The SUNY New Paltz Biology Club was given an experience they will never forget. Reptiles from around the world were brought in by Tom Perpetua, a fourth-year journalism major at New Paltz, for an educational and hands-on experience. The animals were provided by Mark Perpetua’s Reptile Encounters, his father’s business […]
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Story edited by 2017 Multimedia Editing class Historic stone houses, candlelit tours and centuries-old ghostly tales will converge for a final time this weekend at Haunted Huguenot Street in New Paltz. Mortals are brought on an hour-long evening tour that not only frightens but educates visitors on the history of […]
All photos by Tom Perpetua. Photos edited by John Camera and Michael O’Brien
All photos by Megan Mirabito. Edited by Rob Piersall and Bryce Eckwall.
One year after plans for a student apartment complex in New Paltz failed, college officials have struggled to develop a concrete plan to meet the growing demand for housing that students desire. Michele Halstead and David Eaton, two senior vice presidents for the State University of New York at New […]
New Paltz students joined forces with other SUNY schools to stage a statewide walkout on Friday, March 4 protesting annual tuition hikes. At New Paltz, over 100 students gathered at noon outside the Humanities Building to support the cause. Students from New York Students Rising (NYSR) led the protest, providing […]
In Howard Good’s Being Digital class, students were asked to visually interpret E.E. Cummings poem ‘pity this busy monster, manunkind’. This video uses subtle images to represent the “progress” of modern technology and how it is increasingly disrupting lives through consumerism and entertainment. Filmed and edited by Liz Gaschler and […]
By: Mae Bonnaci Erika Perilla Molina sits in the SUNY New Paltz library as she tries to study for an international politics exam and write two papers that are due by the end of the week. She’s been sitting at the same table for at least three hours, but thankfully […]
Lydia Willoughby never imagined that she would one day use her activism in the LGBTQIA+ community as an asset in the job search. Now, as a new reference librarian at SUNY New Paltz’s Sojourner Truth Library (STL), Willoughby is openly queer and vocal about her LGBTQIA+ activism in the workplace. […]
It’s your typical college dorm room. There is a mini fridge stocked with seltzer beside a mass-produced wooden desk covered in textbooks, a Johnny Cash poster clinging to a poorly painted white wall and an unmade bed. In the middle of it all is a giant yellow puppet that bares […]
By Kristen Warfield SUNY New Paltz has a rich history. Explore memories of the college’s past with this multimedia story. All historic images provided by the Special Collections Department at Sojourner Truth Library of SUNY New Paltz. AN EVER-CHANGING CAMPUS by Kristen Warfield on Exposure
Djiby Diallo unlaces his dress shoes and sets them down with his socks. “You’re dressed like a priest!” one student mentions. Diallo laughed and said, “I like to look nice.” The SUNY New Paltz senior unfolds a red tablecloth, wrinkled with use, and lays it flat on the carpeted floor […]
The Athletic & Wellness Center at SUNY New Paltz held its 8th annual Thanksgiving food drive to benefit the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley, from Nov. 12 to Nov. 20. A donation table was placed in the main lobby of the Athletic and Wellness Center. Those who were interested […]
Former New Paltz women’s soccer co-captain Bryce Kristall ran in the 2015 New York City Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 1 — in honor of her late mother. After her mother, Felice Kristall, passed away on April 19, 2014 after a year-long battle with lung cancer, Kristall, 22, wanted to contribute in […]
By: Katie Cusack On an early October morning, dozens of educators and researchers from various disciplines and universities across the northeast filed into the Student Union building of SUNY New Paltz. Entering the downstairs conference room permeated with the smell of brewing coffee and baked goods, they murmured introductions and […]
Students from Professor Howard Good’s Being Digital class created one minute visual interpretations of a technological ideology. For the fall 2015 semester, the students had a choice of many multimedia options, such as stop-frame animation, traditional animation or simply a video. In a dystopian technologically-infused world, we will see no […]
By Lauren Albanese A haunted attic, a spooky burial ground and a horrifying encounter with a spirit means Haunted Huguenot Street has resurrected from the dead! The annual Halloween event, created over a decade ago, will once again take visitors on an hour-long tour to uncover the darker side of […]
By Holly Lipka and Liz Gaschler “A desire is never simply the desire for a certain thing. A desire to be fully filled in, met so that I desire no longer. It’s always also a desire for desire itself. A desire to continue to desire.” Slavoj Zizek — ‘The Pervert’s […]
