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Letter to the Editor: Let’s Talk About Colgate’s Inaccessibility Problem

March 1, 2024

Dear Colgate Community,  For the third year in a row since our founding in 2021, the Colgate Disability Activists (CDA) had the opportunity to deliver a talk titled “Inaccessibility and Exclusion...

Letter to the Editor: Gay Culture as a Multidimensional ‘Issue’

February 23, 2024

Dear Colgate Community, There is no singular way to categorize the “culture” of the LGBTQ+ community, yet a recent commentary titled “Unpopular Opinion: The Issue With ‘Gay Culture’” attempts...

Letter to the Editors: On Medication Abortion and Healthcare Access

We write to respond to recent commentary published in The Maroon-News regarding medication abortion access on campus. Student Health Services met with student leaders from Planned Parenthood of Colgate...

Introducing Young Americans to Their Ukrainian Peers

Introducing Young Americans to Their Ukrainian Peers

Dvorah Southland, Contributing Writer April 29, 2022

Dear Colgate,  In the years since I last visited Ukraine I’ve missed it daily, but never so painfully as in these last few weeks. Still, I’m grateful to be here in these times. I have spent time...

Letter to the Editor: Student Support for Contingent Faculty Unionization

April 16, 2021

Dear Colgate Administration, As students and alumni of Colgate University, we unequivocally support our contingent faculty in their effort to form a union as they face higher job insecurity than ever...

Letter to the Editor: Tenured Faculty Support for Contingent Faculty Unionization

Colgate Faculty Members April 9, 2021

To the Maroon-News Editors, Thank you for publishing the letter signed by over 40 members of Colgate’s contingent (i.e., non-tenure-track  academic) faculty  (April 2, 2021), announcing...

Letter to the Editor: A Response to “Another Failure to Launch”

Abigail Flynn and Akshara Ramaseshan October 10, 2020

To begin, we would like to state that we take no issue with the author expressing frustration with this semester. Every student is handling COVID-19 differently and it is important to acknowledge that...

Letter to the Editor: Casey and Hucks Respond to Anti-Racism Letter

Letter to the Editor: Casey and Hucks Respond to Anti-Racism Letter

Brian Casey and Tracey Hucks July 16, 2020

To the signatories of the letter of July 13, We write, as President and Provost and Dean of the Faculty, to acknowledge and thank those who signed the letter of July 13, 2020. As the letter notes, over...

Letter to the Editor: A Response to “A Plea From a Rising Senior: Prove me Wrong”

Letter to the Editor: A Response to “A Plea From a Rising Senior: Prove me Wrong”

Ehran Hodes, Class of 2021 July 12, 2020

To start, a disclaimer is in order: Everything that follows, whether stated intentionally or unintentionally as opinion or conjecture is based off of my own personal experiences at Colgate University....

Letter to the Editor: President Responds to Op-Ed on Colgate’s Cycle of Racism

Letter to the Editor: President Responds to Op-Ed on Colgate’s Cycle of Racism

Brian Casey, President June 15, 2020

To the Maroon-News editors, I want to start out this message with a note of appreciation and gratitude to the Maroon-News for the work of its editors and staff writers in putting together a thoughtful...

Letters to the Editor: More Than Affiliation

Bridget Cronin September 8, 2011

When asked to describe herself, senior Hilary Nichol­son stated that she is "a biochem major hoping to write a high honors thesis, a member of ballroom dancing, a classics enthusiast and also the president...

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