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11:30 p.m. on a Tuesday night.  I’m doing research for my thesis in my room, heat blasting, music on low, taking a break every twenty minutes to check my e-mail, but no one has written to me in three hours. ‘Hey,’ I hear.  It’s Nick.  ‘I was in the neighborhood and thought I’d drop by.’ […]

In my time at Colgate, I’ve missed very few hockey games.  There’s something about the smell of the rink, sweat mixed with ice and hot dogs and wet fleece, students packed, standing room only, on the student’s side of the rink, faculty and Hamilton residents seated on the more ‘sane’ side where there are actual […]

I’m walking to the Student Union to assist with the production and layout of Colgate’s weekly newspaper the Colgate Maroon-News. It’s 4:30 p.m. and the sun is already low in the sky, the temperature falling quickly and steadily. I’m ready to head indoors for a few hours of work. A small ice rink as been […]

HAMILTON, N.Y. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling novelist Anna Quindlen will deliver the address at Colgate University’s 182nd commencement on Sunday, May 18. In responding to the selection of Quindlen, senior class president Kelli Wong said, ‘I am very excited that Anna Quindlen will be the class of 2003’s speaker, and I have no doubt […]

First day of classes: my Creative Writing workshop met last.  All classes meet for twenty-five minutes on the first day, simply to give students a feel for what the course will cover, answer questions, and get a glimpse of the professor’s style.  The twelve of us filed into the room in Lawrence Hall and took […]

Tyrone Russell and Waldemar Auguscinski earn first place honors. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Julie GrecoPHONE: (315) 228-7860Feb. 1, 2003 Results HANOVER, N.H. ‘ The Raiders faired well at the Darmouth Indoor Invitational on Saturday, led by superb individual performances from Senior Tyrone Russell (Ithaca, N.Y.) and junior Waldemar Auguscinski (Passaic, N.J.).  Russell finished first in the […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Julie GrecoPHONE: (315) 228-7860January 31, 2003Results BOSTON, Mass. ‘ The Colgate women’s track and field team placed last out of 15 teams at Northeastern’s Husky Invitational on Friday, Jan. 31 in Boston, Mass. Three Raiders scored points for Colgate. Senior co-captain Leeann Teager (Holliston, Mass./Holliston) placed eighth in the women’s 500 meter […]

I looked around the room in my 19th Century European Art Course.  I recognized a few people, but did not know anyone well.  I took a seat and pulled out my notebook. ‘Hey,’ I heard.  A voice I slightly recognized sat down next to me.  We had first met over the weekend and had laughed […]

Six Raiders make the list.

Certain things in life don’t change.  The smell of day-old pizza and laundry detergent that lingers in the hallways of the dormitories.  The five foot high snow banks that line the sidewalks and roadsides in January.  The way the wind rubs your smile raw as you walk.  The taste of Slices, the infamous Hamilton pizza […]