Reductions initiated last spring have forced departments across campus to find room in their budgets. Notable changes include scaled-back orientation activities and the end of the college’s contract with Xfinity on Campus. Departments were asked to reduce their non-personnel budgets by 15 percent, though some ended up cutting less, and the athletics department had a smaller target from the outset. Photo courtesy of Amherst College. Fewer speaker events, no more to-go containers in Valentine Dining Hall, the end of Xfinity on Campus. As the new school year begins, almost every corner of the college is dealing with the effects of budget cuts.The cuts have been planned since last spring, as a response to elevated inflation and a 10 percent decline in the endowment.
