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Where in the world are John Kennedy '14 and Sam Wagner '14
May 9, 2013John Kennedy and Sam Wagner in Vietnam -- Culture, Social Change, and Development
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Pulitzer winner Allen ’63 looks back on freshman year
May 9, 2013We landed at Hamilton fresh from from Planet 1959 with its cars, girls, private phones, television and movies, all the teenage entitlement that had put us at the center of American culture.
More ...From Where I Sit: Hamilton’s international perspectives
May 9, 2013“From Where I Sit” is a column in Hamilton College’s weekly newspaper, which is written (and run) solely by international students. It is a space for a minority on campus to speak out and have their voices heard.
More ...Challah for Hunger: secret recipe revealed
May 9, 2013While many people call summer “bathing suit season,” here at Challah for Hunger, we like to think of it as “bread season.” After all, when you don’t “knead” to do homework, why not “loaf” around in the kitchen?
More ...From Where I Sit: Hamilton’s international perspectives
May 2, 2013Being an international student comes with a progressive set of challenges. For starters, it is a culture shock when you get here. It’s the language (“y’all” can’t be a real word), the food, (mac and cheese, if you think about, is carbs topped with fat) and everything in between.
More ...Utica is Brewtiful gives Hamilton its own meme t-shirt
May 2, 2013Paying homage to nearby Utica, three Hamilton graduates have created punny “Utica is Brewtiful” t-shirts, available for sale exclusively online. Though all three were decidedly less interested in clothes when they were members of the original Hamilton Varsity Streaking Team, Adam Bedient ’04, Carrie Turvey Moores ’05 and Craig Moores ’05 are now the proud cofounders of Utica is Brewtiful (UIB).
More ...Where in the world is Charley Allegar '14
May 2, 2013Six of us rumbled along in a back-roads taxi, my four American study abroad classmates and our Maasai host crammed into the backseat, forming a tangled mess of overlapping limbs. We were about 30 miles outside of Nairobi, riding down a long, bumpy, dirt straightaway in the Rift Valley.
More ...Four Hamilton seniors awarded fellowships
April 18, 2013While many Hamilton seniors have been receiving and accepting job offers, a unique few have been granted prestigious post-graduate fellowships. Seniors Debbie Chen ’13, Eric Green ’13, Michael Breslin ’13 and Lauren Howe ’13 are recipients of 2013-2014 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships, the William J. Bristol Fellowship and Thomas J.Watson Fellowship, respectively. These fellowships allow students to travel to a variety of countries for one year and explore their interests further through independent projects and hands-on experience.
More ...Spooked ya! Hauntings on the Hill
April 18, 2013Unlike, say, the admissions tours for accepted students that have been traversing campus in the past couple days, Wayne Gentile’s ghost tour poked at the dark underbelly of the College, with its dusty basements and darkened hallways, bumps in the night and things best left unexplained.
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