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The Colgate Maroon-News

The Oldest College Weekly in America. Founded 1868.

The Colgate Maroon-News

The Oldest College Weekly in America. Founded 1868.

The Colgate Maroon-News

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The Importance of Affirmative Action

Annabel Morris, Executive Editor May 5, 2023

Affirmative action has historically been used for the purpose of increasing diversity in university student bodies, especially in the admissions process. The precedent of using race-conscious measures...

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...

Utilized and Targeted: Art’s Complicated Role in Climate Activism

Utilized and Targeted: Art’s Complicated Role in Climate Activism

Rylee Hatch, Staff Writer May 5, 2023

What is worth more: art or life? This profound question is what climate activists asked onlookers when their group, Just Stop Oil, threw tomato soup on Van Gogh’s "Sunflowers" in October 2022.  Many...

Alumni Column: Embracing the Alternative

Alumni Column: Embracing the Alternative

Sarah L. Cave, Class of 1995 May 5, 2023

This is the time of year when some of you may be receiving bad news. Maybe you didn’t get the summer job, fellowship, or internship you really wanted, or you’ve been rejected from your top choice for...

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2024 Watch: The Republican Field Takes Shape

Michael Hanratty, Contributing Writer April 28, 2023

We’ve officially entered campaign announcement season, and the picture for the 2024 Republican Presidential primary is becoming clearer. On April 11, Senator Tim Scott announced that he is forming an...

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The Immortal Athlete

Amanda Krowitz, Staff Writer April 28, 2023

I was never interested in team sports, such as football and baseball, that are an integral part of American culture. I didn’t play them. I didn’t watch them. I found the Super Bowl boring. I was perplexed...

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In Defense of Olivia O’Brien

Samantha Wotring, Assistant News Editor April 28, 2023

Leading up to the Springfest headliner announcement, rumors were swirling around the Colgate University campus. Maybe the most prominent among them being that there would be no headliner at all, that the...

Alumni Column: Eleven Years Later — What I Learned During My Time at Colgate

Alumni Column: Eleven Years Later — What I Learned During My Time at Colgate

Dena Robinson, Class of 2012 April 28, 2023

What would you see if you drew a map, river, or road representing your experiences from birth until now? What people, places, experiences, challenges and triumphs would stick out to you? What defining...

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Snapchat AI: How close is too close?

Zach Greenberg, Staff Writer April 28, 2023

I was startled when I first saw the AI Bot at the top of my Snapchat list. "Why does a messaging app need to integrate artificial intelligence into its program?" I asked myself. I was initially scared...

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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 Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo’: Expect the Unexpected

Claire Dodds, Staff Writer April 28, 2023

“The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” by Taylor Jenkins Reid, published in 2017, transports readers to the world of 1950s Hollywood, revealing the glitz, glamor and secrets of Hollywood’s biggest stars....

Members of the House of Representatives leave after the passage in the House of a bill that would bar federally supported schools and colleges from allowing transgender athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth was male to compete on girls or womens sports teams at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 20, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Call it What it is: The Republican Party’s New Anti-Trans Bill

Ciara Sanders, Staff Writer April 28, 2023

In 1972, President Richard Nixon signed into law Title IX which protects Americans attending federally funded education programs from any sex-based discrimination. Title IX has mainly benefitted women...

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