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There is nothing better than friends

Once I arrived in the U.S., nine thousand miles away from my home country of Kenya, I began to realize how my friends played a crucial role in making me feel complete as a person. Last night as I talked to a friend from Kenya who is also studying in the U.S., I realized we shared a comparable sentiment: our Kenyan friends back home mean a lot to us. The beautiful and the sad memories have become a source of strength against the homesickness that can cripple us in the middle of the night, especially when we are not yet done with an assignment due the next morning. In early November, I attended a reunion party in NYC with friends studying here in the U.S. In those two days I felt like I was back home and closer to my Kenyan friends than I had been since coming to Hamilton College. More ...

Adventures with Bernie

My adventures with Bernie began in January 1989, when I received a letter from Bernard Sanders, Mayor of Burlington, Vermont, addressed to the “Chairperson, Sociology Department, Hamilton College.” I must have been acting chair of the department at the time. Mayor Sanders described himself as the only socialist mayor in America, explained that he had decided not to run for a fifth term and expressed interest in teaching at Hamilton in the coming academic year. “I believe,” he wrote, “that I could offer your students an unusual academic perspective.” More ...

Sex and the Campus: Piercing Truths

I got my belly button pierced a couple of years ago. I thought that it would look cute and be good motivation to keep a flat tummy. I religiously bathed my piercing by suctioning a warm cup of salt water to the piercing and sliding it up and down to make sure that it healed well. I looked at my piercing in the mirror a few weeks later and realized, for the first time, that my belly button piercing was a bit sexual. First of all, it drew attention to my bare stomach when I wore crop tops. Second of all, the metal bar that I was pierced with pointed down towards my vagina. I liked how daring the piercing made me feel. More ...

Senior Reflection: Figuring it out...finally

Senior year is wonderfully—and horrifyingly—a hell of a lot like freshman year all over again. More ...

From Where I Sit: Hamilton’s International Perspectives

My life story started in a dream. A dream in which I am always afraid. Afraid to be myself. Afraid to go explore. Afraid to leave comfort. I was only a kid from San Bernardino, California where no one really expected much. I don’t know how to explain how I got here, exactly. More ...

Senior Reflection: Know thyself at Hamilton

As I walk down Martin’s Way, I seem to recognize fewer and fewer faces. The number has been dwindling down ever since it peaked my sophomore spring. In part, this makes me happy: bright new faces of eager students seemingly loving the experience of Hamilton just as much as I am. That being said, it also makes me sad; I think of the years behind me and I reminisce. At the very least, it makes me think about all the ways that I am getting ready to move on. More ...

Hamilton history: The story of Samuel Kirkland

Students and faculty at Hamilton College are familiar with the name Kirkland but most know very little about the man who spent his life educating the people of upstate New York. More ...

Sex and the campus: Whips and chains: Not just for Halloween

At the end of a long day, do you ever just want to lie on your bed naked and have your sexual partner tie you up? Ok, maybe you don’t crave these sort of sexual encounters. Yet. Experimenting with BDSM sexual practices can provide real benefits to your sex life while improving your mood. If nothing else, trying out new BDSM inspired activities in the bedroom can make a mundane sex life more interesting. More ...

Discipula latinorum: My journey through the liberal arts

I first stumbled upon “From Where I Sit” a few days before Hamilton sent out last year’s acceptance letters. Back then, driven by anxiety and excitement over my possible acceptance, I surfed the internet endlessly and read everything about Hamilton in hopes of getting a deeper understanding of the school. Most writers of this column have chosen to compare their countries to the US. Therefore, it is only natural that I too write about Ethiopia and compare it to where I am now. More ...

Which Fashion-Forward Celebrity is Your Style Match?

We love seeing our favorite celebs in action, whether they’re on the film screen, busting out crazy chords in a heart-searing music video or strutting fiercely down the runway. Yet our admiration for the famous doesn’t stop there; today’s media and society love to see what these figures look like when they’re not on set or in front of a huge audience—that is, what they’re like in the moments when they’re truly themselves instead of adopting another persona. For most celebrities, street style is a means through which they can express themselves off-set— think of all the photos paparazzi snap of them that end up in the magazines and online news blasts we read. For us, this means wardrobe inspiration. While we may not be able to afford Prada from head-to-toe like they can, we can do our best to emulate these stars and their fashionable get-ups, whether it’s one of their “airport” outfits or a look they throw on after an afternoon Pilates class. Cara Delevingne, Diane Kruger and Kylie Jenner are three of the most photographed stars right now, and reasonably so. All three have a strong sense of who they are, and are fearless in using their wardrobes to say, “This is me!” Each offers a very different approach to their wardrobes, however. Wondering which celeb should be your fashion mentor? Keep reading to find out: More ...

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