NEWS |
THE SPECTATOR |
| October 10, 2008 |
Fire in Barn Bathroomby Julia Mulcrone '11Last Saturday, October 4, Hamilton College Campus Safety and the Clinton Fire Department responded to a fire alarm at the Beinecke Activities Village. The alarm, which went off at 10:47 p.m., was in response to smoke coming from the men's bathroom located just off the Fillius Events Barn. More. . . |
Alumni Weekend Wrap-upby Lily Gillespie '12With a somewhat chilly, but lovely fall weekend to welcome them, the Hamilton Board of Trustees visited campus for a series of meetings over Fallcoming Weekend. The meetings were well attended, with 43 trustees on campus. On the docket for discussion were updates on the first-year class, the orientation process, new building plans, admissions and how the recent events in the economy will affect Hamilton. More. . . |
BLSU Emerges Once Againby Kara Labs '09Recently the Black Student Union (BSU) and La Vanguardia (LV) merged cohesively together and presented themselves as one group, the Black and Latino Student Union. These two groups were joined as one many years back, but the reason for the split was unclear. More. . . |
Faculty Meetingby Rebekah Mintzer '09At their most recent meeting, the faculty unanimously voted to officially change women's studies and Africana studies to departments instead of programs. More. . . |
Hamilton to Host Open House Weekendby Hali Baumstein '11In recent years, Hamilton has hosted an Open House for prospective students over Columbus Day Weekend. The three-day weekend has always been a popular time for high school seniors to pay their final visits to schools before deciding where to apply. Hamilton will be holding an event this year like always, but the Admissions Office has decided to change the format up a bit. More. . . |
ISC Endorses New Fratby Scott Bixby '11Hamilton College may soon be gaining its first new nationally recognized fraternities in years; over forty students successfully lobbied the Inter-Society Council, the governing body for Greek organizations on campus, for endorsement of a new organization, international fraternity Delta Chi. More. . . |
Senior Gift Announced: Memorial Service Scholarshipby Meredith Kennedy '09Last Friday evening, as a crowd of alumni, old and new, flooded the campus for Fallcoming Weekend, the class of 2009 kicked off the Senior Gift Campaign with a special event in the Science Center's Wellin Atrium. After an extremely close vote, Senior Gift Committee Co-chairs Stuart Lombardi '09 and Stephanie Ryder '09 announced The Class of 2009 Community Service Memorial Prize Scholarship as the winning idea. More. . . |
SJI Demonstrates for CECby Haley Riemer-Peltz '12At 7:45 a.m. on Saturday, October 4, a group of 38 students loosely affiliated with the Social Justice Initiative (SJI), a student organization dedicated to increasing awareness of diversity, gathered in the rain outside of Buttrick Hall to await the arrival of Board of Trustee members. The rallying students sought to bring the Board's attention to one of SJI's biggest projects: a Cultural Education Center on campus which would take the form of a building. More. . . |
Solar Panels Stolen from Glen Houseby Scott Bixby '11Efforts to make Hamilton part of the "green revolution" hit a snag recently when eight solar panels worth over $8,000 were stolen from behind the Glen House on Wednesday September 24. Installation of the panels was due to be completed the next day. The theft occurred Wednesday night after 12 of the 198W Sharp Solar Modules had already been installed on the roof of the Glen House. More. . . |
Student Assembly Talks Endorsements, Zipcarsby Amanda Jordan '10On October 6, 2008, the Student Assembly unanimously passed a resolution concerning The Spectator. This resolution was drafted by the Student Assembly President, Stephen Okin, and then edited by the entire Assembly at Monday night's meeting before being passed. |
Zipcars Zip onto the Hillby Kara Labs '09One week from today, on October 17, Hamilton will institute a new program on campus called Zipcar. In an effort to go more environmentally friendly, the college entered into a partnership with Zipcar, which will allow students, faculty, staff as well as members of the Clinton community to have an alternative transportation option. More. . . |