Dupree launches sex club on the Hill

The Sex Club had its first meeting last Friday, Dec. 2. Club leader Eli Dupree ’13 said he formed the club to foster open conversations about sex and sexuality on campus.

Williams responds to racism

At 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12, a student at Williams College reported an act of hate speech and vandalism to the Williams Campus Safety and Security (CSS).

Speaking out against assault

Students and faculty filled Page Commons on Tuesday, Nov. 15, to participate in an open community forum to discuss sexual assault on campus.

Foer to lecture on faith and literature

On Wednesday, Nov. 16, author Jonathan Safran Foer, this year’s Lipman lecturer, will deliver his speech, “When Jews laugh at things that aren’t funny,” in which Foer will discuss “faith, its role in his life and its impact on his literary career,” according to the Henry Walker Agency’s speaker listings.

Seven Wall Sculpture Vandalized

The phrases “Why” and “Is this art?” were spray-painted on the College Museum of Art’s Sol LeWitt sculpture, “Seven Walls” on Monday, Nov. 7.

LePage visits Hill to speak about important issues

Governor Paul LePage came to campus on Nov. 3 for Goldfarb event entitled "A Conversation with the Governor of Maine."

Student volunteers pitch in downtown

Volunteers at the Shelter agreed that their experiences have been eye-opening and incredibly rewarding.

The many roles of the Shelter

The Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter (MMHS), located on Ticonic Street in downtown Waterville, is more than just a bed for the night.

One year anniversary of PechaKucha

Presenters at Volume Five spoke on topics ranging from printmaking to portrait photography, from Rubik’s Cubes to river damming.

EnviroCo to take on iBike program

In recent years, those without bikes on campus were able to take advantage of iBike, a student-initiated program that began in the fall of 2008.

NPR’s Nelson to earn Lovejoy

This year, the College will present the Elijah Parish Lovejoy award for courageous journalism to National Public Radio (NPR) journalist Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson.

First-year plays many roles

First-year Kyle Rogacion made his memorable theater debut at the College as Jimmy Harper, the lead in this year’s Powder and Wig one-week musical Reefer Madness. With his priceless facial expressions and inexhaustible energy both on and off stage, Rogacion has the unique ability to make people laugh until they cry.

PPD addresses stinging insects

Toward the end of this summer, students received several official notices concerning the presence of stinging insects in various locations on campus.

Photographer captures “Detroit Disassembled”

His photos capture the depression of the city, which was once prosperous and well-populated. But they also highlight a formal beauty to be found amidst the ruins.

Photo exhibit reimagines modernity in 1930s

The 1930s in America was a time of vast socio-economic change, a phenomenon which photographers of the time strove to capture. The Colby Museum of Art exhibit “American Modern” weaves together the images of Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans and Margaret Bourke-White and emphasizes their documentary styles during this time period.

Mitchell on career, civil rights

Lauren Fiorelli talks to Lovejoy Visiting Journalist Jerry Mitchell about his work investigating civil rights cold cases for the Mississippi paper _The Clarion-Ledger_.

Campus jobs: passion versus pay

With hundreds of paid job positions existing on campus, it’s not difficult to find work on the Hill. 

Cuchulain comes full circle

This semester, Richard Sewell, a retired theater and dance professor, returned to the College as a guest director to put on W.B. Yeats’ “Cuchulain” play cycle. The task was an ambitious one, as the plays cover a wide range of moods and settings and are rarely performed all together, not to mention the challenge of the heavy poetic text.

Getting to know Visiting Journalist Scott Shane

Lauren Fiorelli interviews Lovejoy Visiting Journalist Scott Shane, who reports for the New York Times' Washington Bureau. 

Deans explain reading period scare

The Student Government Association (SGA) sent students survey via email on Friday, March 4, asking them to voice their opinions on potential changes to the exam period for the 2011-2012 academic year that were being discussed by the administration. 

Exploring paths of study: First-years must wait to declare academic majors

The Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) has presented and passed a motion this year preventing students from declaring a major until the beginning of their sophomore year. 

Photos let image speak for itself

“Displaced Persons” is a series of candid portraits of World War II refugees arriving in the United States at the New York Harbor in 1947 and 1948. Kalischer gets close to his subjects. They let him. He had made that same journey six years earlier in 1942, when he was rescued from an internment camp in France by the American-funded Emergency Rescue Committee.

STS students invited to conference

What makes up the air we breathe? How do chemicals we put into the atmosphere alter its chemistry? These are the over-arching questions that will be discussed at this year’s Gordon Cain Conference in March convened by Director and Professor of Science, Technology and Society (STS) James Fleming. 

Nearby trails provide running paths

Kennebec Messalonskee Trails (KMTrails) is an organization that maintains a number of trails that are easily accessible from campus and perfect for walking, running, and biking.

Russell to speak at upcoming local foods conference

Michelle Russell '11 has been invited to join representatives from Sodexo to speak at a Community Food Security Coalition Conference in New Orleans on the issues of food security and social justice.

Online survey pilot under way

Last spring, the College switched from paper to electronic course evaluations as part of a one-year pilot program. As the trial period continues, the Faculty Course Evaluation Committee is charged with assessing the success of the online form.

Green Challenge

For the third year in a row, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Green Power Challenge recognized the College as the largest single purchaser of green power in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)

Low Response Rate on Class Surveys

After spring break, the College solicited juniors and seniors to complete respective class surveys in which they answer questions about their experience on the Hill. "In recent years we've struggled to get to a 50 percent response rate," William Wilson said in an e-mail.

Students pitch in to rebuild the Big Easy

Photographer Mark Steinmetz

The Present & Future of Eating Local

Surrounded by the fast food mottos of convenience and instant gratification, you are generally not inclined to ask the question of where your food is coming from.

Photo program grows with Green

Dean serves as mentor for students

Revitalizing Black History Month