The Seneca Scene

This week The Seneca Scene welcomes POAP Coordinators Anna Moreau ’20 and Zane Piedmonte-Lang ’21 to talk about this year’s trips. Join us to learn more about the POAP application process, how to pack and prepare for your trip as well as Anna’s and Zane’s tips and tricks to make the most of your expedition before Orientation. The Pre-Orientation Adventure program is a unique part of the HWS Orientation experience and includes trips all around the Finger Lakes and Geneva. For more information on POAP, please visit: https://www.hws.edu/studentlife/orientation/poap.aspx

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The Seneca Scene is the podcast for the Herald and is recorded each week on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

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The Seneca Scene is off this week, so instead we’re airing an episode from our first season, way back in October, that we think encapsulates our mission of finding great people and stories at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. For this episode we welcomed  Sarah Walters ’19, a major in Genocide, Human Rights, and Peace Action, for a discussion on taking action and how to remain committed and involved through both campus and global life. In our chat, we learn more about Sarah’s work with PLEN along with the Genocide and Human Rights Symposium and how they relate to the arc of work she has embarked on at HWS. You can also visit the HWS page for more information. This episode originally aired in October 2018.

Listen to the full episode below and be sure to subscribe to The Seneca Scene on iTunes!

The Seneca Scene is the podcast for the Herald and is recorded each week on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

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Join the Herald and Seneca Scene as they trace one of the most altering times in America and its effect on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Beginning in 1968 and continuing until 1972, Tommy Tongyai went to campuses all across upstate New York, riling up students and inciting violence. It wasn’t until he arrived on the HWS campus that the violence really started. Tongyai, better known as Tommy the Traveler, came during a time of Vietnam War protests and the counter-culture movement. It was a critical culture moment, one that would forever change Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Episode 10: The End concludes our miniseries on Tommy the Traveler and campus unrest in the late-1960s and early-1970s by exploring the ramifications of these actions on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. We will hear final thoughts from many of our guests as our team signs off on this incredible true story. The episode concludes our 10-part, five-and-a-half-hour, miniseries on Tommy the Traveler.

Listen to the tenth and final episode below and be sure to subscribe to The Seneca Scene on iTunes and on Spotify to stay updated on the Tommy the Traveler miniseries.

The Seneca Scene is the podcast for the Herald and is recorded each week on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

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Join the Herald and Seneca Scene as they trace one of the most altering times in America and its effect on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Beginning in 1968 and continuing until 1972, Tommy Tongyai went to campuses all across upstate New York, riling up students and inciting violence. It wasn’t until he arrived on the HWS campus that the violence really started. Tongyai, better known as Tommy the Traveler, came during a time of Vietnam War protests and the counter-culture movement. It was a critical culture moment, one that would forever change Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Episode 9: The Trial chronicles the two-year trial following the drug raid at Superdorm. We talk to one of the defendants to learn what it was like to be tried and later jailed for ten days; we chat with Professors about testifying at a trial where HWS was the first institution to be indicted on charges following the actions of its students; and we talk to students who were called to testify for their friends during this crazy period. One of the final acts during this era of campus unrest, it is also where Tommy finally testifies about his actions. Join us for the penultimate episode of the series…

Listen to the ninth episode below and be sure to subscribe to The Seneca Scene on iTunes and on Spotify to stay updated on the Tommy the Traveler miniseries.

The Seneca Scene is the podcast for the Herald and is recorded each week on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

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Join the Herald and Seneca Scene as they trace one of the most altering times in America and its effect on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Beginning in 1968 and continuing until 1972, Tommy Tongyai went to campuses all across upstate New York, riling up students and inciting violence. It wasn’t until he arrived on the HWS campus that the violence really started. Tongyai, better known as Tommy the Traveler, came during a time of Vietnam War protests and the counter-culture movement. It was a critical culture moment, one that would forever change Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Episode 8: Tommy’s Aftermath examines the relationship between the Colleges and Geneva following the Raid at Superdorm. As Tommy begins to disappear from public view, news organization pick up the story on a national scale. At the same time, in Geneva, things are changing between the town and gown as they begin a two-year trial of the students arrested during the drug raid. Join us as we begin to wind down the story of Tommy the Traveler at HWS and examine what his presence meant moving forward.

Listen to the eighth episode below and be sure to subscribe to The Seneca Scene on iTunes and on Spotify to stay updated on the Tommy the Traveler miniseries.

