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The Colgate Maroon-News

The Popularity Game: Trump Remains on Top

The Popularity Game: Trump Remains on Top

Avery Schuller, Contributing Writer September 15, 2023

The word “leader” elicits a different image, or individual, for each and every one of us. Oftentimes we tend to think of those that have defied social norms, broken racial barriers or caused ripples...

Your Reusable Water Bottle Isnt Doing Anything

Your Reusable Water Bottle Isn’t Doing Anything

Ciara Sanders, Staff Writer September 15, 2023

Unpopular opinion: Your reusable water bottle isn’t doing anything for the planet — but it’s not your fault.  Glass straws, Hydro Flasks, bamboo toothbrushes and reusable silverware — what...

To the Women Calling Themselves Girls

To the Women Calling Themselves Girls

Amanda Krowitz, Assistant Commentary Editor September 15, 2023

Before starting college, I hadn’t thought much about the labels of woman and girl. However, when I came to Colgate University, I noticed the latter label was swapped out for the former, and this new...

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Hot Topic: Is the Jug Old News?

Renata Burnett, Staff Writer September 8, 2023

Rumors have been circulating: Is the infamous Jug restricting its crowd to 21+ year olds? Is John Jug finally retiring? What will this mean for the first-year social scene? Will different ownership swoop...

Enjoy Your Time Up the Hill: A Message to Underclassmen

Enjoy Your Time Up the Hill: A Message to Underclassmen

Zach Greenberg, Contributing Writer September 8, 2023

Many first-year and sophomore students are frustrated with the distance and time it takes to walk to the parking lot. During the long winter months at Colgate University, this trek can be pretty painful....

Book Review: Same Time Next Summer

Book Review: “Same Time Next Summer”

Maya Egan, Staff Writer September 8, 2023

As the transition from reading for leisure to reading for classes approaches, I recall a book I read shortly after moving into my new dormitory at Colgate University. Gifted by my mom, the novel, “Same...

Lebanon Veers Towards its Breaking Point

Lebanon Veers Towards its Breaking Point

Sophia Mendoza, Contributing Writer September 8, 2023

Aug. 4, 2020: a date forever ingrained into the minds of Lebanese at home and abroad.  This was the date of the Beirut Blast, the nuclear explosion that occurred just off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon’s...

Not All Opinions Must be Principles

Not All Opinions Must be Principles

Ethan Cherry, Editor-In-Chief May 5, 2023

On any given Tuesday, a collection of students occupies every seat in a long office at the end of a narrow hall. Office chairs wheel across slate floors as keyboards click, Remi Wolf plays and murmurs...

Soaked in Conformity: Colgate’s Unnecessary Umbrella Stigma

Soaked in Conformity: Colgate’s Unnecessary Umbrella Stigma

Ryan Dugdale, News Editor May 5, 2023

Here’s a dreadful memory that I’m sure most students at Colgate University share. You’re walking to class, and the morning drizzle turns into a torrential downpour. Suddenly your shoes are making...

No Such Thing as a Waste of a Job

No Such Thing as a Waste of a Job

Richie Rosen, Staff Writer May 5, 2023

As I sit down to write this, I find myself in the midst of a struggle that college first-years have faced since the dawn of time: finding a summer job. My parents have made it abundantly clear that, yes,...

Tucker Carlson Isn’t Going Anywhere

Tucker Carlson Isn’t Going Anywhere

Josephine DeBono, Staff Writer May 5, 2023

Tucker Carlson's ousting from Fox News last week created a sense of relief for many Americans like myself. After all, a MAGA-style Republican who routinely spouted wild conspiracy theories along with white...

My Strange Addiction: The Wedding of Sofia Richie

My Strange Addiction: The Wedding of Sofia Richie

Chapin Rockwell, Staff Writer May 5, 2023

If you haven’t already seen it on your TikTok “For-You Page,” Sofia Richie got married last weekend. The model, Nudestix beauty entrepreneur and daughter of Lionel Richie married Elliot Grainge —...

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