On Nov. 4 voters voiced their approval of the Smart Schools Bond Act, authorizing the state to borrow $2 billion for technology upgrades and expand kindergarten classroom space in schools. According to unofficial results from the New York State Board of Elections, the ballot proposition passed with 1,807,379 votes in […]
Month: November 2014
By Jonathan Perry SUNY New Paltz Ultimate Frisbee Team from SUNY New Paltz on Vimeo. Two captains from their respective teams talk about a sport they believe is overlooked and the experiences they’ve had playing it. That sport is Ultimate Frisbee, or sometimes just Ultimate. It is believed by its […]
Journalism 1 students representing The Little Rebellion asked SUNY New Paltz students some seemingly simple questions: who is the president of the college? What explorer sailed down the Hudson River? What do the 13 stripes on the American flag represent? See what our “man on the street” discovered. Video by Patrick […]
“It’s all about making money, but you have to love what you do,” said Mickey Jamal as 300 eager business students listened intently while many frantically jotted down notes. Oct. 27 marked the first ever “Business Leaders of the 21st Century” lecture and Q&A held on campus. Students flocked to […]
By Kate Bunster [View the story “Jon Novick’s Road to Success” on Storify]
TLR Highlights from SUNY New Paltz on Vimeo.
Author and multimedia journalist Alissa Quart will join the SUNY New Paltz faculty in spring 2015 as this year’s James H. Ottaway Sr. Visiting Professor of Journalism. She will teach an upper-level journalism seminar, “Narrative Nonfiction in the Digital Age.” Quart is currently the co-editor of Economic Hardship Reporting Project, a non-profit […]
College students are faced with different choices everyday and when it comes to housing, it’s no different. The pros and cons of staying on campus versus moving elsewhere can create a dilemma for many students. Staying on campus has its benefits: access to food, fully furnished rooms, electricity and Wi-Fi, […]
Moving out of their eight-people-to-a-room “Quonset hut” known as Women’s Hall and into a nicer Victorian house used as the Women’s Hall Annex in 1952 meant many interesting nights for Norma Holzer, SUNY New Paltz class of ‘54. She shared a room with two other students– one from Norway […]
Ayaka Yamaguchi fumbles with her yukata—a casual kimono—as she tries to put it on. She is 5 feet 3 inches tall and petite despite the way the cloth of the kimono billows out. She pulls the right side over the left, pauses, then the left over the right. She tilts […]
SUNY New Paltz students speak about Thanksgiving plans and their views on Black Friday.
As a young teenager, Britney Digilio had no idea how therapeutic and relaxing growing up with animals proved to be. She had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder. Her parents ran an animal shelter, so she was always surrounded by dogs, cats and horses but it was […]
New Yorkers passed Ballot Proposal One on Nov. 4, altering the way legislative districts will be redrawn after the 2020 census. A decision that has the state’s political players either praising it as a death sentence for partisan gerrymandering or vowing to push for new reforms in a system they […]
On Nov. 4 voters voiced their approval of the Smart Schools Bond Act, authorizing the state to borrow $2 billion for technology upgrades and expand kindergarten classroom space in schools. According to unofficial results from the New York State Board of Elections, the ballot proposition passed with 1,807,379 votes in […]
The Little Rebellion’s 2014 midterm election coverage including races in the home-districts of TLR writers and contributions from The Legislative Gazette Cuomo Defends His Place as Governor. Odd Race, Predictable Ending for District 52. Avella Remains 11th District Senator. Former Navy Reservist Clinches Senate Seat in 3rd District. Cahill […]
Sean Maloney claimed victory against opponent Nan Hayworth on Nov. 4 in the election for Congressional District 18, but Hayworth said it’s “too close to call.” With 84,415 votes, incumbent congressman Maloney gained support of 50 percent of the voters as Hayworth trailed behind with 81,625 votes, or a 48 percent following, […]
By: Emily DeFranco Rep. Paul Tonko will enter his fourth term as representative of New York’s 20th Congressional District defeating Jim Fischer in the 2014 midterm election. Tonko, D-Amsterdam, received 118,993 votes winning him 61 percent of the district’s votes while Fischer received 75,491 votes, putting him at 39 percent, […]
Longtime incumbent Senator William Larkin of the 39th District (covering eastern Orange County and the towns of Marlborough and Plattekill in southern Ulster) comfortably won his Hudson Valley seat. Larkin was challenged by Democrat Councilwoman Gay Lee of Newburgh. Larkin received 25,745 more votes than Lee. This gave Larkin 64 […]
