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More than 60 students and community members recently gathered for the annual HomeRun 5K and half-marathon, which raised more than $1,300 for Madison County’s Habitat for Humanity chapter. Organized by Colgate’s own Habitat for Humanity group, which is entirely student-led, the road race was held April 10, an unseasonably cold and windy day. The event […]

At a time when most students were busy writing papers for class, more than 50 students were busy folding paper into 1,000 origami cranes to send to Nagasaki, Japan, one of two Japanese cities hit with an atomic bomb during World War II. “A thousand cranes is symbolic of a community’s hope and dedication to […]

About 700 students on Tuesday wrote letters seeking donations from family and friends as part of the Up ‘Til Dawn event, a nationwide student-run fundraising campaign for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Student bands, a cappella groups, and an improv comedy group provided entertainment throughout the night in the Ho Science Center.

A mock wall set up by the university’s German Club between East and West halls helped the campus community commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall on Monday. Members of the German Club, including seniors Carolyn Brodbeck, Sarah Tilley, Kristin Nozell, Alex Sklyar, and Tara Woods, built the wall Sunday night using steel poles, rope, […]

In true Colgate fashion, the Barge Canal Coffee Co. celebrated its 13th birthday with 13 hours of music and 13 performers on Saturday. When the celebration started at 10 a.m. at the university-run coffeehouse in downtown Hamilton, Colgate students, faculty both past and present, and families from the area started to fill the place that […]

“The sole purpose of the company is to give,” said musician PJ Johnson. What Johnson was talking about was TOMS Shoes, a nonprofit organization that donates a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair purchased. Last Friday, Johnson performed with two other musicians from Nashville, Tenn., Tim Schurrer and Adam Agin, […]