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Vaccine Shuttle Reportedly Just Your Podmate's Bike
Last week the College shared it’s plans to help students get vaccinated by doing absolutely nothing to help them get vaccinated except...
Joe Fox and Sam Mermin
Apr 17, 2021


"Wouldn't it be funny if we played 'Spin the Bottle?'" Jokes Podmate Who Isn't Joking
Last night, the pod occupying the fourth floor of Mark-Hopkins partook in the classic not-drinking-but-drinking-must-happen-before-you-p...
Lizzie High and Lucy Walker
Apr 16, 2021


College Announces Cookies at Testing Site Were a Replacement for One of the Mental Health Days
This past Monday and Tuesday, students who visited the College’s COVID testing center were lucky enough to receive a free sugar cookie...
Sam Mermin
Apr 15, 2021


Report: I am the Most Fuckable Person in this Resky Brunch Line
After careful consideration, I have determined that by every metric both physical and immaterial I am the hottest motherfucker in a 4...
Lizzie High and Kevin Ryan
Apr 11, 2021


Op-ed: I still don’t know whether my class has a course packet
There are many assignments in an average Williams class. Some are essays. Some are mad minute math worksheets. Some are even where you go...
thewilliamshaystack
Apr 8, 2021


I’m a Campus Conservative, I Found a Tampon Wrapper in our Bathroom, and I’m Gonna Fucking Call CSS
Hey guys. It’s me. Greg. The campus conservative. I wrote a bunch of emails to the Haystack that just said “please,” or “let me speak”...
thewilliamshaystack
Apr 5, 2021


Vice Principal from Ferris Bueller's Day Off Named New Director of CSS
Following the news of Campus Safety and Security Director Dave Boyer’s upcoming retirement, college administration were tasked with...
Melia Hagino
Mar 30, 2021


JA You Suspect Might Be a Beaver a Little Too Ok With Your Suggestion of Woodchips For Sunday Snacks
“So uhhh, what about woodchips?” your eyes dart around the room as you pose the question, but there’s really only one response you care...
Kevin Ryan
Mar 28, 2021


Fourth Prong of Mandel’s Public Health Model is “Suspense and Deception”
Yesterday The Haystack sat down with President Maud Mandel to discuss the College’s COVID containment strategy in the wake of several...
Sam Mermin
Mar 25, 2021


Op-Ed: The Testing Site Has No Respect for Boogery Boys Like Me
Yes, you heard that right. I’m a bloody snot monster. Despite the discrimination I have faced my whole life, recently I have become proud...
Asher Gladstone
Mar 22, 2021
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