The Spectator

Publishing the truth, from good motives and for justifiable ends since 1866, The Spectator is Hamilton College's independent, student-run newspaper.

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The Spectator website has a new home! You can check out our latest and past stories at https://t.co/HwdyE8iKdK or through the link in our bio. Happy reading!

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✍️ Carlisle West ’25, Staff Writer
📸 Netflix

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A&E | At first glance, no one would label Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) as a murderer. A mere 13-year-old with rosy cheeks and a coy smile, he doesn’t radiate the persona of someone who would brutally or mercilessly end someone’s life. Yet, in "Adolescence", he does.

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✍️ Andrew Brennan ’25, Sports Editor
📸 Josh McKee

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SPORTS | Andrew Brennan ’25 provides the weekly wrap-up for Hamilton’s Spring sports teams, such as a last-minute win for Men’s Lacrosse over Trinity College, a dominant win for Men’s Tennis over Bates College, and a Senior Day win for Women’s Tennis over Bates.

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✍️ Alex Wagner ’27, Sports Contributor
📸 Washington Post

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SPORTS | Bracket busted? Once again, the quest for the first (verified) perfect bracket remains. In previous years, winners and losers were unpredictable. However, this year’s tournament only had four upsets, with all No. 1 seeds making the Final Four.

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✍️ Sarafina Madden ’26, Features Editor
📸 The Fulcrum

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FEATURES | On Thursday, April 3, Hamilton alumna and former United States Agency for International Development (USAID) employee Sarah Pfund ’14 Zoomed in from Ukraine to speak to students about pursuing a career in foreign relations.

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✍️ Henry Meisner ’26, News Co-Editor
📸 Hamilton College

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NEWS | Designer and artist Bruce Mau, the co-founder and CEO of Massive Change Network (MCN), and Oneida Nation representative and Turning Stone Enterprises CEO Ray Halbritter have been announced as the Commencement and Baccalaureate speakers at Hamilton College this year.

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✍️ Erin Delaney ’26, News Co-Editor
📸 Adam J. Brockway

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NEWS | On Thursday, April 3, former President Barack Obama participated in a moderated conversation with Hamilton College President Steven Tepper at the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House as part of the Sacerdote Great Names Series. A crowd of 5,200 individuals attended the event.

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✍️ Andrew Brennan ’25, Sports Editor
📸 Hamilton Curling Club

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SPORTS | The Hamilton Curling Club will compete in the 2025 USA Curling College Championships in Midland, Michigan from March 6 through March 9. Members Connor Whynott ’25, Charlie Haberstock ’25, Nate Cohen ’25 and Jonathan Nemetz ’25 will make their first appearance since 2023.

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✍️ Nicole Greenberg ’25, Editor-in-Chief
📸 Flickr

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NEWS | The criminal trial proceedings involving Hamilton student Adyn Brenden will advance to the Oneida County Court. The student’s attorney Robert Schecter confirmed the update with Justice Jay G. Williams III ’83, Assistant D.A. Joseph Tricario and The Spectator on Feb. 25.

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✍️ Sylvia Woodbury ’27, Staff Writer
📸 Wikipedia

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A&E | In her new book, "Humans: A Monstrous History", the award-winning “historian of art, science, and ideas” Surekha Davies presents monsterization: the categorization, rejection, abuse and exploitation across the centuries of those considered “abnormal."

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✍️ Nicole Greenberg ’25 & Anoushka Aswin ’25, Co-Editor-in-Chiefs
📸 Stephanie Hedges ’96

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FEATURES | Hamilton students experienced their first Pub Night on Feb. 18, 1994, though The Little Pub would not be built until two years later. Instead, students gathered in the Bristol Center Hub for loud music and 75 cent draft beer.