A new bill introduced in the New York State Senate on November 14 would require a review of a person’s social media profile and Internet posting history before they could legally possess a handgun in New York state. Bill S.9191, introduced by New York State Sen. Kevin Parker, D-Brooklyn, comes […]
Following the lead of Facebook, the federal government and other states, Democrats in the New York Senate introduced a bill that would require sponsors of social media-based political ads in New York state to identify themselves. The bill, S.6896, comes as questions continue to linger over the impact that foreign […]
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 […]
Students are ready to graduate from college and have begun their “real world” job search. They have prepared their clean-cut resume and interview smile. But the last thing they expect is to reveal their Facebook password to their potential employer. “I’ve heard about the whole Facebook and hiring thing, but […]
Facebook The dreaded Facebook update season is here. The only thing more annoying than Facebook changing is having everyone complain about how they hate the “new Facebook” on the website itself. Is this layout worse than the last? Are people just afraid of change? One interesting change is the fact that […]
Influenced by the social-media driven uprisings in Egypt and Iran, Occupy Wall Street is a revolutionary resistance movement that has received widespread attention and sparked Occupy movements throughout the country and the rest of the world. Here in New Paltz, social media has influenced the creation of Occupy Hudson Valley […]
In the days of Twitter and Facebook, media consumers are becoming media producers and professional journalists are finding themselves scooped by citizen journalists. So saysJohn Larson, a veteran broadcast journalist and SUNY New Paltz’s 10th James H. Ottaway Sr. Professor of Journalism, in an interview with Interim President Donald P. […]
They fight for students’ rights. They advocate voter registration and education. They are NYPIRG — hear them roar. Many students at SUNY New Paltz have recently heard that roar in the form of a voter registration form. Ryan Long, NYPIRG project coordinator is among the team that passes out these forms […]
Due to the acoustic friendly environment, many musicians such as “Weird Al” Yankovic and Vinnie Martucci record music in their bathrooms. Up until now, that may have been the best option for SUNY New Paltz music students looking to record. In an effort to provide students with an opportunity to […]
Ghost Mall really hates Slothbear, according to keyboardist Alex Letourneau. Self-proclaimed “summer drummer” Brian Deodat said much of the same about the other group in so many (more explicit) words, as did the “number one roadies,” unofficial band photographers and others passing through the narrow walls of 3A Church St., […]
Sounds of furious typing and constant clicking can be heard in classes held in the computer labs at SUNY New Paltz. These sounds represent the struggle of professors to get the attention of their students when there is a computer staring them in the face. It’s becoming a demoralizing issue for […]
It was 11 p.m. in Austria. Ferdinand Sarnitz, 21, was sitting in his room with three friends. But 23 other people were chatting with them from other countries around the world. That day Sarnitz had hit 4,000 fans on his Facebook music page. He was celebrating by hosting a video […]
Those pictures and status updates that make your college roommate LOL (laugh out loud), might cause your employer to fire you ASAP. SUNY New Paltz students are careful of how much they expose on their profiles because of the negative effects it can have on their reputations and professional opportunities, […]
So here I am – two more weeks until I’m completely finished with college. After years of late nights in the library and countless hours spent buried under books, all I can think is: What now? I am well aware that this is a question most college students acknowledge as […]
If Facebook came with a side effects label like prescription drugs do, it might read something like this: “May attract creepy stalker-types, crumble communication skills, give the impression that you have more friends than you actually do and add a few hours onto an already time consuming term paper.” Facebook […]
