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Finding Joy in a Quieter Colgate: Reflections on Summer Living

Finding Joy in a Quieter Colgate: Reflections on Summer Living

Maxwell Walker, Contributing Writer May 2, 2025

It’s been a good year for me. Maybe it’s the relative stability inherent to junior year, maybe it’s the result of my choice to cut out the commitments that weren’t, as Marie Kondo would say, “sparking...

’Gate Take: YikYak Is Overrated and Outdated

’Gate Take: YikYak Is Overrated and Outdated

Isabel Begollari, Staff Writer April 25, 2025

Everyday I open YikYak to either semi-entertaining jokes or a surface-level political debate, with both achieving nothing of substance.  I was surprised when I first discovered that YikYak had a large...

One Vegetarian Dish at a Time

One Vegetarian Dish at a Time

Anivartin Daga, Staff Writer April 25, 2025

I remember coming to Colgate University for the first time in August last year and visiting McDonald’s during international student orientation. Excited to see how it differed from the chains back in...

The Full Colgate Experience Require Involvement in the Hamilton Community

The Full Colgate Experience Require Involvement in the Hamilton Community

Helena Cerutti, Contributing Writer April 4, 2025

Colgate University prides itself on community. With a small student body of just over 3,200 people, it’s easy to get to know those around you. This is a bragging right that few colleges and universities...

More Than Good Manners: Colgate’s Door-Holding Tradition

More Than Good Manners: Colgate’s Door-Holding Tradition

Sophie Lalas, Contributing Writer March 7, 2025

Colgate University is no stranger to kind acts of service. Compassion is rooted in our day-to-day values, almost to the extent that we, as students, can no longer identify it. Door-holding is one of these...

’Gate Take: Professors Should Remain Politically Neutral in Classrooms

’Gate Take: Professors Should Remain Politically Neutral in Classrooms

Hannah Zubatyy, Contributing Writer February 21, 2025

As a political science and intended philosophy double major, the majority of my classes are designed to be argumentative. A crucial part of my coursework involves forming contentious arguments after learning...

Why the Arts Matter at Colgate More Than Ever

Why the Arts Matter at Colgate More Than Ever

Maxwell Walker, Contributing Writer February 14, 2025

A short conversation with an alumnus is often enough to prove that this is not the Colgate University of yesteryear. The Class of 2024 has graduated, taking with them the vast majority of firsthand memories...

Hamilton Is Where the Heart Is: Why I Did Not Go Abroad

Hamilton Is Where the Heart Is: Why I Did Not Go Abroad

Emma McCartan, Head News Editor February 7, 2025

When Colgate University asked an 18-year-old me “Why Colgate?” in their college application, I had one answer in mind: the international relations department and all that came with it — most especially...

Latte Love (and a Little Hate)

Latte Love (and a Little Hate)

Hannah Zubatyy, Contributing Writer January 31, 2025

If I don’t drink coffee before noon, I will enter a state of caffeine-deprived delirium. Worse, if I drink coffee I don’t enjoy, I become a human Yelp review no one asked for. I wouldn’t say I’m...

’Gate Take: Sorry to Burst Your Bubble

’Gate Take: Sorry to Burst Your Bubble

Maxwell Walker, Contributing Writer November 15, 2024

Welcome to my alma mater, Colgate University, a liberal arts college in picturesque Hamilton, N.Y., where the beacon of education emanates from a golden steeple atop one of Chenango Valley’s rolling...

’Gate Take: The Toll of Campus Construction

’Gate Take: The Toll of Campus Construction

Noah Rose, Staff Writer November 8, 2024

If I am being frank, I have a love-hate relationship with the current construction on campus. As a Curtis Hall resident — living just feet away from piles of dirt and construction crews — I must tolerate...

Colgate’s Ice Cold Truth

Colgate’s Ice Cold Truth

Ellie Krusemark, Contributing Writer September 20, 2024

As someone who prefers ice-cold water, I know the battle to find it here at Colgate University is real. The water from all drinking fountains on campus is lukewarm — which doesn’t work for me. Therefore,...

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