Buddhist Leader Edifies Campus on Happiness
The power of happiness was clear on the faces of 4,900 students, faculty, parents, and community members as they packed Sanford Field House on Tuesday for an address by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama as part of a two-day visit to the University. Audience members were treated to an hour-long lesson on achieving and maintaining happiness in everyday life from the leader of Tibetan Buddhism and 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner as he concluded a series of lectures in the United States.
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Holocaust Survivor Speaks to Students
Last Wednesday, April 16, Holocaust survivor Helen Sperling came to Colgate to speak with students about her experiences in Nazi Germany and World War II. She wore a t-shirt that read "Colgate" in Hebrew, which was given to her thirty years ago, the first time she visited campus to discuss the things she endured.