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Barrett Seaman
Overview
Barrett Seaman (born 1943) is an American journalist and author who served as a senior editor and correspondent at Time magazine and is best known in the Hamilton College context for his book Binge: What Your College Student Won’t Tell You (2005), which documented the drinking culture at Hamilton College through a year of immersive reporting. Seaman is a Hamilton alumnus and the book drew significant Spectator coverage. He appears in an estimated 190+ files across the ingested Hamilton corpus.
Relevance to Research
Seaman’s Binge (2005) is one of the most direct external examinations of Hamilton’s campus culture in the corpus period. The book’s investigation of alcohol culture, sexual assault, and student life at a small liberal arts college (set explicitly at Hamilton) generated substantial campus discussion and Spectator coverage in 2005–2006. The book’s findings also intersected with the college’s evolving policies on alcohol and Greek life under President Joan Hinde Stewart.
Notes
Role: Hamilton College alumnus; Time magazine journalist; author Key events: - Born 1943 - Graduated from Hamilton College (exact class year not confirmed from corpus) - Served as a senior editor and foreign correspondent at Time magazine; covered Vietnam War, presidential campaigns, and international affairs - Authored Binge: What Your College Student Won’t Tell You (2005): spent an academic year embedded at Hamilton College observing and documenting student drinking culture, social life, and institutional responses; became a widely cited book in national discussions of college drinking - Binge generated extensive Hamilton Spectator coverage and campus debate; President Joan Hinde Stewart and Dean Nancy Thompson both responded publicly to its findings - Authored Rockin’ in Time and other works - Maintains ties to Hamilton College; has returned for campus events
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- Campus Life and Culture
- Private Societies and Residential Life Reform (1988–1995)
- Student Government and Campus Organizations