Get Used to Giving Up Control
Greta Ferdinand, News Editor
August 7, 2020
You might not consider yourself as someone who likes control. Whether you’re aggressively type A or consider yourself the ultimate free spirit, the vast majority of us, if not all, want to have a sense of security in our external environments. Even if that control manifests in your privilege to roam...
Colgate Announces All Students Will Quarantine Upon Arrival, Other Move-In and Semester Logistics
Kirby Goodman, Multimedia Manager
July 29, 2020
Colgate announced details of a universal mandatory quarantine, move-in and arrival logistics for the fall semester on Wednesday morning, providing information on home testing kits prior to arrival, post-arrival testing, move-in windows and restrictions throughout the semester. Most notably, all students will be required ...
Students, Faculty and Staff Join Residents in Hamilton Protests, Discuss Changes on Campus
Lalana Sharma, News Editor
July 28, 2020
Addressing over 475 Colgate affiliates, Hamilton residents and members from neighboring communities assembled on Hamilton’s Village Green in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, Associate Professor of English and Africana and Latin American Studies Kezia Page characterized systemic racism i...
Changing ICE Policies Amid Pandemic Cause Uncertainty for International Students
Lalana Sharma and Eva Wen
July 27, 2020
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has rescinded its plan requiring international students to leave the United States if the universities they attend plan to operate completely online for the Fall 2020 semester, as was announced by President Brian Casey in a campus-wide email. Colgate’s Offices of I...
Essay: The Road Through Our Backyard
Magnus Vogel, Maroon-News Staff
July 22, 2020
This article is the first part of an Arts & Features essay series by Magnus Vogel about his cross-country road trip. The dashboard lights went off like sirens and in the blink of an eye we were consumed by showers deep in the heart of Hiawatha National forest. Before we had reached the Yooper, alre...
Patriot League Cancels Fall Sports
Zach Schiller, Sports Editor
July 16, 2020
The Patriot League Council of Presidents announced on Tuesday the suspension of all competition for the fall 2020 season. The July 13 news cited challenges the COVID-19 pandemic presents to the campuses and communities of the conference members and the complex logistics of preventing the spread of COV...
Town Halls Address Reopening Questions of Students, Parents and Hamilton Community
Kirby Goodman, Multimedia Manager
July 14, 2020
Town halls addressed the pressing questions of students, parents and Hamilton community members last week regarding the Colgate’s plans for the reopening of campus to the full student body in August. Presenters announced during the events that over 90 percent of students plan to complete the fall semester on campus...
Alumni Send Anti-Racism Letter with Demands to President Casey, Administration, Board of Trustees
Emily Rahhal, Editor-in-Chief
July 13, 2020
Over 2,300 alumni, current students and community members signed an alumni written anti-racism letter to President Brian Casey, the administration, the Board of Trustees and Faculty responding to the University’s recent correspondence regarding racism at Colgate and beyond. The letter asks the Uni...
Letter to the Editor: A Response to “A Plea From a Rising Senior: Prove me Wrong”
Ehran Hodes, Class of 2021
July 12, 2020
To start, a disclaimer is in order: Everything that follows, whether stated intentionally or unintentionally as opinion or conjecture is based off of my own personal experiences at Colgate University. I imagine − and in fact have quite a strong hunch − that there are plenty of students and even alumni who have s...
A Plea from a Rising Senior: Prove Me Wrong
Kelsey McGeough, Executive Editor
July 11, 2020
Since arriving home from my semester abroad in Dublin two months early due to COVID-19, I have existed as a dysfunctional tangle of emotions. I am confident that many of you know exactly what I’m talking about. Since March, many of us have been attempting to navigate a barreling sea of cancelled in...
Racist TikToks Prompt Continued Community Response and Dialogue on Campus Racism Amid EGP Investigation
Kirby Goodman, Kelsey McGeough, and Emily Rahhal
July 11, 2020
After the University revoked the admission of an incoming first-year and launched an investigation into two current students following the spread of their racist TikToks, Colgate student organizations, offices and individuals continue to respond and denounce their actions. Amid national conversations and...
Black Bodies, White Tears
Amarachi Iheanyichukwu, Commentary Editor
July 3, 2020
It has been over a month since George Floyd’s untimely death at the hands of a white police officer who knelt on his neck for nearly eight minutes, ignoring sounds of Floyd’s obvious distress and relishing in an egregious but familiar show of state-sponsored violence. In the days, weeks and now months that follo...
The Colgate Maroon-News Editorial Board
June 5, 2020
We stand in solidarity with our Black classmates, professors, administrators, staff and greater Colgate community of color. As a predominantly white staff, we acknowledge...
Veritati: Let Us All Reconvene
April 7, 2020
Veritati: Continuing Coverage and Maintaining Momentum During COVID-19 Pandemic
March 20, 2020