himself by ingesting cyanide on a live television show broadcast on Intran; the producers and viewers were under the impression that the suicide act was feigned. [Press Release]