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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 Community Outreach & Opportunity Project (COOP) employs senior fellows each year to help make the COOP an accessible place for service and learning in the Hamilton community and greater Clinton Area.

Hamilton’s co-ed a cappella group Duelly Noted is on the road for its 7th annual winter tour. The group kicked off its tour with a performance at Downingtown West High School in Pennsylvania on Jan. 3.

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.

The end of the semester can be tough, but for the Beekeeping club it has been sweet. Before Thanksgiving, the Beekeeping club had started harvesting and extracting honey from six hives on campus which are located behind the community farm.

Hamilton’s Curling Team competed in a bonspiel (tournament) hosted by RPI on Dec. 2-4 at the Schenectady, (N.Y.) Curling Club. Twenty teams from 10 different schools, divided into five groups of four teams, took part in the bonspiel.

The Sidekicks mentoring program paired over a dozen Hamilton students with children from the Clinton Elementary School on Dec. 4 to participate in a cookie decorating party with holiday-themed crafts, snacks and games.

It’s no secret that Hamilton students tend to keep busy, balancing extracurricular activities and academic work. Many have found a good way to let off some steam is through various manners of performing. Rehearsal rooms and performance spaces around campus are filled into the wee hours of the morning as students rehearse singing, dancing and other performances. In celebration of these talented student performers, we have compiled a brief round-up of the various performance arts groups on the Hill.

Joshua Rothstein ’19 is a member of the Campus Activities Executive Board, where he acts as concerts apprentice. helping CAB’s concert coordinator with booking and running shows. Josh had the opportunity to work with CAB’s fall concert, The Mowgli’s, and provided this behind-the-scenes look at running the show.

Some 250 students and faculty/staff members celebrated Diwali on Oct. 30 at the Tolles Pavilion. Diwali is a festival of light celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, and Sikhs in late October and early November.