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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
