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| October 30, 09 |
College and Clinton Celebrate Season with Eighth Fall Festby Ramya Ramnath '13 and Kim Schoenfeld '13News Writers October 30, 2009 The Hamilton College and Clinton communities came together on Sunday for an afternoon of food, games, performances and fun. Elizabeth Dolan '05 and other members of the Student Assembly started Fall Fest in 2002. According to Caitlyn Williams '11, co-chair of the Social Traditions Committee and one of the coordinators of Fall Fest, this is a "day for Hamilton students to get downtown to meet the townspeople and provide a wonderful fall day for children and the community." More... |
Behavior on Jitney Takes Wrong Turnby Emily Delbridge '13News Writer October 30, 2009 If you've been on the late night Jitney recently, you may have noticed that it's not the same orderly van you took to Hannaford that same afternoon. Whereas the daytime ride is generally quiet and awkward (unless you know the driver), the nighttime ride has recently become more frequently used, and thus it is over capacity and full of rowdy, intoxicated students riding back from the Clinton bars. A meeting with the head of the student-run shuttle service, Julio Monterroso '10 prompted Lisa Magnarelli '96, assistant dean of students for campus life and director of student activities, to send out an all-campus e-mail on Oct. 21 reminding students of acceptable and unacceptable behavior when using the Jitney. More... |
Badkhen Covers Women in War-Torn RegionsFormer Hamilton exchange student investigates effects of war on Afghani and Iraqi womenby Michael Koester '13News Writer October 30, 2009 Journalist Anna Badkhen assured her audience on Tuesday that "99.9 percent of people want to wish you well, wherever you go"— this coming from a woman who has spent 10 years reporting directly from the field in places like Chechnya, Afghanistan and Iraq. "It is okay to trust people when you go into a war zone." More... |
SA UpdateCollege Readies for Gmail Switchby Eve Denton '12Student Assembly Correspondent October 30, 2009 At the Oct. 26 Student Assembly meeting, Vice President for Information Technology Dave Smallen spoke about Hamilton's upcoming switch to Google as the e-mail server. ITS hopes to have more details available by the end of November regarding when exactly this transition will happen. They are currently working on ensuring that the switchover will be completely automated and require no work for e-mail account holders. More... |
NESCAC NEWSby Amanda Jordan '10News Writer October 30, 2009 Trinity CollegeKyle Smith, a 21-year-old man from Connecticut, robbed a McDonald's in Hartford on Oct. 22 and then shot himself near the Trinity College campus. The campus was put on lockdown at about 6:45 p.m. after the state police dog team led Hartford police officers to the campus. Smith was found in the woods near Trinity's campus with the help of a thermal imaging camera. More... |
Collegiate H1N1 Flu UpdateOctober 30, 2009What the experts say...According to the latest Guidelines for Institutions of Higher Learning, the CDC recommends that, "faculty, students, and staff with flu-like illness should stay in their home, dormitory, or residence hall until at least 24 hours after they no longer have a fever (100 degrees Fahrenheit or 38 degrees Celsius) or signs of a fever (have chills, feel very warm, have a flushed appearance, or are sweating). This should be determined without the use of fever-reducing medications." More... |