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From the moment civil rights leader Robert P. Moses stepped to the podium Thursday night, the students and faculty members who crowded into Memorial Chapel seemed to hold their breaths. Moses’s talk, titled “Quality Public School Education as a Constitutional Right,” served as the keynote address for the Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations that had […]

Sunday marks one of the most anticipated sporting events in the NFL, and traces of the far-reaching Colgate connection abound. As the league’s oldest and most bitter rivals — the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers — prepare for battle on Sunday, Colgate alumnus and former athletics director Mark Murphy ’77 will be intently watching […]

Themes such as oppression, difference, and interconnectedness arose during Tuesday’s Brown Bag lunch in which six faculty members gave their perspectives on the quote that also served as the symposium title: “We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” Held in the Center for Women’s Studies, the panel […]

(Editor’s Note: Senior Kate Hicks shares her impressions of the annual Real World program, which brings dozens of alumni back to campus to assist seniors in their career exploration.) The night before Real World began, my housemates and I sat in our living room catching up and talking about the uncertain months ahead. All our […]

A grueling ascent of the 9,400-foot summit of Lonquimay volcano in Chile provided spectacular views, important data collection, and a fun slide down the volcano’s glaciers for about 20 students on an extended study course. The volcano was one of five visited during winter break by students who are taking Professor Karen Harpp’s Geology 420: […]

Members of the campus and area communities are invited to help celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. during numerous events scheduled Jan. 17 – 28. The celebration begins Monday at noon in Memorial Chapel, with a student-led tribute titled “Speaking Out Through the Arts.” Colgate President Jeffrey Herbst will help kick off the […]

“You’ve got two years. Good luck.” That, in a nutshell, was what ESPN editors had told Kathryn Bertine ’97 when she accepted an assignment to spend two full years trying to qualify for the Summer Olympics in Beijing.

For almost a year, Griffin O’Shea ’13 has been planning an alternative spring break trip to Kenya. Sponsored through the Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education, eight Colgate undergraduates will spend May 17-31 with orphans and vulnerable children at the Caroline Wambui Mungai Foundation school in Wangige, located northwest of Nairobi.