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The Spectator
| Vol. L No. 8 |
October 30, 2009 |
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NEWS
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| Behavior on Jitney Takes Wrong Turn |
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| Badkhen Covers Women in War-Torn Regions |
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| SA Update: College Readies for Gmail Switch |
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| NESCAC News |
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| Collegiate H1N1 Flu Update |
EDITORIAL
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
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| New Group Seeks to Increase Variety in Campus Culture |
| Musician and Entrepreneur Takes the Stage |
Face off: Moderate musings on the "Crisis of Purpose in Liberal Arts" Panel
by Allison Eck '12 &Patrick Landers '12
Opinion Editor & Opinion Writer
October 30, 2009
AE: Although I did find that I was in agreement with some of what the panelists said, I also thought they were too reliant on certain Western writers. For example, they repeatedly tossed around names like John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Benjamin Franklin and Plato. Their negligence when it came to mentioning the great works of other cultures frustrated me. In response to an audience member's question, Pierson did acknowledge that people like W.E.B DuBois and Martin Luther King, Jr. should be on the list of "Great Books," but the fact that they didn't think to cite these writers in the panel portion of the discussion clearly shows that they put white male authors on a pedestal. More...
| Letters to the Editor |
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| Students Approve of Custodians and HAVOC, Skeptical of Womyn's Center, President Stewart | |
| Hamilton on Sex, Drugs and Hunger | |
| Trustee Corner: Linda Johnson '80 |
"Hogwarts at Hamilton"
A hit among Clinton kids and students
by Emily Anderson '13Features Writer
October 30, 2009
For two nights this past weekend, Hamilton students donned their robes and wands to recreate Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Bundy Dining Hall. The show contained several different rooms in which Hamilton students acted the parts of wizards, professors and creatures from the Harry Potter series. More...
| From Where I Sit: Hamilton's International Perspective |
Text-to-Speech Technology May Soon Be Available in Computer Labs Throughout Campus
by Julia Litzky '12Science & Technology Editor
October 30, 2009
About 20 students and faculty members gathered in the Bristol Hub last Thursday for the Accessibility Software Brown Bag Lunch to discuss the technology that the Text-to-Speech committee has decided would be most effective in helping students with learning disabilities keep up with their coursework. The meeting began with an introduction by associate dean of students for diversity and accessibility, Allen Harrison, who reported that "in the three years I've been here I've seen an increase in students that we have coming to Hamilton that are in need of this service…we service in our office on average about 100 students each academic year…At least 10-15 percent probably have a need for this type of technology." Then, the ITS Text-to-Speech, Speech-to-Text Committee, which consists of four members of ITS, presented the five programs they are encouraging the school or students with a disability to acquire. More...
Golf in NESCAC Championship
by Daniel Greenberg '12Sports Editor
October 30, 2009
When the NESCAC Championship is on the line, the Hamilton golf team rises to the occasion. With their performance at the NESCAC Championship Qualifier they have now earned the privilege of playing in the NESCAC Championship for the third consecutive year. More...