By Jonathan Forrester This year’s abnormally long and brutal cold season may have disturbed more than just collegiate final exam schedules. In the past three years there has been a dramatic change in length and temperature of the winter for the Northeastern region of the United States. This change is […]
Month: April 2015
By Kayleigh Verney Mackenzie Quick likes to unwind and watch television after long days of work and school. But when sitting down to watch an episode of “Sons of Anarchy” one night turned into finishing the whole season the next night, she began missing due dates for assignments and showing […]
By Kaycia Sailsman On Saturdays, classrooms in the Fine Arts Building at SUNY New Paltz are filled with children from kindergarten through high school in and around the New Paltz area. Students from all different grade levels are getting hands on experience working on 3D projects, sculpting, piano, photography, and […]
By Karl Evers-Hillstrom Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors took the NBA by storm this year with the best record in the NBA at 67-15. Curry was the best player in the NBA, leading the Warriors with unmatched levels of efficiency and focus. Many pundits and fans will argue […]
By Lisa Di Venuta Suzanne Giller Federman was born in France in 1941, right as World War II was beginning to turn her family’s life upside down. She joked to the audience, “I always asked my mother why she thought that was a good idea.” Federman and her husband Henri […]
By Mae Bonnaci NEW PALTZ — The message of life was translated to SUNY New Paltz students through the voice of a Holocaust survivor Wednesday afternoon, April 15. Elemir Frid, who speaks fluent Russian but doesn’t know English, didn’t speak about his experience in the Holocaust until he moved to […]
By Jess Napp On a typical afternoon, the walk to Van Den Berg Hall is a simple stroll down the stairs adjacent to Old Main and the Jacobson Faculty Tower. However, on a recent Tuesday, political science major Megan Carbia was on her way to class at the distant building […]
By Amanda Copkov SUNY New Paltz is getting the best of both worlds — athletics and science — as the baseball team works together with the engineering department to enhance their performance. When Kevin Shanley, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, approached Head Coach Matthew Righter, who is in his second […]
By Jillian Nadiak Twenty-two year old Raine Grayson is a young playwright from New Paltz who uses his work to spread awareness in any way he can about social issues from autism to LGBTQ matters. Unlike most writers, however, Grayson is transgender and like the estimated 700,000 other transgender people living in […]
Sociology professor and drummer of the all-professor punk band Questionable Authorities, Peter Kaufman is more likely to recycle than destroy a hotel room. His smile was calm and gentle when I met him in his JFT office, an indigo painted room with pictures of his various hiking trips hung on […]
[View the story “New Paltz Men’s Volleyball Gets a Bid to the NCAA Tournament” on Storify] Following the success of the New Paltz Men’s Volleyball Team and their road to the NCAA Tournament, Julia Jenkins, Ava Yurchison and Irene Corvinus caught up with some of New Paltz’s finest […]
By Lisa Di Venuta Will a Twitter following of just 250 people limit the success of an up-and-coming journalist? Are traditional editors and publishers being pushed out of the industry by newer, shinier counterparts like Amazon? These were just some of the questions pondered by panelists at the Woodstock Writers […]
By Katherine Carroll “Raise hell, not tuition!” These were the chants heard by many as SUNY New Paltz students gathered to protest proposed tuition increases throughout the SUNY system. New York Students Rising (NYSR), New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), the Student Association, and student senators were some of […]
By Jennifer Hussein Students and staff members of the New Paltz School District are suffering severe negative impacts by lack of funding, district officials report. The New York State Comptroller is labeling the district under moderate fiscal stress for the 2014-2015 school year. The fund balance of the district is […]
By Nathaniel Sheidlower Photos by Jennifer Hussein Young people have the power. Green Party member and 2012 presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein came to SUNY New Paltz on April 7 to deliver that very message. “You’ve got the power and the solutions,” Stein told a room full of eager […]
Student protestors discuss their stance on The SUNY New Paltz’s strict policy on drugs on campus, and administration officials respond. Reported by Jennifer Hussein.
New efforts to engage SUNY New alumni Paltz are being led by a panel of volunteers who know graduates of the college very well – their peers. The SUNY New Paltz Alumni Advisory Council was established in May 2014 to improve alumni engagement and connection with the campus. They came […]
By Carolyne Amaro New Paltz alumni and students gathered with President Donald P. Christian for a conversation about the College and SUNY System on Monday, March 9. The event called “Hot Chocolate with the President” was held in Esopus Hall, one of the newest student residence halls, giving the conversation […]
