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| January 25, 2008 |
$2.5 Million Donation For Arts Facility Renovationby Kara Labs '09The $2.5 million donation from class of 1949 graduate and local business executive Eugene Romano lent further momentum to plans for new art and theatre facilities. Earlier this year, President Joan Hinde Stewart announced that the plans that were approved by the Board of Trustees would have to be scaled back because of a daunting $80 million anticipated cost. More. . . |
Campus Integrates The New Hill Cardby Scott Bixby '11The long-awaited implementation of Hamilton's new all-purpose Hill Card may face more problems than previously expected. The cards, intended eventually to serve as a multi-use keys, meal cards, Campus Cash vouchers, and identification cards for the Hamilton community, were conceived to streamline the turnkey system currently in place. However, bringing Hamilton College into the 21 century has proven frustrating for students and administrators alike, with numerous glitches reported, as well as delayed installation of many of the Hill Card's much touted features. More. . . |
Former President Payne Passes Awayby Martin E. Connor '09On Monday January 9, 2008, Harry C. "Hank" Payne, president of the Woodward Academy and former president of Hamilton College, took his own life in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Payne was 60 years old and leaves behind a wife, Deborah, and two sons, Jonathan and Samuel. More. . . |
Hamilton Honors MLK Jr. With Week Long Activitiesby Bessie Taliaferro '10While many people honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Jan. 21, Hamilton College dedicated an entire week to celebrate the civil rights activist through community service, performance, worship, and more. Dean of Diversity Allen Harrison and a committee of Hamilton staff organized the activities for students and faculty members. "We tried to include everyone in the mix," said Harrison. More. . . |
Round Table Event On Climate Crisisby Mallory Reed '10Next Thursday January 31, 2008 The Hamilton Environmental Action Group (HEAG) and Democracy Matters will hold a Green Democracy Round Table discussion. This event is a part of the Focus the Nation teach-in, a worldwide event to raise awareness, activism, and solutions to global climate change. More. . . |
Under the Tucson Sun: Students Work at the Borderby Mallory Reed '10This winter break, 18 Hamilton students embarked on an educational and humanitarian aid trip to the borderlands of Southern Arizona. The group spent seven days in the Sonoran Desert with humanitarian organization No More Deaths patrolling migrant paths and stocking water stations. Through discussion with local activists, students learned about the effects of U.S. and Mexican border policy and the plight of Mexican migrants in the southern United States. Tori Nygren '10 said, "Looking back on my knowledge about the U.S. border policy and how I felt about illegal immigration before the trip, and comparing those feelings to what I know now, I am stunned at how naive we are living in the Northeast. Illegal immigration affects all parts of life in the Southwest." More. . . |