Daily Jolt

First-years: Sign up today to join the Community Engagement Orientation Trip! Learn about the region and the opportunities for engagement here, while befriending peers and having fun! More information... (July 1)

On Saturday, July 11, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County will be hosting the Crafts on the Common fair. In its 29th year, this fundraiser expects to draw 3,000 to 5,000 visitors to the Amherst Town Commons. The fair features the handmade crafts of 120 of New England's finest artisans. The fair lasts from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with live entertainment and delicious local food being served all day. All in all, this is not an event to miss! BBBS needs your help! If you are able to volunteer part of your day on July 11, it would be more than appreciated. We need people to help artisans unload and set up their booths from 6:30 to 9 a.m. OR to help with cleanup from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Please e-mail Hannah Walker (hwalker10@amherst.edu) if you think you would like to volunteer. Thanks! More information... (July 1)

There will be more safe computing workshops presented this Summer. The times and locations are as follows: Wednesday, July 8, in Webster 102 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. and Wednesday, July 22, from 9:30 to 11a.m. at a location to be announced. Wednesday August 5th in Webster 102 from 9:30-11:00a.m. Wednesday August 12th in Webster 102 from 9:30-11:00 a.m. If you would like to sign up for one of these workshops please fill in the Web form at www.amherst.edu/offices/it/help/training_events/safe_computing. More information... (June 11)

Jonathan Souweine - a well known Northampton attorney and longtime Amherst resident - spent some of his happiest moments in the seat of a bicycle. Souweine died in April after a five-year battle with leukemia, a cancer of the bone marrow, and Judith Souweine, his high school sweetheart and wife of 40 years, said she is riding in this year's Pan-Mass Challenge to raise money for cancer research, but also to remember her husband's love of athletics and the outdoors. (July 3)

Jones Library trustees are implementing a series of cuts, which include closing on Friday afternoons, after Town Meeting rejected the fiscal year 2010 budget they had requested for the system. (July 3)

Closing the Jones Library on Friday afternoons will be the most visible impact of the reduced budget for library operations this budget year. (July 3)