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Clinton secured as next Great Names speaker
May 9, 2013Even though it was only at the beginning of this semester that we inaugurated President Barack Obama for his second term, already the country is beginning to look ahead, toward 2016. Who will our next great leader be? Some politicians have expressed interest openly, like Vice President Joe Biden and Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie, while others are merely subjects of speculation.
More ...Greek Life Committee suggests pledging shift
May 9, 2013In a sudden, end-of-semester decision, the Dean of Students Office announced on Monday, May 6 some significant changes to Greek Life at Hamilton. An email from Dean Nancy Thompson provided a report compiled by a Committee on Greek Recruitment, outlining recommendations the group had come to regarding Greek Life at Hamilton.
More ...A decade of HamTrek, recordbreaking turnout
May 9, 2013In its 10th successful year, Hamilton’s own sprint triathlon, HamTrek, took place last Friday, May 3. The triathlon consists of a 525 yard swim, a 9-mile bike and a 3.2 mile run. The event began at 4 p.m. with the swimming heats and wrapped up after 7 p.m. with a barbecue on Love Track, where the runners finished.
More ...Schwarz ’66 to speak at C&C
May 9, 2013Thomas J. Schwarz ’66, president of SUNY Purschase in Purchase, NY, and life trustee of Hamilton College, will be the featured speaker at Monday’s Class & Charter Day ceremony located in the Chapel.
More ...Housing changes awaken apathetic students
May 2, 2013All year, the First-Year Experience Committee has been hard at work reconfiguring housing assignments for incoming students to improve the qualities of their lives on the Hill. However, it wasn’t until last week that the discussion became widespread—sweeping campus and riling up students who felt that adjustments to the current organization of students on campus could compromise their own happiness at Hamilton.
More ...HEAG and Slow Food team up for “Green Week”
May 2, 2013In an effort to “Go Green” and promote a pro-environmental agenda, the Hamilton Environmental Awareness Group (HEAG) and Hamilton College Slow Food launched their first ever “Green Week” last week to coincide with Earth Day, which took place last Monday.
More ...La Vanguardia discusses US diversity
May 2, 2013Hoping to encourage open dialogue on campus, student group La Vanguardia hosted a panel titled “What Does It Mean to Be American?” on April 30. Vice President Gretha Suarez explained that the panel was meant to provide “an opportunity to talk in a manner thats fluid and organic” about topics she fears are often stigmatized and thusly left undiscussed.
More ...Burns ’77 discusses sexual identity at Hamilton
May 2, 2013“I knew I was gay since I was a really little kid,” said Richard Burns. “So Hamilton was a really odd college choice.” Burns, a lifelong social justice activist specifically with regard to gay rights, and the executive director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York City since December 1986 spoke on Wednesday at a talk titled “A Queer Justice Journey from 1970’s Hamilton to our movement today.”
More ...Sacerdote Great Names 2013 Ebadi and Kouchner offer visions of peace
April 25, 2013“Peace should not be explained as the lack of war,” Dr. Shirin Ebadi told an audience of students, faculty, staff and greater Clinton community members in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House at Wednesday evening’s Sacerdote Great Names Series lecture and panel. Rather, as Nobel laureates Ebadi and Dr. Bernard Kouchner explained in their speeches, peace is an ongoing process that comprises intervention, democracy, treatment, education and prevention.
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