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The Colgate Maroon-News

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The Colgate Maroon-News

Navigating Roommates and Hookups

Navigating Roommates and Hookups

Anaïs King, Contributing Writer October 4, 2024

Entering the first year at college, it’s far too easy to become that roommate — the one who tiptoes out of the room, letting their roommate have their… privacy. It’s your room, too, but when a...

Why Is It So Challenging To Forgive?

Why Is It So Challenging To Forgive?

Max Beck, Staff Writer September 27, 2024

Interpersonal conflict can be taxing. Whether it be a petty feud between friends or a volatile conclusion to a romance, it is a stern blow to the psyche whenever such conflict arises and especially when...

The Culture of Liminality in ‘Situationships’

The Culture of Liminality in ‘Situationships’

Max Beck, Staff Writer April 26, 2024

It is a common experience among today’s college students to undergo an awkward transitional stage with another person in which you are unsure where you stand in your relationship with them. Whether you...

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The Need for Medication Abortion Access on Campus

Sammy Perez, Staff Writer April 28, 2023

The Colgate University Collective (CU Collective), a new, student-founded organization of over 60 members, advocates for Colgate Student Health Services to offer medication abortions. It’s important...

The Gender Divide in Colgate’s Women’s Studies Department

Sammy Perez, Contributing Writer April 14, 2023

I have encountered a total of five male-identifying individuals in the three Women’s Studies courses I have taken at Colgate University, and I anticipate I will find a similar skew in the WMST classes...

In Defense of Situationships

In Defense of Situationships

Kyle Mayers, Contributing Writer November 18, 2022

“So what are we?” reads the text they sent you last night. You haven’t opened it yet as your read receipts are on, but you feel reluctant to answer them. Within a month of knowing them, you have...

Minus the City: Hookup Culture in the Age of Social Media

Elli Ament, Contributing Writer December 10, 2021

Imagine this: you're about to go meet up with some person with whom you want to hook up. You two have been messaging for a bit, and they've invited you over to "hang out." What have you probably already...

Minus the City: Here’s the Deal with Alcohol and Consent

Elli Ament, Contributing Writer November 7, 2021

*Editorial content warning: this article contains discussion of sexual assault and sexual violence.  Our society, and certainly our school, has a complicated relationship with alcohol and consent....

How Cis Men and Women Should Respond to New Trans Activism

Graci Galvez, Staff Writer September 24, 2021

Nikita Dragun, a celebrity makeup artist, business owner, YouTuber and model, is generally accepted as a problematic person. From her Blackfishing and cultural appropriation to her feuds with other celebrities,...

DaBaby: Raging Homophobe or Just Closeted? 

Graci Galvez, Staff Writer September 17, 2021

While it happened over a month ago, the DaBaby controversy still sticks in my mind as one of the most laughable moments in hip-hop history. Not because of the comments he made, but because of how relentless...

Minus the City: Starting the Year Off Right

Graci Galvez, Staff Writer September 10, 2021

Welcome to another year, and with that, another year of Minus the City. I’m excited to see how Colgate’s sex discourse unfolds over these next two semesters, and I hope to facilitate more positive...

Minus the City: Dating’s Domino Effect

Isabelle Jacobs, Contributing Writer April 30, 2021

If you're single or dating, you're no doubt facing challenges during this horrid pandemic. Coronavirus has maybe changed dating forever, but for the better? The pandemic has made dating harder and more...

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