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Annual Indigenous Nations Festival Celebrates Art and Tradition

Annual Indigenous Nations Festival Celebrates Art and Tradition

Anaïs King, Staff Writer October 31, 2025

The Colgate University Office of Equity and Diversity and ALANA Cultural Center hosted the annual Indigenous Nations Festival  in Sanford Field House from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25. In addition to a keynote speech...

Survivor of 2023 Nova Music Festival Attack Visits Hamilton Chabad

Survivor of 2023 Nova Music Festival Attack Visits Hamilton Chabad

Sophie Karbstein, Editor-in-Chief October 31, 2025

Shoham Cohen, a survivor of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led attacks on the Nova Music Festival in Israel, spoke to approximately 75 Colgate University students during Shabbat services at Hamilton’s local Chabad House on Friday, Oct....

Journalist Slams Mounting Ideological Conformity on University Campuses, Receives Student Backlash

Journalist Slams Mounting Ideological Conformity on University Campuses, Receives Student Backlash

Ronan Valle, Staff Writer October 31, 2025

Students and faculty members gathered to listen to journalist and researcher Neetu Arnold speak about the cost of silence in higher education on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Arnold, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and an outspoken...

Professor Emeritus Discovers Archives, Presents on the ‘Golden Age’ of Colgate Architecture

Professor Emeritus Discovers Archives, Presents on the ‘Golden Age’ of Colgate Architecture

Joe Harte, Assistant News Editor October 31, 2025

Professor of Art Emeritus Robert McVaugh returned to Colgate University to present original research on the campus’s architectural history on Tuesday, Oct. 21. The talk, delivered to students and former colleagues in the Robert...

Nearly 1,000 Join ‘No Kings’ Protest in Hamilton

Nearly 1,000 Join ‘No Kings’ Protest in Hamilton

Alyssa Storey, Assistant News Editor October 24, 2025

Protesters congregated on Hamilton’s Broad Street on Saturday, Oct. 18. for the No Kings Day of Defiance. Organized by local Madison County activist groups, the day was part of a nationwide wave of demonstrations against...

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Dr. Seth Garfield Delivers Talk on Brazilian Soda, Rainforest Mythology

Chloe Liversidge, Head News Editor October 24, 2025

At lunchtime on Friday, Oct. 17, students and faculty gathered at the Africana, Latin, Asian and Native American (ALANA) Cultural Center for a lecture that promised to link rainforest mythology to the rise of modern consumer culture....

Men’s Ice Hockey Hosts Open Skate With LGBTQ+ Initiatives

Men’s Ice Hockey Hosts Open Skate With LGBTQ+ Initiatives

Neda Sharifi, Contributing Writer October 24, 2025

Colgate University men’s ice hockey team partnered with the Office of LGBTQ+ Initiatives on Sunday, Oct. 19, for an open skate that brought together student-athletes and the broader campus community during LGBTQ History Month. The...

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Latin Heritage Month Keynote Speaker Samantha Ramirez Herrera Shares Her Story

Madeline Duncan and Ben McNulty October 24, 2025

Colgate University’s Latin American Student Association (LASO) hosted Samantha Ramirez Herrera in the Ho Science Center atrium, where she delivered an autobiographical speech about “Sueños sin Limites” (Borderless Dreams),...

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‘Incident’ Film Screening and Q&A Attempt to Unravel Contrasting Narratives

Camille Collins, Assistant Arts and Features Editor October 24, 2025

In 2018, a police officer shot a man named Harith “Snoop” Augustus in the street of a Chicago neighborhood. “Incident,” a short film by producer and journalist Jamie Kalven and director Bill Morrison, is composed of body...

New York Plans Rehabilitation for Lake Moraine Dam

New York Plans Rehabilitation for Lake Moraine Dam

Ronan Valle, Staff Writer October 10, 2025

Lake Moraine, a popular site for recreation just a few miles from Colgate University’s campus, is expected to undergo a significant water-level draining as part of a state rehabilitation project on the Madison Reservoir Dam,...

Hamilton Board of Trustees Reflect on Village Leadership, Colgate’s Economic Impact

Sophie Lalas, Staff Writer October 10, 2025

The Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism and Education (COVE) lounge hosted a community Brown Bag event with three speakers from the Hamilton Board of Trustees on Tuesday, Sept. 30. Samanthi Martinez, Russell Lura...

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Historic Wind Turbines Come Down Near Campus, Make Way for Bigger Project

Joshua Repp, Special Projects Manager October 10, 2025

A piece of New York state’s renewable energy history disappeared on Wednesday, Sept. 17, when the state’s first commercial wind farm was demolished just miles from Colgate University, raising questions about how the Central...

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