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The Colgate Maroon-News

The Oldest College Weekly in America. Founded 1868.

The Colgate Maroon-News

The Oldest College Weekly in America. Founded 1868.

The Colgate Maroon-News

Women’s Soccer Adds Two Assistant Coaches Ahead of 2020 Campaign

Eric Fishbin, Sports Editor March 5, 2020

Colgate women’s soccer head coach Lyndsae Hokanson added two assistant coaches to the staff in February 2020—just three months after Athletic Director Nicki Moore hired Hokanson in December 2019 to...

Baker’s Dozen: Making the Rag Ragged

Lucy Hudson, Maroon-News Staff March 5, 2020

Look on the back cover of The Monthly Rag, Colgate’s satire magazine, and you will find junior Jared Lampal’s work. A McLean, Va. native and double concentrator in psychology and studio art, Lampal...

Continuing the Conversation: A Response to Heather Mac Donald

Tamara Chapro, Maroon-News Staff March 5, 2020

The same Colgate students, myself included, that had recognized the power of their voices, have been seemingly rendered mute. In the days leading up to and following Mac Donald’s visit on campus, it...

Minus the City: A Feminist Approach to Pornography

Graci Galvez, Maroon-News Staff March 5, 2020

To be or not to be… anti-porn? For decades there has been a heated debate on whether or not porn promotes the sexual objectification of women. Some say it certainly does, as “mainstream pornography”...

Minus the City: The Fetishization of Queer Sexuality

Graci Galvez, Maroon-News Staff February 27, 2020

Dancing with my friends at a party, I noticed one of my friends being led astray. Knowing that this was her first time at a party, I kept an eye on her. The girl who had summoned my friend to dance gradually...

Accessibility and Accommodations

Michele Shannon, Maroon-News Staff February 27, 2020

Colgate University is known for its beautiful architecture, its location on a hill and its upstate New York scenery. One problem that comes with all of these qualities, however, is that they do not take...

Tatyana Anand

Senior Spotlight: Tatyana Anand

Ellie Cascio, Maroon-News Staff February 27, 2020

When asked her favorite place on campus, senior Tatyana Anand does not even need a beat to think before grinning and answering: “Case, obviously.”While many Colgate students spend their free hours...

Being Right: Another Democrat Doomed to Fail

Marc Moreira, Maroon-News Staff February 27, 2020

It comes from a conservative mindset that each individual should be entitled to do what they want with their own money they have earned and that one shouldn’t judge what others do with their money. But,...

13 Beats 2/27

Tristan Niskanen, Maroon-News Staff February 27, 2020

1. “Free Room (ft. Appleby)” by Ravyn LenaeThis house inspired pop song, produced by Smino collaborator Monte Booker, is an upbeat jam ready for any party. Ravyn’s vocals are playful and fun. Appleby...

Helen Ferguson

Baker’s Dozen Abroad Corner: Helen Ferguson

Josie Rozzelle, Assistant Baker's Dozen Editor February 27, 2020

As she studies abroad on the Colgate study group in Geneva, Switzerland, junior Helen Ferguson is focusing on her peace and conflict studies concentration, both through classroom time and real-world experiences.“I...

More School Spirit at Sporting Events

Anya Steinmetz, Maroon-News Staff February 27, 2020

When I went on a tour for Colgate in the spring of my junior year of high school, my tour guide walked backward and waved hello to every other person that walked by. Students and alumni told me that practically...

A More Walkable Campus

Kara Schindler, Commentary Editor February 27, 2020

I know that advocating for Colgate’s campus to be more walkable may seem pointless given this school’s characteristically steep surroundings and the perpetual layer of ice that coats the sidewalks,...

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