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The Oldest College Weekly in America. Founded 1868.

The Colgate Maroon-News

The Oldest College Weekly in America. Founded 1868.

The Colgate Maroon-News

How COVID-19 Has Affected First-Year Travels and Preparations

How COVID-19 Has Affected First-Year Travels and Preparations

Maddy Druker, Class of 2024 August 28, 2020

As a first-year leaving my home for the first time, move-in day this year is not something I’m looking forward to. Just like every other big event during the pandemic, it feels oddly impersonal. My mom...

100 Percent Increase in Deferred Enrollments for 2020-21 Academic Year

100 Percent Increase in Deferred Enrollments for 2020-21 Academic Year

Camden Di Carlo, Class of 2024 August 26, 2020

Twenty-eight students chose to defer their enrollment this year at Colgate. The number of deferrals is equivalent to over 3 percent of the incoming class, and marks a 100 percent increase when compared...

Students participate in socially distant exercise class during daily supervised outdoor time.

Students Concerned Over Mental and Physical Health During Mandatory Quarantine

Max Boubin, Class of 2024 August 26, 2020

According to a campus-wide email sent by President Brian Casey and Vice President and Dean of the College Paul McLoughlin on Wednesday, July 29, all students are required to remain in their residences...

Understanding the Freshman Psyche

Understanding the Freshman Psyche

Carly Spellman, Class of 2024 August 23, 2020

Having been raised on headlines of school shootings and partisan tensions, the class of 2024 harbors anxiety like none other. Now, that anxiety is compounded further by COVID-19. As faculty and upperclassmen ...

Konosioni Raises Nearly Two Thousand Dollars For Madison County Residents Struggling During COVID-19 Pandemic

Konosioni Raises Nearly Two Thousand Dollars For Madison County Residents Struggling During COVID-19 Pandemic

Margo Williams, Maroon-News Staff August 19, 2020

The Konosioni Senior Honor Society raised 1,976 dollars to support Madison County residents with rent, utility, transportation and other costs in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in a social media campaign...

Baker’s Dozen: Estelle Kelty Rallies for Survivors

Baker’s Dozen: Estelle Kelty Rallies for Survivors

Ellie Cascio, Maroon-News Staff August 17, 2020

Estelle Kelty, a rising senior, hails from Bronxville, New York. She is a biology concentrator and a sociology minor. She is a renowned leader on campus, involved in a myriad of positions – ranging from...

Many seniors approved to live off campus lease apartments or houses in and around Downtown Hamilton.

Off Campus Seniors Frustrated With Guidance on Arrival and Quarantine

Kirby Goodman, Multimedia Manager August 16, 2020

Seniors living in privately owned off-campus housing in the fall said they were caught off guard by communication they received from Colgate on Monday, Aug. 3 outlining their move-in and quarantine restrictions,...

Colgate Community Members Demand Justice for Breonna Taylor in CSC Live Virtual Event

Colgate Community Members Demand Justice for Breonna Taylor in CSC Live Virtual Event

Ani Arzoumanian and Elizabeth Shaw August 10, 2020

Over 70 students, alumni and members of the Colgate community called Kentucky officials to demand justice for Breonna Taylor during the Colgate Student Coalition’s (CSC) live Zoom-a-thon event on Friday,...

WNBA is Back with a Message

Hunter Firment, Assistant Sports Editor August 10, 2020

Prior to the tip-off of the WNBA’s opening game between the New York Liberty and the Seattle Storm, the players held a 26-second moment of silence in remembrance of Breonna Taylor, a 26 year-old woman...

Get Used to Giving Up Control

Get Used to Giving Up Control

Greta Ferdinand, News Editor August 7, 2020

You might not consider yourself as someone who likes control. Whether you’re aggressively type A or consider yourself the ultimate free spirit, the vast majority of us, if not all, want to have a...

Photo via Colgate University Facebook.

Colgate Announces All Students Will Quarantine Upon Arrival, Other Move-In and Semester Logistics

Kirby Goodman, Multimedia Manager July 29, 2020

Colgate announced details of a universal mandatory quarantine, move-in and arrival logistics for the fall semester on Wednesday morning, providing information on home testing kits prior to arrival, post-arrival...

Students, Faculty and Staff Join Residents in Hamilton Protests, Discuss Changes on Campus

Students, Faculty and Staff Join Residents in Hamilton Protests, Discuss Changes on Campus

Lalana Sharma, News Editor July 28, 2020

Addressing over 475 Colgate affiliates, Hamilton residents and members from neighboring communities assembled on Hamilton’s Village Green in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, Associate Professor...

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