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  • Homecoming weekend was a blast! I went to the game, and celebrated a sweet victory over the Georgetown Hoyas. I also was present at President Herbst鈥檚 inauguration, and I surely enjoyed that. Because fall recess is coming up, my friends and I had to endure the mid-term exam rush. I could tell the atmosphere was quite different; most [鈥
    October 8, 2010
  • Speaking to a packed house at Memorial Chapel, Kwame Anthony Appiah charged his audience with but one task: see one foreign, subtitled film per month. After all, he pointed out, others around the world must do this any time they wish to see popular American movies. Such was the theme of the philosopher鈥檚 Oct. 4 [鈥
    October 7, 2010
  • (Editor鈥檚 Note: This article was written by Kiera Crowley 鈥13) Close to 200 people gathered at Colgate鈥檚 community garden recently for a long-awaited open house. Homemade foods, including bruschetta, fried zucchini, and baked squash 鈥 all made from the garden鈥檚 produce 鈥 were displayed under bright-red tents. The Sept. 23 open house also featured garden [鈥
    October 6, 2010
  • While technology is fundamentally altering the landscape of higher education, Colgate鈥檚 physical setting and the close-knit community it fosters have positioned it well for the upcoming challenges, Jeffrey Herbst told those gathered Sunday to celebrate his inauguration as the university鈥檚 16th president.
    October 3, 2010
  • There is no way that I have already been at Colgate for a month; I can鈥檛 believe how comfortable I already feel here. Don鈥檛 get me wrong, I do get homesick every once in awhile, but there is just too much fun too be had, too much learning to be done, and too many experiences [鈥
    September 30, 2010
  • Flanked by a colorful poster board, Maggie Dunne 鈥13 smiles as she describes her summer as a critical language scholar. Through a scholarship program offered by the U.S. Department of State, Dunne was able to spend ten weeks in Bangladesh, learning Bangla. For four hours each morning she took a language class, and then spent [鈥
    September 30, 2010
  • The role of the United States as an active third-party mediator is critical to the future of the beleaguered Middle East peace process, former U.S. Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer told the campus community Tuesday during a lecture in Golden Auditorium. 鈥淭he degree to which the U.S. assigns priority to the issue is very important,鈥 said Kurtzer, [鈥
    September 29, 2010