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Presidents' Club spins new record at annual auction
Music was playing at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City during the third annual Presidents' Club Auction and Reception on May 9, but you never would have known.

Colgate convenes political brain trust
Former presidential candidate Walter Mondale said, "Modern politics today requires a mastery of television." On April 8, while the rest of America was flipping channels in search of the latest 2008 presidential campaign news, a capacity crowd of more than 200 alumni and friends gathered at the Paley Center for Media in New York City to gain election insights first-hand from a panel of Colgate's modern political experts.

Colgate 13 establishes Griffith memorial fund
The Colgate 13 has been singing the praises of Dean William Griffith '33 for decades. With his passing on November 19 at the age of 95, Colgate 13 alumni -- or "Crusties," as they are called -- wanted to do more. They decided to express their love for "Griff" and his mentorship with an endowed memorial scholarship that could benefit future members of the a cappella group.