Overview
- Videos published by the Washington Free Beacon show student actors mimicking sexual acts during an orientation performance in Johnson Chapel.
- Amherst officials say the skits are designed to encourage discussion of sexual health, consent, harm reduction, and self‑care as part of campus wellbeing education.
- The Office of Student Affairs says the annual show, known as Voices of Amherst, has run since 2007 with scripts written by upperclassmen using excerpts from first‑year admissions essays and reviewed by staff.
- Students quoted in the coverage described the event as grossly sexual and said attendance was required or strongly urged, with one junior saying she nearly walked out.
- Reports place the skit within a broader slate of sex‑themed programming at the school, and as of the latest reporting Amherst has not announced policy changes or disciplinary actions.