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Online Piracy Trial Could Mean Change for New Paltz Students
By James Leggate at April 30, 2009 | 4:50 pm | 1 Comments
In the midst of two important file-sharing trials, students at SUNY New Paltz are still losing their internet access for illegally sharing files on campus. Steven Pomoryn, a third-year business major, lost his internet access for two days after he accidentally left BearShare, his peer-to-peer program on, and uploaded “The Dark Knight” to other users more...
December Graduation Discontinued
By Regina Rivers at April 30, 2009 | 12:13 pm | 0 Comment
Students at SUNY New Paltz scheduled to finish their degrees in December 2009 will not have the option of commencement at the end of the year. According to Director of Media Relations Eric Gullickson, the college has been faced with multiple cuts in its base operating budget and financial action had to be taken so as to not affect personnel or students' more...
Paterson’s Cuts Force Widespread Cutbacks at SUNY New Paltz
By Kristen Henry at April 19, 2009 | 9:17 pm | 1 Comments
Although various groups on campus put up a fight against the state's recent budget adjustments, they ultimately failed. Because of recent cuts, SUNY New Paltz was forced to cut roughly $6 million, causing the administration to eliminate the nursing program, suspend admissions for 10 graduate degree programs and to lose 70 people from the staff. The more...
Bright Future for On-Campus Housing
By Mitchell Epstein at April 16, 2009 | 6:44 pm | 1 Comments
The limited availability of housing on the New Paltz campus has left students with two options: live on campus for four years or move off campus. Transfer students do not even currently have the option of living on campus because there is simply no room for them. Plans for new housing on campus may alleviate these problems though. The college intends to build a more...
Parking Proves to be a Problem, Residents Resist Mayor’s Revision
By Marcy Velte at March 21, 2009 | 5:21 pm | 0 Comment
Looking to the left and right of North Oakwood Terrace, the street is lined bumper-to-bumper with parked cars. A 2000 Ford Taurus is parked behind a 2008 BMW and the only time a gap is seen in the rows is for the red of a fire hydrant or the entrance to a driveway. A purple 1999 Hyundai Accent circles the block for the fourth time, searching for a spot or hoping more...
Trying to Close the Curtain on Iraq
By John Purcell at March 20, 2009 | 5:09 pm | 0 Comment
When two planes crashed into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, America was forever changed. America invaded Iraq and the president soon declared "Mission Accomplished." But over five years later our troops are still there and the mission remains unfinished. No weapons of mass destruction were found, but many lives have been more...
Regulating Gun Control
By Erica Ellis at March 19, 2009 | 8:00 pm | 1 Comments
In August 2008, the Harold Independent School District in northern Texas announced that it was considering allowing certain teachers to carry concealed weapons during school hours. The small school with a little more than 100 students said it was to prevent violence, although they have never had an incident. The teachers carrying guns would be licensed and trained to more...
Uninsured Residents Hopeful For Obama’s Change
By Alyssa Jung at March 16, 2009 | 7:59 pm | 1 Comments
Lisa Phillips is a freelance writer for the New York Times, Boston Globe and several other media outlets. She has a four-year-old daughter; her husband is an artist and a museum consultant who works for contractors at various museums across the country. He also runs his own Web design business. Neither receives health benefits from their job, so Phillips had to turn more...
