NEW PALTZ— Sounds of the battle drum ring out on the sidewalks of New Paltz. The battle against climate change has begun and some community members are answering its call. On Dec. 6, a Climate Strike March took place starting outside of the Humanities building and ended with a rally […]
2019
By Valerie Pereyra New Paltz, N.Y.– At the beginning of the 2019 school year, New Paltz made history by having the highest percentage of students of color it’s ever had for its incoming freshman class at 48 percent, a 5 percent increase from last year’s first-year enrollment rate, according to […]
The HawkTalk is a TED inspired program. Each semester the TV Studio Production students choose an issue or topic that they are concerned about and then they invite four speakers to come to the studio to share their experience or research on the subject which culminates in a 32 minute […]
The HawkTalk is a TED inspired program. Each semester the TV Studio Production students choose an issue or topic that they are concerned about and then they invite four speakers to come to the studio to share their experience or research on the subject which culminates in a 32 minute […]
By Nadine Cafaro Edited and Packaged by Anthony Lebron Linda Eaton, 61-year-old associate vice president for student affairs, says “Every single person here has a story,” as she eagerly talks about her 25 years on the SUNY New Paltz campus in her snug office on the seventh floor of the […]
The HawkTalk is a TED inspired program. Each semester the TV Studio Production students choose an issue or topic that they are concerned about and then they invite four speakers to come to the studio to share their experience or research on the subject which culminates in a 32 minute […]
By Diana Testa Out of Alignment, a new report recently released by Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress, shows that the majority of jobs being created in the Hudson Valley do not pay enough for people to afford living in the region. Higher paying jobs are disappearing while the number of […]
The HawkTalk is a TED inspired program. Each semester the TV Studio Production students choose an issue or topic that they are concerned about and then they invite four speaker to come to the studio to share their experience or research on the subject which culminates in a 32 minute […]
The HawkTalk is a TED inspired program. Each semester the TV Studio Production students choose an issue or topic that they are concerned about and then they invite four speaker to come to the studio to share their experience or research on the subject which culminates in a 32 minute […]
By Nadine Cafaro; Edited and Packaged by Annemarie Durkin New Paltz, N.Y.– After a shocking set of numbers was released about hard-to-count communities in New York, people fear a decrease in federal funding due to the chance of children under five being undercounted in the upcoming 2020 Census. The importance […]
By Victoria Cymbal Packaged and Edited by Victoria Cymbal Global movements are happening left and right to compel government action to avoid the intense impacts of climate change. Many people are refusing to sit and wait for the government to take action and are doing so themselves. New Paltz consists […]
Edited and packaged by Max Freebern Median household income has declined as jobs leave the mid-Hudson Valley, according to the recently released “Out of Alignment” report by Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress (HVPP). Median household income represents the average amount of money earned in a household. The drop in income […]
By Joseph Juste Edited and packaged by Kevin Durk A woman with light brown hair and ocean blue eyes is surrounded by clothes that vary in color so much so that they resemble a rainbow. As she stands patiently behind a counter, customers enter the store and as quickly as […]
Story by Emily Fego Edited and Packaged by Ophelia Xie Sexual assaults on college campuses, like the largely publicized Brock Turner case in 2016, have been pivotal in forcing administrators to make a choice: to ignore the issue or face it head on. SUNY New Paltz hired Amy Westberg as its […]
By Liat Guvenc Edited and packaged by Taylor DowdOn Oct. 5, Alex Peh played piano for the first Burmese-American Southeast Asian Gong Ensemble in the United States at SUNY New Paltz’s Studley Theatre. Peh is an award-winning pianist and an assistant professor of piano at SUNY New Paltz’s Department of […]
Story by Liat Guvenc Edited and Packaged by Bridget Peschel On Sept. 20, Jana Bergere attended the SUNY New Paltz Climate Strike. The corners of her lips turned up into a smile when she looked past the podium to a sea of hundreds of people. A year ago, her heart would […]
Story by Erin Hannan Edited and Packaged by Emma Misiaszek Over the past 19 years, Ulster County has lost approximately 22% of its public school student body. While a smaller classroom can benefit students’ individual needs, decreasing enrollment rates present challenges for New York state teachers and the profession as […]
By Nicole Zanchelli It seems like every day there is news about an opiate-related death. We may turn the channel or turn off our TVs completely, but the painful reality stands. We are still in the crux of the American opioid crisis. In 2016, there were 54 opioid overdose deaths […]