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  • As the world searches for alternative sources of energy, Bill Jorgenson 鈥65 is exploring an option that he acknowledges is not particularly glamorous: cow poop and garbage. Jorgenson is the managing partner of AGreen Energy LLC (AGE), an organization that has developed a process to not only generate sustainable energy from what would otherwise be [鈥
    October 25, 2010
  • This week was filled with excitement! On Tuesday, the Chinese Interest Association brought the Golden Dragon Acrobats to perform at the Chapel. The event was unbelievable, the stunts were Herculean, and the show was spectacularly executed.
    October 22, 2010
  • 海角社区 a dozen 鈥渉ikers鈥 鈥 including six Colgate students 鈥揼athered at the corner of Lex and Astor Place in Manhattan on a recent Saturday, smart phones in hand and exploration in mind. The group was with art professor Cary Peppermint, who had created what he called Indeterminate Hikes, a custom application for Android smart phones [鈥
    October 20, 2010
  • The landscape of violence in Africa is as varied as the continent鈥檚 physical topography. Scott Straus, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, brought this message to Colgate during the second annual Schaehrer Lecture, sponsored by the Peace and Conflict Studies Program on Thursday.
    October 15, 2010
  • The last time I wrote was before break and let me just say that I had an amazing time in New Jersey. I took the time to shop, eat and sleep (which I often lack these days!). Coincidentally, Colgate was playing football at Princeton University on the same Saturday that I was in New Jersey [鈥
    October 15, 2010
  • Laughing and exchanging contact information, students left the ALANA Cultural Center on a recent Friday afternoon chatting about continuing their conversations, which centered around student empowerment, advocacy, retention, and their personal experiences. These students weren鈥檛 only from Colgate, but came from several upstate New York liberal arts institutions to gather at the first Student Diversity [鈥
    October 14, 2010
  • The oppressive summer heat envelops Glenn Volk 鈥09 as he squats on the crude concrete floor at a clinic in the Punjab region of Pakistan. Beside him, a mother cradles her lifeless-looking baby, who seems to have barely any strength left to make it through the night, in her arms. Volk quickly diagnoses the child [鈥
    October 11, 2010