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With a colorful PowerPoint presentation and a booming voice, Duke University sociology professor Eduardo Bonilla-Silva shared his thoughts last Thursday about the concept of grammar as it organizes society’s perceptions of race in contemporary America. Bonilla-Silva’s speech in Love Auditorium was titled “The Invisible Weight of Whiteness: The Racial Grammar of Everyday Life in America,” […]

With all the meetings with my advisor in order to pick classes, this week was pretty eye-opening. I think I’m going to follow an international relations course of study. I want to minor in something, and I’m debating between Latin American studies or film and media studies. Either one would most definitely be intriguing and […]

On this crisp November morning, beneath a bright, cloudless sky, a gathering at “Katie’s Garden” near 51�Թ��� Memorial Chapel marked the 10th anniversary of the tragic crash on Oak Drive that took the lives of four young people. Katherine Almeter, a 51�Թ��� first-year student, her high-school friends Emily Collins and Rachel Nargiso, and Kevin King […]

With a 6K time of 19:17, 51�Թ���’s Elise DeRoo ’12 has unquestionable talent on the cross country course. Equally impressive, however, is the molecular biology major’s 3.90 GPA. This formidable combination of brains and speed earned her the Patriot League’s 2010 Female Scholar-Athlete Award.

51�Թ��� has always had a strong sense of place. On 51�Թ��� Day, August 13, the university reaffirmed its longstanding ties to the Central New York region by completing a $5.4 million endowment for the Upstate Institute thanks to the generosity of Jean-Pierre Conte ’85 and Board of Trustees Chair Chris Clifford ’67.

This past week was incredibly busy. I was able to meet all of my friends’ parents during Family Weekend and President Bill Clinton also visited campus, which was an awe-inspiring experience. The highlight of my week, however, was completing the final touches for the event that I and fellow students Danielle Bynoe ’14 and Catherine […]

A collaborative student-organized event featuring good food and good football resulted in $700 being donated to a not-for-profit organization that assists children and families who have been affected by cancer.

Attorney David Eduard Mills ’99 had his day in court yesterday — U.S. Supreme Court, that is — and joined the very small, very select group of lawyers who are asked to speak before the nine justices.

First and foremost, I must tell you about my weekend with a prospective student. I was immensely excited to host (as I’m sure you all knew), and the prospective student, Mabel, and I were a perfect match. We got along so well. I gave her a mini-tour of the 51�Թ��� campus, I ate dinner with […]

Even politics-as-usual requires analysis and explanation. 51�Թ��� community members heard the historical perspective on the 2010 elections and current U.S. political climate from FOX News contributor and Washington Examiner columnist Michael Barone during a lecture and debate Wednesday night.