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As of Monday, May 5 ‘ Senior shortstop Melissa Rawson (Palmdale, CA) has broken the Patriot League record for total bases in a season with 127, and moved into 2nd place for runs scored in a season with 47 ‘ Junior pitcher Elena Isaac (Chandler, AZ) has moved into 5th place in career wins in […]

Enlarge Picture >> It’s the first Saturday at Colgate where I’ve woken up and literally have nothing to do.  I had the last class of my college career yesterday, kissed the walls of Lawrence Hall goodbye in a sort of a bittersweet farewell, handed in my last paper, and faced a series of unknowns that […]

by Bud Poliquin, Syracuse Post-Standard

Enlarge Picture >> I’m seated in the Hamilton Inn with the editorial staff of Colgate’s weekly newspaper the Colgate Maroon-News.  We’re taken to dinner every semester by the university as a means of thanking us for our work and dedication.  And it’s nice to get to know the staff better over a civilized meal rather […]

Hamilton, NY — Colgate University will award five honorary degrees at its 182nd commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 18, when approximately 700 graduating seniors will receive their bachelor of arts degrees. Those to be honored include Kwame A. Appiah, Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values at Princeton […]

Enlarge Picture >> A friend of my roommate knocks on the door and asks if she’s ready to go. ‘Where are you off to” I ask, looking up from my book. ‘My biology research professor is cooking us dinner at his house,’ my roommate says.  ‘See you in a few hours.’ ‘Have fun,’ I call […]

Senior Shortstop Also Ranked In Home Runs And RBI Hamilton, NY — Colgate University’s senior shortstop Melissa Rawson (Palmdale, CA/Highland HS) currently has the second highest batting average in the nation according to the latest NCAA statistics.  She is averaging .509 for the Raiders through 37 games. Rawson is also tied for third in home […]

Enlarge Picture >> I’m a paper, an exam, and a Creative Writing portfolio away from graduation. At least I passed my swim test. I stood with thirty to forty other procrastinating seniors outside the pool at 8:00 a.m. on a Monday morning, all in the name of graduation.  At least I wasn’t the only one […]

Hamilton, NY — Colgate University English professor Lynn Staley has received one of 184 Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2003. Staley, the Harrington and Shirley Drake Professor of humanities in the department of English, was selected from a pool of 3,200 applicants from colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Her area of study […]