Letter to the Editor
January 30, 2014Student Loan Justice Hamilton College should end its student loan program immediately. No student in the class of 2014 or any thereafter should leave with any student debt. More ...
Opinion
Letter to the Editor
January 30, 2014Re: Hamilton Spectator Article on Student Loans To me, the topic of Student Loans is not an issue. An issue implies something that has two sides, both fully debatable. An issue sounds like the mild younger cousin of a problem, or the grandchild of controversy. The failure of student loans is not an issue, it is an outrage. More ...
Obama speaks out against sexual assault and rape on college campuses
January 30, 2014Last week, President Obama pledged to develop a “coordinated federal response” to address campus rape and sexual assault. The president called for more transparent enforcement and greater development of applicable college policies to prevent and respond to sexual assault. While he recognized “an inspiring wave of student-led activism,” Obama stressed that government agencies can help colleges come up with better policies and put them into practice. More ...
Unigo names Hamilton fourth ‘most wired’ college
January 23, 2014Would you consider Hamilton wired? No, not stressed and tense, but technologically wired. Recently Unigo, a website featuring reviews and rankings of the country’s top colleges, named Hamilton the fourth “most wired” college in the country. There are two sides to this recognition: Hamilton’s success with technology as an aid to education and Hamilton’s success with education about technology. There’s no doubt that Hamilton does well in both categories, but are we really fourth best in the U.S.? Let’s look at the facts. More ...
College officials launch access and affordability programs at White House summit
January 23, 2014Last week, President Joan Hinde Stewart attended a summit at the White House focusing on low-income students’ access to higher education. Over 100 college officials and business insiders attended the summit, hosted by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. More ...
Gun education will lead to safer schools
January 23, 2014Gun control is a contentious topic because it raises constitutional, legal and safety issues. Clearly, Americans love their guns. The U.S. has nine weapons for every 10 citizens, more than double the runner-up (Switzerland), three times more than Canada and six times as many as Mexico. Consequently, it suffers the highest death toll amongst developed countries, most of it coming from gun-related violence. More ...
Bulgaria’s ‘early-risers’ protest political unrest
December 5, 2013Over the past ten years, political instability and social unrest such as the Orange Revolution in Ukraine in 2004, the Rose Revolution in Georgia in 2003 and the Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan in 2005 have left the post-Soviet states in Eastern Europe in turmoil. The reasons behind these uprisings have been topics of political research as countries continue to struggle in a trap between the communist past and the democratic present. More ...
Letter to the Editor
December 5, 2013‘Just say no!’ to rising tuition More ...
Structured conversations on race lack direction
December 5, 2013On Nov. 18, James S. Sherman Professor of Government Phil Klinkner explored “The Meaning of Whiteness” in the third of a series of talks focused on race sponsored by the Days-Masolo Center. More ...
Fossil fuel divestment is an opportunity for growth
December 5, 2013In support of fossil fuel divestment More ...