On a tiny plot of land on Huguenot Street, no bigger than a coffee table, rests a small monument. Although easy to miss, it is […]
Month: February 2011
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed state budget for the coming fiscal year aims to plug the state’s $10 billion budget gap without a single […]
Poetry slams began in Chicago in the mid 1980s, becoming nationwide by 1990. Marc Smith, aka “Slam Papi” is credited with its birth. Tell this […]
Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed a bill in early February that will, this summer, ban smoking in 1,700 city parks and along 14 miles of city […]
It’s here. The big one. The night that (almost) everyone has been waiting for: Oscar night! Yes, that’s right, this Sunday night, the 2010 award […]
Protests! Protests! Protests! Protests! Protests! Protests! Wow. And here’s Joe the Plumber, milking it. Speaking of Joe the Plumber, what WOTS would be complete without some […]
The campus is buzzing with a budget debate which is sure to remain a hot topic all semester long. The budget cuts proposed by the […]
A couple dozen people gathered in the Student Union Feb. 15 to watch the second televised showdown of man vs. machine onJeopardy!. IBM’s latest technological […]
In the days of Twitter and Facebook, media consumers are becoming media producers and professional journalists are finding themselves scooped by citizen journalists. So saysJohn […]
It’s a world where you can perform magic spells, fight dragons and create potions. Mingle with humans, elves, Halflings, dwarves and Orcs, while preparing for […]
So there I am, Valentine’s Day afternoon, with a few hours to kill before I have to go to work. I decide I want to […]
It has been just four months since the 2010 midterm elections, and, just like that, the 2012 presidential season is already creeping its away upon […]
Akron/Family, a rock-psych band based out of New York, is known for its freak-out jam sessions, thumping rhythms and epic live shows, which sometimes brings […]
This winter, storms pummeled the SUNY New Paltz campus, blanketing the school grounds with a thick sheet of snow. Everything from benches to bicycles have […]
My problem with The Town isn’t that it’s directed by Ben Affleck. It has nothing to do with Rebecca Hall’s one face for every scene. Even Gossip […]
I’ve always been rather fond of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. From her brief tenure as a U.S. Congresswoman through her appointment by Gov. David Paterson to […]
I love bands that create atmospheric sound. To listen to an album and become totally transfixed by its sound can bring you to another time […]
Ethical Analysis of Information Tracking on the Internet by Jon Cappetta, Marietta Cerami, Brianna McDonald and Annie Yu. These four students from Howard Good’s fall 2010 Media […]