A Look Back, Nov. 13

The state of Massachusetts is offering a special this week: from now until next Tuesday a 20-cent cup of coffee will cost only 20 cents. After that, the 20-cent beverage will cost you 22 cents. The price increase is part of the stateÕs newly adopted $363 million tax package.
The vote of the United Nations General Assembly on Monday which declared that Zionism is a form of racism was strongly attacked by Jewish community leaders here today. “I think that we are witnessing the renewal of not only anti-Semitism, but also of anti-minority feeling,” University of Massachusetts Prof. Stanley Holt, president of the Amherst Jewish Community, said.

The University of Massachusetts’ first private fund-raising campaign in the school’s 137-year history has been so successful for the Amherst campus, Chancellor David K. Scott says he plans to wrap it up early. The campaign has raised $122.6 million of the 125 million goal, Scott said.
Serio’s Market this week quietly joined its closest neighbor and competitor, State Street Fruit Store, in stopping all cigarette sales. “It took us a while to come to the conclusion that it’s the right decision for us,” Christina Cavallari said Friday. She operates the 50-year-old, family-owned grocery store on State Street on behalf of her parents Edward and Josephine Cavallari.

In a continued search for the Parks and Recreation Department’s new home, Northampton now plans to build an approximately 2,000-square-foot modular structure at JFK Middle School or Arcanum Field. The City Council approved allocating $400,000 from the city’s stabilization fund to build a modular structure for the recreation department at its Nov. 5 meeting, but the money is not tied to a specific site.
University of Massachusetts Amherst students rallied for a range of social and economic issues Thursday at a demonstration billed as the Million Student March — one in a series of such events held on campuses around the country. About 200 students gathered in the Student Union.

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