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| May 07, 09 |
What's Growing On... at the Community Farmby Katrina Rabeler '12Features Writer "This looks good," exclaimed Chris Sullivan '09 as he examined a shovel of earth he heaped up from the farm. One thing farming teaches is a great fascination for icky brown stuff. "It's a lot better than last year," he said as he explained. Good soil has a dark-colored, light structure as opposed to the dense clay found in Hamilton soil that hasn't been tilled and cultivated recently. In a farm, you should add organic matter to the soil every year to improve its quality. More... |
A Closer Look: I'm on the Summer Waitlistby Lily Gillespie '12Features Writer A little over a week ago, the campus was abuzz with the excitement of the Housing Lottery. Plans were made, friends were pulled and tension mounted. The day of the Lottery arrived, and while those with low numbers were able to breathe easy, those of us in the far reaches of the number scale were not so fortunate. More... |
Davis Projects for Peace: Sophomores Receive Grant to Pursue Additional Research in Tanzaniaby Hadley Keller '12Features Writer The goal of the Davis Projects for Peace, according to founder Kathryn Wasserman Davis, is to "help young people launch some immediate initiatives…that will bring new thinking to the prospects of peace in the world." Davis founded the program in 2007 with the purpose of encouraging college students across the country to create grassroots projects committed to creating and preserving peace. After the great success of the programs established in 2007, she agreed to continue funding projects in the summers since then. As the Hamilton recipients of the Davis grant of $10,000, Laura Gault '11 and Caroline Davis '11 hope to perpetuate peace in their own creative way. More... |