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Competition was heated in the Field House on Feb. 11 and it wasn’t a NESCAC athletic contest. The Inter-Society Council (ISC) hosted a philanthropy event "Charity FUN(d) Fest,” that raised $4,000 for Planned Parenthood, Be The Match, No One Left Behind, and the Midtown Utica Community Center.

Hamilton was well-represented at a Refugee Solidarity Rally in Utica on Feb. 10. The rally was organized as a way to stand in solidarity with the refugee population in Utica, and with those around the world affected by recent national events.

Hamilton’s proximity to the Adirondacks enabled Professor Ernest Williams to hold an on-site lesson for students in Environmental Studies 220, Forever Wild: The Cultural and Natural Histories of the Adirondack Park on Feb. 4.

Twenty-six students from Hamilton, Grinnell, Scripps, Williams, Bryn Mawr, Reed and Amherst College recently visited the Spanish Region of Andalusia as part of the HCAYS orientation trip to start the semester.

Hamilton’s men’s and women’s basketball teams as well as hockey and squash are getting great fan support for their home contests this semester.

Some 40 students, faculty and administrators gathered in the Fillius Events Barn on Jan. 28 for a new event, Teach the Teacher, to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Phyllis Breland, Director of Opportunity Programs and Interim Director of Diversity and Inclusion, said the purpose of the event was “to bring to the forefront some of the other messages and passions of MLK…. (his) support of creativity, taking care of one another, and youth working with elders so that both can contribute to a better future.”

Matt Zeller ’04 published an op-ed on President Trump’s executive order and immigration ban in the Washington Post on Jan. 28. In “Trump shuts the door on men and women who have sacrificed for America,” Zeller wrote that the order “shut the door on thousands of foreign interpreters, our wartime allies, who have served alongside our military since 2001.

The Men's Hockey Date Auction sponsored by the Social Traditions Committee on Jan. 25 was another huge success, raising $702 for the Young Civic Leaders Scholarship. Started last year by The Hamilton College Philanthropy Committee, the scholarship is given to a local high school senior who has demonstrated commitment to community service and is continuing his/her education at a higher level.

Nearly 50 Hamilton students met their match on Jan. 22 when they participated in the Career Center’s Communicate 301. The event, formerly known as Interview Mojo, pairs a student with an alumna/us, member of the business community or Hamilton staff member for a one-on-one mock job interview. This was the seventh year for the event.

Hamilton’s Theatre Department students and faculty joined with theaters across the country to take part in the Ghostlight Project on Jan. 19, gathering at 5:30 p.m. outside Romano Theater in the Kennedy Arts Center.