Overview
- Footage published by the Washington Free Beacon shows performers mimicking sex acts and tossing condoms during Amherst’s “Voices of the Class” orientation event.
- Named students quoted in coverage said the presentation was disturbing and described feeling urged to attend as first-years.
- The performance is described in reports as sanctioned and funded by the college and said to draw on excerpts from incoming students’ admissions essays.
- Director of health and wellbeing Amanda Vann defended the skits as promoting sexual health, communication, harm reduction and respect, noting the program’s roughly 25-year run.
- Current reporting relies on limited-source video and student accounts, and there have been no announced policy changes or disciplinary actions.