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Amherst College’s new student center is officially open

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Amherst College’s new student center is officially open — and it’s designed to be a lot more than a place to grab lunch. The four-story Ford Student Center includes a dining hall, theater, pub, game areas, prayer and chapel spaces, plus room for more than 100 student clubs. The building also reused much of the former Merrill Science Center and was designed with sustainability in mind, including solar panels and no on-site fossil fuel use.

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