Beers with Ben
April 10, 2014“Beers with Ben” features various members of the Hamilton faculty in off-the-cuff interviews at the Little Pub. More ...
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Hamiltonian Spring Breakers
April 3, 2014Clearing the Cumberland Trail with ASB by Courtney Kaplar '16 New program increases passion for social innovation by Tsion Tesfaye '16 Hamilton College Choir takes the Northeast by Charlotte Carstens '16 More ...
Sex and the Campus
April 3, 2014Sex. Steam. What could go wrong? After all, people have sexy shower sex in movies all the time. The lovers are in some big-name city late at night with headlights flashing 40 stories below. Aside from the two lovers, there is only a gorgeous glass shower with a frosted door. Naked backs, passionate kisses, water running as the screen fades to black… More ...
MIT prof. teaches applied math
April 3, 2014Ever wonder what your friend suggestions on Facebook, your Netflix queue and that stuff you learned in math class have in common? On March 13 and 14, Professor Gilbert Strang, the MathWorks Professor of Mathematics at MIT, visited the Hill to give several lectures on the importance of applied math to the Hamilton community. While on the Hill, he spoke in several different formats, teaching a section of an upper level math course and giving an all-campus lecture in the Science Center. The topics covered ranged from classic engineering problems to modern issues facing the tech industry, but all circled back to fundamental role of mathematics. More ...
What love really looks like
March 6, 2014Love is imperfect. I find that this is never really taught, but learned—more often than not, the hard way. Love is not what the Disney films of our childhood or the rom-coms from the 80s, 90s and today portray. Love is gritty, raw and has to be worked at constantly. This is not a bad thing because love is something to fight for and, to quote The Office, “Couples fight. And when you fight you know the relationship is still alive, but it’s not until you stop fighting that you realize it’s over.” More ...
Know Thy Shelf
March 6, 2014Interviews with Gabe Mollica '14, Mark Cryer, Natalie Adams '17 and Courtney Gibbons. Interested in being featured on the Know Thy Shelf blog? Email bwerthei@hamilton.edu for more information. More ...
From Where I Sit: Hamilton’s International Perspectives
February 27, 2014I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard that my college years are going to be the best four years of my life. Although I have loved and enjoyed (almost) every second of my Hamilton experience, I dislike the pressure that this idea puts on students. More ...
Professor Profile: Richard Bedient
February 20, 2014Professor of Mathematics Richard “Dick” Bedient has been a Hamilton professor since 1979 and former mathematics department chair. As such, he has played a crucial role in hiring the vast majority of the Math Department faculty as of today. More ...
We got ahold of Mr. Hamilton’s sourdough recipe
February 20, 2014Kyle Burnham was recently crowned Mr. Hamilton on Feb. 10, 2014. Competing as Mr. Co-Op, Burnham showed us just how hot the act of cleaning a table can be. Burnham is also known on campus for his bread baking. Give this delicious recipe a try, and maybe afterwards, you can call Burnham to help you clean up. More ...
Patsy Couper: ‘Lifelong friend and benefactor’
February 20, 2014This article originally appeared in the Sept. 8, 2011 issue of The Spectator. We are publishing it again to honor the memory of Patsy Couper, who passed away on Feb. 17, 2014. Over the course of the past few years, Patsy Couper has taken to waving the choir students goodbye as they depart on their annual tour. More ...