On March 7 at 6:30 p.m., members of the New Paltz community will gather in Lecture Center 100 to celebrate International Women’s Day, a worldwide event devoted to the defense of women’s rights and commemoration of achievements in the long-winded battle against sexism. Each year on March 8, thousands of […]
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These days, SUNY New Paltz students aren’t just dancing at local bars to burn their calories, they’re jumping onto campus fitness trends. This past year, the American College of Sports Medicine released its top 20 fitness trends of the year, stating that group incorporated exercise classes are quite popular. The […]
Yoga is a popular extracurricular activity at SUNY New Paltz. The Athletic and Wellness Center on campus offers students free weekly yoga classes, and many students also attend meetings of the school’s Yoga Club. Whether they are beginners or advanced yogis, SUNY New Paltz students cultivate their yoga interests by […]
The term “minority” has become an oxymoron, recent census data show. Yet people of color are subjected to institutional racism that keeps them at a disadvantage to whites, according to panelists at a recent forum held at SUNY New Paltz. The United University Professions sponsored a forum held on Feb. 27 that […]
Most people want to do what they love for a living and Tony Ciccarello is doing just that. SUNY New Paltz announced on Dec. 31 that Ciccarello will be the new women’s softball coach. Bring up softball to coach Ciccarello and you can hear the passion in his voice. Quiet […]
According to #407, someone’s hiding a cat in Bouton Hall while #24 had sex with their RA six times. These, and many more campus confessions, can be found at New Paltz Secrets, a Facebook page created on December 20, 2012 that has found a popular, if controversial, niche among the […]
For more coverage, please see After the Rising and SUNY New Paltz One Billion Rising It was 2:55 p.m. when 20-year-old Renee Petrillo walked into the Student Union Atrium filled with 70 cheering faculty members and students. They stood in a circle, facing the empty middle of the room. “What’s […]
Calm Before the Storm The entire northeast region prepared to find Nemo late last Thursday night. New Paltz residents raced to their local grocery stores to stock up on food, water and other necessities. Shelves once containing water, yogurt and milk were left emp ty by closing time. “I made sure […]
SUNY New Paltz released the college sustainability plan for students and faculty to view this past month before it is signed into effect by College President Donald Christian. This new plan lays out steps for the present and future focuses on the energy use, environmental education and land use on […]
Listed below are candidates elected to the Student Senate on Thursday, Dec. 13. The names are listed in order of most number of votes tallied. The first 10 senator-elects on the list will hold a seat for both the spring and fall 2013 semester. The last five will hold a […]
Brendan Wright fights to stay awake as he finishes up page nine of his bid for Program of the Year to submit to the national board. It’s almost 3 a.m. He and Regina Peterson, his co-national communications coordinator (NCC), have been writing and designing this bid for the past several […]
The Town of New Paltz Planning Board is hosting public hearings to discuss the Park Point project, a proposed residential development on the SUNY New Paltz campus. The next hearing is Monday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. at New Paltz Town Hall The project, which is currently in development with […]
Campus Auxiliary Services (CAS) is introducing several short-term and long-term changes, some which have already been implemented. CAS extended their hours in the Student Union at the start of the school year and will soon unveil a massive new vending machine on the concourse. The current contract with Sodexo, the […]
A conversation with a friend about the Sept. 11 memorial competition sparked an idea for the subject of Amy Waldman’s first novel, “The Submission,” which was published in 2011. Due to her book’s success, Waldman has been chosen to come to SUNY New Paltz as part of the Distinguished Speaker […]
After two SUNY New Paltz students were sexually assaulted over a one-week period in the village of New Paltz, students and police are starting to look for more active solutions to solve the problem. The attacks are currently being investigated by the New Paltz Police Department. A suspect was apprehended […]
With the presidential election a little over a month away and the deadline to register to vote, Oct. 12, only a week away, political fervor is in the air. As a result of the first debate on Oct. 3, social media was overrun with opinions and comments regarding the statements […]
