As the Wilderness Act turns 50 this year, SUNY New Paltz will join environmental groups, government agencies and nonprofits in celebrating and raising awareness of the importance of preserving forests and wilderness. September 3, 2014 marks the 50-year anniversary of former President Lyndon B. Johnson’s signing of the 1964 Wilderness […]
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Tick Talk is the result of 14 weeks of collaborative investigative reporting conducted at the State University of New York at New Paltz under the aegis of “Science, environment, and disease: new approaches to science journalism,” a seminar led by science journalist Sonia Shah, the 2014 James H. Ottaway Sr. Visiting Professor of Journalism. […]
When Danielle Weisbord, a sophomore at SUNY New Paltz, found out the college was only allowing students one day off this year for Passover, she was upset she wouldn’t be able to go home to celebrate. However, when she found out that near campus a Passover Seder would be held, she was glad […]
Uneasy Sisters Trailer from Casey Grayson on Vimeo. Visiting family in New Orleans, filmmaker Casey Grayson found himself suddenly inspired at the sight of the city’s oldest and most misunderstood cultural practices. “I was just walking through the French quarter, and I saw this Voodoo ceremony taking place,” […]
Next time your unfinished egg sandwich and untouched banana gets thrown out in the dining hall, it may get composted and end up enriching the soil in a local garden. But students rarely think about what happens to food they toss out. Efforts to change that are underway, and the […]
Dorsky Exhibition from The Little Rebellion on Vimeo. The 80’s are alive and well on the SUNY New Paltz campus, as the Samuel Dorsky Museum showcases the decade in its current exhibition. With an array of jewelry, photography and prints dating back to the era, the eclectic collection entitled ‘1980s […]
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In 1859, Charles Darwin’s On the Origins of Species introduced a radical idea that has since influenced countless thinkers and effectively changed the way people view the world — the theory of evolution. The finches of the Galapagos Islands became the classic example for Darwin’s theory of how natural selection […]
Staying bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for an action-packed day in college can be difficult, so it seems only natural to start the day off right … with caffeine. But if you tend to get agitated at others before your morning fix, or you get headaches when you go without that afternoon […]
Tucked away in the woods of Huguenot Street there is a place where art is accepted in all forms and expressed by all of its visitors. The eight-year-old Unframed Artists Gallery provides a haven for art and all of its enthusiasts. For the first time, live music, dance and other […]
With an array of talented artists on campus, Zach McGrath takes a look at some students work this semester. Made by Zach McGrath.
In a cluttered room on the third floor of the Student Union, the walls are lined with cans of chicken noodle soup, jars of Jiffy peanut butter along with a number of non-perishable food items. In what was once just an office, on-campus Pastor Dianna Smith has done away with […]
Three goal posts stand at different heights on two ends of a field in the middle of Old Main Quad. A whistle blows and two teams charge from the posts towards a volleyball midfield. Some are already holding clear, plastic balls as they charge and one stays behind to guard the […]
Perceptions of Drinking Water from The Little Rebellion on Vimeo.
While we were all frustrated and freezing through the long and bitter cold winter, local apple farmers were dancing in their orchards. Despite the shoveling, shivering, and slipping we all experienced in the copious amounts of snow that seemed to just never stop piling up this winter, the bone-chilling temperatures […]
Local farms are recognized as a staple for the Hudson Valley. Since the region is often associated with the taste of freshly picked September apples and cider stands, many say that the local farms in region produce food with a flavor and richness that packaged produce simply can’t offer. The […]
If you often find yourself in the organic foods section of your local grocery store or if you shop or eat at the majority of places in New Paltz and the Hudson Valley, you have probably come across the term “fair trade”. Many people associate the term strictly with […]
