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November 10, 2016Bowdoin College affected by mumps virus; Tufts University sorority chapter protests organization’s treatment of transgender student; Fliers distributed at Bates College in attempt to suppress student voting More ...
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Hamilton responds to election results: support and discussion
November 10, 2016Students who stayed awake for the entirety of the election did not go to bed until four in morning on Wednesday. Facebook walls were filled with joy and high spirits, or with shock, anger and sadness. A number of students reached out to President Wippman late last night and early this morning, asking for the College as an institution to recognize the violence that they felt in the election results. Furthermore, multiple students reported being verbally harassed by Trump-supporting students driving in a truck Tuesday night, shouting both racist and sexist slurs at the students. The attacked students, joined by many others, ask: are these strongly present concerns, which are consuming the thoughts and lives of a large portion of the student body, going to be addressed? President Wippman sent out the following message to the Hamilton community: “The election campaign has laid bare deep rifts in our society. We can hope that Americans from across the political spectrum will now work to heal some of these divisions. More ...
Law enforcement investigates Hamilton for narcotics transgressions
November 3, 2016On Tuesday afternoon, the Hamilton community received a message from Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, Nancy Thompson, about the discovery of controlled substances in a student residence hall, which led to an investigation by the New York State Police Community Narcotics Enforcement Team. The substances were found when an employee reported a broken window in Ferguson Residence Hall, which led to the finding of the narcotics. Director of Campus Safety Francis Manfredo confirmed that there were no outside informants involved in this discovery. According to the New York State Government website, the Community Narcotics Enforcement Team “works to arrest narcotics traffickers, confiscate their drugs and seize their illegally acquired assets, and identify and apprehend violent, predatory and serial criminals.” This team is under the Bureau of Criminal Investigations within the New York State Police. More ...
Natalie Babbitt, author and wife of former Kirkland President, dies
November 3, 2016On Monday, Oct. 31, the College Hill Community lost Natalie Babbitt, the nationally cherished author of the children’s classic Tuck Everlasting and wife of former Kirkland College President Samuel Fisher Babbitt. She will be dearly missed. Throughout her life, Mrs. Babbitt’s work won many awards throughout a career that spanned four decades, including the inaugural E.B. White Award for achievement in children’s literature in 2013. A New York Times Book Review published in 1977 called her “Indisputably one of our most gifted and ambitious writers for children.” Mrs. Babbitt’s most famous work, Tuck Everlasting, was developed into two films and even a Broadway musical. She was the illustrator for many books of poetry by Valerie Worth, who she met while living on the Hill since that poet was the wife of a Professor of English at both Kirkland and Hamilton after the 1978 merger. More ...
Dr. Ray gives talk on masculinity and sexual assault
November 3, 2016On Wednesday Nov. 2, Dr. Rashawn Ray spoke to a group of Hamilton Students about sexual assault, with a specific emphasis on men’s involvement. The fairly large crowd was pretty evenly split between men and women, who were mostly Resident Advisors and leaders of various groups on campus. The group was lively and excited to hear Dr. Ray’s words. The preparation for this talk began last May in collaboration with Professor Jaime Kasinkas, who sponsored Dr. Ray’s visit last spring. It was the goal of the administration to bring together various groups, such as sport teams, the counseling center, the DMC, and other student activity groups, to speak and work with Dr. Ray. The sessions are individual workshops catered to these specific groups, which is why they were closed to the rest of the campus. More ...
Utica children and families come to campus for Trust Treat
November 3, 2016On Monday, Oct. 31, over 120 children from Utica came to campus as ghosts, superheroes, dinosaurs and many more creative costumes to go trick-or-treating as part of Trust Treat. Around 250 Hamilton students helped put on this event by hosting haunted houses and candy stops, or by leading children from stop to stop as tour guides throughout the night. The Trust Treat event began in 1993 to honor Eric Trust, who died on Halloween in 1992 during his first year at Hamilton due to a health complication. Since then, the Hamilton College Newman Council has organized this event to honor him by creating a safe place for children from Utica to come to Trick-or-Treat. More ...
Panel discussion on presidential nominees provides platform for student debate and engagement
November 3, 2016On Tuesday, Nov. 1, Hamilton College Democrats and the Government Department co-sponsored the first ever “Presidential Supporters’ Forum.” In years past, College Democrats and College Republicans had co-hosted a debate among members of the clubs representing their respective candidates, often over Fallcoming and Parents Weekend. But with College Republicans’ declining to endorse the Republican nominee Donald Trump, and with the club split between Trump, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, no such debate could take place. More ...
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November 3, 2016Tufts University janitors vote for union to call for a strike; Wesleyan University begins use of new solar array; Trinity College observes annual Red Flag Campaign More ...
SMART presents to SA as harassment continues on campus
October 27, 2016On the night of Monday Oct. 24, members of the newly formed Sexual Misconduct and Assault Reform Task-Force (SMART) addressed the Student Assembly meeting in regards to the mission and goals of their organization. The students outlined their plans for the group as well as how to best improve Hamilton’s sexual misconduct policies just two days after an incident in which a student was sexually and racially harassed on campus in an incident currently under investigation by Campus Safety. Founding members Aleta Brown ’17, Charlotte Bennett ’17, Hannah Fink ’19, Sophie Gaulkin ’17, Ashley Huntington ’20 and Anna Brooks ’20 broke their presentation into three sections based on the three committees which make up the organization: programming, policy and advocacy. The goals they outlined included revision of our current sexual misconduct policies, increased and improved advocacy training for students, cross-community programming and transparency between members of the College community on all matters of sexual harassment and assault. More ...
Hogwarts at Hamilton celebrates its 15th year
October 27, 2016On Oct. 22, Hamilton students and children alike from Clinton could be spotted on campus wearing their Harry Potter costumes and yelling all sorts of spells. These students performed various skits and jokes from the Harry Potter book series as a part of the club, Hogwarts at Hamilton. The club began in 2001 which means that this year is the 15th year of Hogwarts at Hamilton, something the students involved are extremely proud of. The students perform in Benedict Hall with each classroom corresponding to a class from Harry Potter, which included Divination, Transfiguration, Charms and Defense Against the Dark Arts. The show used to take place in Sadove, formerly the ELS building, up until 2009 when the building underwent construction. More ...