The Seneca Scene is the podcast for the Herald and is recorded each week on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

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Join the Herald and Seneca Scene as they trace one of the most altering times in America and its effect on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Beginning in 1968 and continuing until 1972, Tommy Tongyai went to campuses all across upstate New York, riling up students and inciting violence. It wasn’t until he arrived on the HWS campus that the violence really started. Tongyai, better known as Tommy the Traveler, came during a time of Vietnam War protests and the counter-culture movement. It was a critical culture moment, one that would forever change Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Episode 7: The Raid at Superdorm (Part 3) finishes the story of the police drug raid led by Tommy the Traveler during exam week. This was the turning point in Tommy’s time on campus and is when students discovered that he was an undercover police officer. His identity is what led to a mass of students gathering outside and riot police assembling. This is Part 3 in a 3-part series all being released concurrently.

Listen to the seventh episode below and be sure to subscribe to The Seneca Scene on iTunes and on Spotify to stay updated on the Tommy the Traveler miniseries.

The Seneca Scene is the podcast for the Herald and is recorded each week on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

The post Tommy the Traveler 7: The Raid at Superdorm (Part 3) appeared first on The Herald.

Join the Herald and Seneca Scene as they trace one of the most altering times in America and its effect on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Beginning in 1968 and continuing until 1972, Tommy Tongyai went to campuses all across upstate New York, riling up students and inciting violence. It wasn’t until he arrived on the HWS campus that the violence really started. Tongyai, better known as Tommy the Traveler, came during a time of Vietnam War protests and the counter-culture movement. It was a critical culture moment, one that would forever change Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Episode 6: The Raid at Superdorm (Part 2) picks up right where we left off chronicling the police drug raid led by Tommy the Traveler during exam week. This was the turning point in Tommy’s time on campus and is when students discovered that he was an undercover police officer. His identity is what led to a mass of students gathering outside and riot police assembling. This is Part 2 in a 3-part series all being released concurrently.

Listen to the sixth episode below and be sure to subscribe to The Seneca Scene on iTunes and on Spotify to stay updated on the Tommy the Traveler miniseries.

The Seneca Scene is the podcast for the Herald and is recorded each week on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

The post Tommy the Traveler 6: The Raid at Superdorm (Part 2) appeared first on The Herald.

Join the Herald and Seneca Scene as they trace one of the most altering times in America and its effect on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Beginning in 1968 and continuing until 1972, Tommy Tongyai went to campuses all across upstate New York, riling up students and inciting violence. It wasn’t until he arrived on the HWS campus that the violence really started. Tongyai, better known as Tommy the Traveler, came during a time of Vietnam War protests and the counter-culture movement. It was a critical culture moment, one that would forever change Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Episode 5: The Raid at Superdorm (Part 1) chronicles the police drug raid led by Tommy the Traveler during exam week. This was the turning point in Tommy’s time on campus and is when students discovered that he was an undercover police officer. His identity is what led to a mass of students gathering outside and riot police assembling. This is Part 1 in a 3-part series all being released concurrently.

Listen to the fifth episode below and be sure to subscribe to The Seneca Scene on iTunes and on Spotify to stay updated on the Tommy the Traveler miniseries.

The Seneca Scene is the podcast for the Herald and is recorded each week on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

The post Tommy the Traveler 5: The Raid at Superdorm (Part 1) appeared first on The Herald.

Join the Herald and Seneca Scene as they trace one of the most altering times in America and its effect on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Beginning in 1968 and continuing until 1972, Tommy Tongyai went to campuses all across upstate New York, riling up students and inciting violence. It wasn’t until he arrived on the HWS campus that the violence really started. Tongyai, better known as Tommy the Traveler, came during a time of Vietnam War protests and the counter-culture movement. It was a critical culture moment, one that would forever change Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Episode 4: The Night that Sherrill Burned chronicles the fabled fire-bombing of the ROTC office in the basement of Sherrill Hall. This act was encouraged by Tommy the Traveler and was his first violent act on campus, which he recruited first-year students to carry out. It was also the first instance in which things began to get out of hand. The firebombing is the most well-known of Tommy’s acts today, but it was only the precursor to the drug aid of Superdorm five weeks later…

Listen to the first episode below and be sure to subscribe to The Seneca Scene on iTunes and on Spotify to stay updated on the Tommy the Traveler miniseries.

The Seneca Scene is the podcast for the Herald and is recorded each week on the campus of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

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