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Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and whether you’re taken-bacon, or a single-Pringle, love in the form of food conquers all. Below are foolproof recipe ideas easily made with ingredients from McEwen or Commons. More ...
As students returned to campus after a month off, some minor changes to their beloved dining halls ushered in a variety of questions. What happened to the pizza in McEwen? Why is Commons now green? We at The Spectator took your concerns and bewilderments to heart and did some digging. Reuben Haag, General Manager at Bon Appetit confirmed by email why such changes occurred and what influenced them. More ...
Only a week after the presidential inauguration, hundreds of people across the world have taken to the streets of major cities and staged giant marches in protest or support of President Trump’s political agenda. These marches have reached the front pages of nearly every news outlet in the US, and have spurred heated debates over issues that have dominated the political scene for years. More ...
While many individuals in America consider the first day of January to be the beginning of the new year, millions of individuals of East Asian descent recently celebrated Lunar New Year, observed on Jan. 28. More ...
Feeling exhausted after walking from Kirner-Johnson to the Taylor Science Center every day? While we struggle to reach a few thousands steps a day, flocks of intrepid shorebirds called Bar-tailed Godwits cover 7,000 miles in 9 days in a nonstop flight. Their migration is the longest known nonstop flight of any bird and also the longest journey without pausing to eat. It means no food breaks, no water breaks, no sleep breaks, no pausing–– just pushing through cyclones, storms, headwinds, flappity flap-flap for days and nights. Last spring, I was fortunate enough to observe them up close. Here is the story about these tough, long-distance fliers and me. More ...
Hometown: New York City. Home on Campus: Um... I’m abroad. Major: Women’s and Gender Studies. Turn On? HBO go. Turn Off? Alternative facts. If you were a dorm which would you be and why? Ferg. Classy on the outside. Crazy on the inside. More ...
Hometown: Albany, N.Y. Home on Campus: Dunham. Major: Neuroscience? Turn On? Wii Bowling. Turn Off? When she looks like she smells like eggs. If you were a dorm which would you be and why? The Farmhouse because it’s closing just like the window of time to find a mate for the season. More ...
While most students spent their winter break in the comfort of their homes and on vacation, 28 Hamilton students braved the snow and came back from the break early to take action, initiate change and learn how to become leaders in their communities. With plenty of team building exercises and resources at their fingertips, they participated in the sixth annual Levitt Leadership Institute (LLI), learning what it truly takes to create personal and societal change. More ...
Welcome back to Hamilton! We at The Spectator would like to extend a warm welcome to all of the returning students, and we hope that your journeys in the past semester were both meaningful and memorable. Second semester has already begun, and for most of the students it’s a lot like last semester, just with significantly more snow. You all, however, had an unorthodox first semester. This one will bring novel excitements, but also the stress of figuring out college five months later than the rest of the first-years. More ...
If you’re a ski bum, you know the adrenaline rush of your first moments on the mountain all too well. While clicking in and strapping up, you hear the zip of jackets and the whistle of cold wind. One binding, then the next, then your first push, drop in, and finally flight down the hill. The feeling is nearly unparalleled—the only thing that makes it better is sharing the joy of the ski mountain with friends. Hamilton’s Powder Club seems to understand this, and so on the last weekend of Winter Break the Pow Club brought a group of Hamilton students on a trip to Killington, VT for a weekend of tackling the Beast of the East. More ...