Watch out, U.S. News and World Report—there’s a new college rating system in town and this one is coming from the U.S. government. On Tuesday, Aug. 22, President Barack Obama spoke in Buffalo, New York, proposing a new college-rating plan based on increasing affordability. More ...
Spring rush strengthens Greek life vs. Greek life enriches first-year experience More ...
August 2012—I visited Hamilton for the first weekend of the year, right before I went abroad. As always, the a cappella groups joined forces for a collective performance to welcome the first-years and jumpstart the semester. More ...
Re: Housing changes awaken apathetic students —Ben Yeo ’15 Re: Alexander Hamilton, Fiscal Responsibility and European Debt —Paul A. Carrier ’14 On the Committee on Greek Recruitment’s recommendation —John Kennedy ’14 Re: Another look at divestment —Ming Chun Tang ’16 More ...
On Monday, the Committee on Greek Recruitment distributed a report that highlighted several proposed changes to the Greek recruitment process. Most notably, the report recommends delaying the rushing and pledging periods by a semester—to first-year spring and sophomore fall respectively. The committee believes that these changes will allow first year students to properly acclimate to life at Hamilton before “making the significant commitment to membership in a Greek Organization.” More ...
Re: A call to arms for adamant individuals —Glynis Asu Instructional Support Librarian In response to proposed housing changes: —Jason Ross ’14 To honor the sisters of Alpha Theta Chi: —Anne Debraggio Director, Kirkland Town Library On Student Assembly: Lyman Munschauer ’13 More ...
The debate over divestment has swarmed across college campuses over the past year, and it has finally hit the Hill. Members of our community are asking the College to “immediately freeze any new investment in fossil-fuel companies, and to divest within five years from direct ownership and from any commingled funds that include fossil-fuel public equities and corporate bonds.” They argue that such an act will prevent harm to our environment. Their position, while morally admirable, is economically untenable. More ...
While I certainly cannot speak for every member of the Republican Party, every conservative Hamilton student or even every member of the Hamilton College Republicans, I do believe that a great number of my rightward leaning peers share many of the sentiments which I am about to lay before you. I hope that even if you are not moved to accept any of our beliefs or reasoning, you can at least better understand why it is that we are proud to call ourselves Republicans. More ...
This week’s meeting of Student Assembly was surprisingly well attended, but for those new attendees, also surprisingly unproductive. Students arrived expecting to give their input on the First Year Experience, but were told they were too late. The ripple around the room at this announcement was one of disbelief, confusion and anger—and I felt all of it. More ...
While serving on Student Assembly (SA) this year as an appointed representative for the class of 2013, I have felt a thick sense of irony whenever the Assembly has made an important decision predicated on the logic that the Assembly is the representative voice for the entire student body. True, on paper, the members of Hamilton’s SA were elected or appointed in order to fulfill a mission of representing the larger community; however, a closer look shows that the student body and the student government are noticeably detached from one another. More ...