Whether it be as a hobby or as a means of transportation, I would argue that biking is not only overrated, but it is also a major inconvenience to others. I must admit that I myself do not actually know...
I owe much of the success of my first year at Colgate to the institution of intramural sports. Entering college, I received a hefty amount of advice revolving around personal choices. I was instructed...
Like many other people in their late teens and early 20s, I have a regular guilty pleasure: “The Bachelor,” and its gender-reversed counterpart “The Bachelorette.” I started watching late in high...
When we look back on the fiasco of last week’s Academy Awards, there will be no heroes. No human ones, anyway.
The inciting incident, in which Best Actor nominee (and eventual winner) Will Smith climbed...
The standard russet potato is not only the superior potato, but it is also, without question, the greatest vegetable on the planet. A very common misconception is the idea that the potato is not a vegetable...
Gray Purcell, Contributing Writer
• March 11, 2022
I will die on this hill: Apple Music is the superior music streaming service. Arguably one of the hottest takes in today’s world — I am a ride or die Apple Music user. As I am sure many other users...
James K. Polk was the eleventh president of the United States, leading the nation from 1845 until 1849. Polk was one of the strongest, most dynamic, fruitful and influential presidents of the nineteenth...
Riley Rice , Contributing Writer
• November 19, 2021
On every college campus in America, there are professors to avoid and professors to take. Colgate is no exception to this rule, as older students often counsel younger students on which professors they...
Talia Yavorek, Contributing Writer
• October 1, 2021
As a college student, I personally run on coffee. Despite the fact that I do have a coffee maker in my room, going into town for a taste of something different is always a welcome treat. For being a small...
Often we ask others: if you had a superpower, what might you choose? It’s gone generally unnoticed that this year we have been mandated to partake in one popular choice: invisibility. Face coverings,...
Walking down Colgate’s famed Willow Path for the first time, I was struck by its elegance, simplicity and quiet beauty. That is until myself and the little party of first-years I was walking with came...
Seeing how there’s almost nothing as tired as yet another tale about a “self-made” figure with a business “built from the ground up," who is supposedly emblematic of the American dream but is actually...
