I love my bright yellow Schwinn more than I rightly should. The bike’s brakes tend to stick to the wheels and the old, cracked tires always threaten to pop, telling me that the senior I bought it from during my freshman year probably swindled me out of my $50. Yet the tires haven’t popped yet, and every year I can’t wait until the snow melts so I can finally bust out my bright yellow bike of sunshine and ride around in the warm spring air. More ...
Famous Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel once said, “You have to begin to lose your memory, if only bits and pieces, to realize that memory is what makes our lives. Life without memory is no life at all.” Many of us graduating seniors at Hamilton define our four years here by the amazing experiences that we all have had and the memories that we will never forget. More ...
The January Admission program has come under increasing scrutiny this year: in addition to its revision being a part of the First-Year Experience Committee’s report, January admits (Jans) were nearly prevented from joining Greek life in their first semester on-campus. Hamilton isn’t the only college examining this program, either: The New York Times published an article recently discussing these kinds of programs, and the disappointment they can bring to the students who are admitted through them. While that sentiment on-campus may be muted, Jans are still segregated from the wider community and from the rest of their class (The Duel Observer’s rumors of a Jan-Junior alliance are closer than many would admit). As a community, we owe it to the Jans to help integrate them into the College. More ...
When the CAB members rushed on to the stage at the end of the Walk the Moon concert to exclaim that we had secured Macklemore for the Class and Charter Concert, images of the unique day started to run through my head. It was just then, with all the hype of the concert in my face, that I began to contemplate the original purpose of Hamilton’s sacred day. When the Administration convened to decide upon the schedule for the 2012-2013 academic year, they aimed to accentuate the day’s main purpose, which is—according to them—to laud members of our community for various achievements. More ...
Admittedly, I ignore most, if not all of the emails that I receive from the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF). (It’s of those automatic-delete situations, like “Chair Massage Tuesday” and “Please Read: Tuition Bill Available.”) In my mind, what relevance could the IVCF have for someone who was raised Jewish, became Agnostic a year after her Bat Mitzvah and has since started studying Buddhism? In other words, what relevance could the IVCF have for anyone who’s not a Christian? And then, a flyer in Commons caught my attention, and challenged my skepticism: “Come eat Minar with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship! IVCF is hosting a fast to benefit the Thea Bowman House!” More ...
Around this time of the year everyone’s stressing about getting internships and jobs and wondering whether they will actually be successful in life. It’s true that gaining career related experience can be helpful in the search for a post-graduate job, but it’s not about what you do during the summer, but how you make the most of it. More ...
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Recently, the Supreme Court has decided to consider the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) which defines marriage as the union between one man and one woman. One might not think that the legality of same sex marriage has a big impact on students’ lives on campus, as it is uncommon for Hamilton students to get married during or immediately after college. However, this thought only makes sense if you think about the lives of students in the short term and only think of the Hamilton community as composed of students. More ...
As the co-chairs of Hamilton College’s Campus Activities Board (CAB) and members of the Hamilton College Community, we feel the need to both clarify and correct many of the misleading and false statements that appeared in a rather mean-spirited article published by Colgate University’s student newspaper, The Maroon-News on Thursday, April 4. More ...
If you ask me, Twitter is one of the best things that has ever happened to the world. It’s a powerful connective force with enough power to do some good work anywhere, including college admissions by helping give students more points of view of the Hill and, more importantly, a realistic view of the Hill, not a carefully selected one. More ...