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Quick FactHalf of Hampden-Sydney graduates attend graduate school within five years.
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| Alex Werth Publishes Research |
Many whales filter food from water using racks of baleen plates in their mouths, but no one had ever investigated how baleen behaves. According to Alexander Werth, Venable Professor of Biology at Hampden-Sydney College, baleen had been viewed as static material; however, he discovered that baleen streams in water just like long hair and fringes from adjacent baleen plates tangle to form the perfect net for trapping food at natural whale swimming speeds.
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| 2013 Merit Badge Weekend |
The 2nd Annual Hampden-Sydney Merit Badge Weekend was held on February 22-23. Nearly 250 Boy Scouts and over 60 adult leaders attended. This is up from just under 200 Scouts last year. Each Scout attendee was able to earn two merit badges from 17 offered. The highlight of the weekend was a presentation on Friday evening by Wayne Brock, Chief Executive of the Boy Scouts of America, who while on campus, attended a reception hosted by President and Mrs. Howard at Middlecourt to meet the Eagle Scouts currently enrolled at Hampden-Sydney. Hampden-Sydney enrolls more Eagle Scouts per capita than any other institution of higher education.
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| Swim Season Review |
Matthew A. Jones '14
The Hampden-Sydney Men's Swim Team concluded their first full season with wins in Greensboro against Greensboro College and Randolph-Macon College. The Men's Invitational meet was hosted at the Greensboro Athletic Center by the ODAC in conjunction with the ODAC Women's Swimming Championship.
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| Faculty News |
Dr. Elizabeth Deis, Dr. Christopher Howard, Dr. James Simms, and Dr. David Marion have recently contributed to consideration of such diverse topics as men's studies, leadership, Islamic terrorism, and Constitutional principals.
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| Bill Shear Awarded NSF Grant |
Dr. William Shear of the Hampden-Sydney College Biology Department and his research group's proposal to the National Science Foundation of the United States has been funded in the amount of $585,000. The proposal involves team members at Auburn University, the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago), VMI, VPI, and international collaborators from Denmark, South Africa, Mexico and other countries around the world.
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| Dr. Paul Canter |
Trey Price '13
On February 20, I attended a lecture by Dr. Paul Cantor, Clifton Waller Barrett Professor at the University of Virginia, who spoke on Shakespeare, a common topic for many literature scholars. However, what was unique about Dr. Cantor's talk was his focus on Shakespeare as a writer of the globe. Rather than addressing the topics of the playwright's famous works, he strove to universalize him, to shape our view of Shakespeare as a political mover, applicable in societal constructs as far reaching as Japanese feudalism.
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| 150 Men Accept Bids |
Beck Stanley '13
The Inter-Fraternity Council is pleased to announce that over 150 men accepted bids this year to become a part of a College tradition that dates back to 1849. This year's class of Greek candidates is one of the most diverse and academically-driven the College has seen in its history. Since their beginnings in the 19th-century, fraternities on campus have created a social, academic, professional, and philanthropic backbone of student life cherished by students and parents alike.
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| H-S Places 1st in Ethics Bowl |
The Hampden-Sydney team won the championship and the Batten Trophy this year in a final debate against the team from Washington and Lee University. Members of the winning team from Hampden-Sydney were: Christopher Deen, senior, Philosophy and Government/Foreign Affairs major; Baker Allen, junior, Economics major; Ryan Rivas, sophomore, Biology and Philosophy major; and Will Brantley, freshman, History and English major. The faculty coordinators for Hampden-Sydney are Dr. Marc A. Hight and Dr. James D. Janowski.
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