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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.

Over winter break, Hamilton College’s Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program sent seven students to Baton Rouge, La., as ASB’s first ever winter break trip. The students went to help local residents recover from the disastrous flash flood this past August.

For the last week of winter break, a small group of Hamilton students set off into the Adirondack backcountry for five days of winter camping in New York’s High Peaks region.

Hamilton is known for the long winters, but for the Hamilton Club Nordic Ski team the snow is the best thing to come back to after winter break. Hamilton’s Nordic team is a member of the Mideast Conference of the United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA) and regularly competes against club teams in the New York and New England area.

The Business of Giving, a unique radio program that focuses on the world’s social problems and their possible philanthropic solutions, will air a pre-recorded interview with host Denver Frederick and President David Wippman and trustee Aron Ain this Sunday, Jan. 8, at 6 p.m.

Dan Tu ’20, a digital media intern for the College communications office, shares reflections and his top 10 photos from his first semester on campus.

College photographer Nancy Ford shares her favorite Hamilton photos from 2016.

While the Broadway musical Hamilton took the nation by storm in 2016, there was plenty happening at the “original” Hamilton too. Here’s a look back at the stories that garnered the greatest attention on the College’s news site this year, based on the number of views.

Classes are over for the semester and students spent the week of December 12 taking finals and turning in final projects. That didn't prevent them though from taking a little time to get in the holiday spirit.