By Katie Cusack Susan Zimet sits with eyes wide, almost vibrating with anticipation to answer my questions. The high energy New Paltz town supervisor does more than manage the New York village she calls home. An avid photographer since childhood, Zimet frequents social marches and political events to capture images […]
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New Paltz Students Flock to Collegiate Poetry Slam, Making it the Second Largest in the Country By Irene Corvinus The 6th annual Wade-Lewis Poetry Slam was held on Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7. This event that housed almost 300 people in Lecture Center 100 was the second largest […]
By Jillian Nadiak Almost 6 million digital votes were cast from countries outside of Asia during the Mnet Asian Music Awards last year. “So I would say this is totally out of Korea and it’s getting bigger and bigger.” –Sebastian Kim, CJ E&M’s Vice President for Global Business during an interview […]
Over 50 percent of SUNY New Paltz’s courses are taught by contingent faculty members, otherwise known as adjunct instructors. During the week of Feb. 23, the United University Professions (UUP) honored these faculty members. The union’s New Paltz Chapter installed a display in the Jazzman’s Café listing approximately 700 courses […]
By Julio Olivencia The Dorsky Museum hosted the MFA and BFA Thesis I exhibit from Dec. 5 to Dec. 9. The exhibit is the first of two, showcasing the thesis work of graduating students. The exhibit featured 12 students whose work ranged from photography to large scale sculptures. The MFA […]
OTS Woodstock from ian todaro on Vimeo. When SUNY New Paltz student Ian Todaro, 24, started Seminar in Digital Filmmaking (DMJ445) last semester he wasn’t trying to be an award winning filmmaker. When the Digital Media Production major, along with fellow students Ryan D’Angelo-Sylvia, Juliana Hedeman, Victoria Ottomanelli and Sasha Ribowsky finished […]
By Emily DeFranco Each semester at SUNY New Paltz the BFA and MFA students open the doors to their studios for fellow students, faculty and staff, and members of the community to walk through. People tour at their own pace from the depths of the Fine Arts Building’s basement to […]
By Ian Todaro The second annual Woodstock Comedy Festival was hosted Sept. 19 through 21 in Woodstock, New York, drawing comedy fans and comedians alike. The festival featured everything from stand-up comedy shows, panel discussions, parties and documentary screenings; all for a good cause. Comedians Colin Quinn and Whiplash from the […]
By Gabriela Jeronimo In New Paltz, local shows usually take place in somebody’s small, dark basement or at the bars in town after midnight. This limits audiences and excludes those under the legal drinking age. Musicians Sans Frontieres is a non-profit group that aims to change the local music scene […]
About Fields of Vision The SUNY New Paltz art faculty exhibit, entitled “Fields of Vision” began April 13 and will run until June 23. The exhibit’s opening night was April 12 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Samuel Dorsky Museum on the SUNY New Paltz campus. Fields of […]
Zachary Rousseas held a discussion and power-point presentation on February 28 about the history of the relationship between society and homosexual men. Discussing everything from the symbolism of the pink triangle during the holocaust to the way homosexuals are depicted in the media today.
The Cunneen-Hackett Center in Poughkeepsie played host to the first-ever Reel Entertainment student film festival on Saturday, March 2. According to Event Coordinator Nichole Fenichel-Hewitt, the festival drew over 100 entries from across the country. The list was narrowed down to 20 selections, several of which were local productions. “I […]
SUNY New Paltz art students describe their current work while the ambient sound of their craft is weaved in.
The fourth annual SUNY New Paltz New Play Festival is aiming to create a discussion on women’s issues such as dating, family, choices and relationships through six short plays. Along with an open conversation through art focused on women, the festival is creating opportunities for writers to have their work […]
“The Dark I Know,” SUNY New Paltz’s first original student-written musical, told the story of two families’ experiences during the complex and socially crippling era of Nazi Germany. The character-driven production was as much about human emotion as it was about history, according to playwright and SUNY New Paltz student […]
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Along the walls of Shango Hall, one of the oldest residence halls on the SUNY New Paltz a campus are numerous murals, hand-painted by the students who occupied the building. The murals include images of prominent civil rights figures like Malcolm X, a depiction of the seven principles of Kwanzaa […]
It’s Tuesday, Oct. 30, and fourth-year radio and production major Joe Neggie is sitting on the floor of his apartment with a white T-shirt, peanut butter, corn syrup, red food dye and a pair of scissors. Tomorrow, he said, he’s going to be “tiger lunch.” “My girlfriend and I wanted […]
