"[A] poll conducted by Hamilton College with Zogby finds the conservative trend among high school seniors when it comes to abortion. While most students believe Roe vs. Wade should be upheld, the majority supported restrictions on abortion, such as those regarding parental consent. Two-thirds of the students said abortion was always or usually morally wrong."

-Anchor Brit Hume on the Jan. 24, 2006, edition of Fox Special Report with Brit Hume reporting on Hamilton's latest youth poll measuring "hot-button" political issues. Results of the poll were released Jan. 5, 2006, and appeared in dozens of media outlets throughout the country.


"A longtime member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, she spoke out publicly against the war in Vietnam even before her husband did."

- Maurice Isserman, professor of history, commenting on the death of Coretta Scott King in the Feb. 1, 2006, Atlanta Journal-Constitution.


"Coach Stetson is a great coach. He has turned this program around once before and I am pretty sure he will do it again. He has succeeded at every school he has been at."

- Jay Rishel '06, captain of the Hamilton football team, quoted in the Jan. 20, 2006, Spectator on the hiring of Steve Stetson as the new Mary Jayne Comey and Mac Bristol '43 head football coach. Stetson returns to the Hill, where he was head coach from 1982-84. He led the 1984 team to a 6-1-1 record and was named the New England region's Coach of the Year. Stetson served as associate head football coach at the University of New Hampshire for the past four years. He previously coached at Boston University and Hartwick College.