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Tom Standage is a British author and journalist focused on understanding how the past can inform the future. He currently works as the Deputy Editor and Head of Digital Strategy at The Economist, in addition to writing the forward-focused annual, “The World Ahead.” On Sept. 16, the Colgate Political Review sat down with Standage to... The post Are We Living
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Colgate University’s Arts Council and the Department of Theater hosted interdisciplinary performance scholar, artist and educator Kate March from Sept. 28 through Oct. 2. March produced a collaborative installation with Hank Bamberger, assistant professor of theater, located in The Vault in Bernstein Hall. In The Vault, videos reflected onto the walls and ob
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A great divide roars among the Colgate University senior class. In our small, tucked-away town of Hamilton, N.Y., upperclassmen flock to the two gems of student nightlife. As if a metaphor for their friendly competition, the two bars most frequented by students sit next to each other on Lebanon Street downtown. In passing conversation, you’ll...
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Fret no more, because October baseball is finally here. Beginning with six teams in both the American League and National League, the Major League Baseball (MLB) postseason has already demonstrated its ruthless nature, as some of the best teams in baseball can struggle to put up good at-bats or pitching performances in the current divisional...
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It simply isn’t working for Tottenham Hotspur right now. The very notable north London side, one of the “Big Six” English teams, currently sits at the bottom of the Premier League table after their first five matches of the 2026-27 campaign. They have not won a single match up until this point, with two draws...
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A class of 12 Colgate University students traveled to The New York Times building in the heart of New York City on Saturday, Oct. 3. Students taking the Religion in Contemporary America first-year seminar came together with students in Introduction to American Politics. The students visited The Times alongside Chris Vecsey, Harry Emerson Fosdick professor...
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Colgate Men’s and Women’s Club Rugby seasons are in full swing, and both teams are celebrating 60 years since Colgate Rugby was founded. The teams continue to thrive with high participation from both the men’s and women’s teams. The women’s team currently plays in a Division II/Division III conference after a successful season in 2025-2026....
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Author Mira Jacob visited Colgate University’s campus on Thursday, Oct. 1, to discuss her novel “Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations” as a part of the Living Writers Series. Jacob’s novel is a memoir that follows her from childhood in New Mexico to young adulthood and motherhood in New York. Utilizing drawn art strategies —...
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Four unanswered goals scored in the rain sealed a victory for Colgate University’s field hockey team on Saturday, Sept. 26. The team defeated Lehigh University at the Mountain Hawks’ home ground in Bethlehem, Pa. The win set the Raiders at 4-4 overall and 1-1 in conference play as of Sept. 26, making it their first...
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Page is a professor of English and Africana and Latin American Studies. The opinions expressed herein are her own. “All animals are equal but some are more equal than others.” — George Orwell, “Animal Farm” Dear reader, I open with a potentially upsetting question: are you a VIP? Yes, yes, yes to your auntiemommygrandma. Some...
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On the second floor of Alumni Hall, Colgate University’s Longyear Museum of Anthropology welcomed a new fall exhibition on Sept. 25. “Deyothwadáhseh: Return and Renewal” is now shining a spotlight on Haudenosaunee art as a part of their living continuum where their cultural traditions and artistic practices are remembered and carried forward. Within the exhi
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On March 28, over eight million people turned out across the country as part of over 3,300 “No Kings” protests, marking the largest single-day coordinated protest in American history. These protests are part of a wider movement against the perceived rise in authoritarianism in the United States, particularly aimed at President Donald Trump’s broad expansion.
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“I tell you what, Republicans have to win this one…We’ll never lose a race. For 50 years, we won’t lose a race…” President Trump said this during a February 2026 speech in Rome, Georgia, referencing the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, which passed the House 218-213 along near-party lines that month. The bill... The post “We’ll Never
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U.S.-Iran relations have been shaped by decades of conflict, mistrust, and shifting foreign policy, making the current war both new and, in many ways, unsurprising. Although the two nations maintained a working relationship through the early twentieth century, tensions deepened during the Cold War, particularly following the 1953 U.S.-British-backed coup tha
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On Feb. 14, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was shut down due to a disagreement over the budget. Democrats wanted limits on immigration enforcement and less money directed to specific DHS programs, chiefly Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Republicans wanted full funding without these targeted
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One of President Donald Trump’s most common political epithets for Democrats is the “radical left.” He claims that radical left “lunatics” and “scum” are responsible for a range of issues, including increased political violence and comically long TSA lines in airports. The White House even created a “Left-wing lunacy” page on its website to target... The pos
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One of President Trump’s top domestic priorities has been the passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, which aims to target alleged voter fraud in federal elections by requiring strict proof of citizenship and a photo ID to vote. The Senate blocked the bill on April 20—the second time the legislation has... The post The Filibus
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In an unprecedented and controversial move, Sweden’s Liberal Party has dropped its longstanding opposition to a party rooted in neo-Nazi fringe groups, the Sweden Democrats (SD), with a pledge to include SD in its center-right Moderate coalition. The smallest of the parties within its coalition, the Liberal Party nonetheless had previously remained staunch i
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When Will Staton decided to run for Congress as an independent candidate, he knew he would face tough odds. After all, the Mississippi native has no campaign staff, no party infrastructure and no political experience. But what he did not fully reckon with until he was already in the race was that the rules themselves... The post Third Party, Second-Class Bal
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