CULTURE FEATURES

Postcards from the Edge: Money

May 5, 2010October 5, 2015 Spring 2010 Literature of Journalism class 1051 Views bank account, Brian Coleman, college, Dan ORegan, Dinner For One, Fudge and Reality, jobs, Kim Plummer, Literary Journalism, Main Street Money Troubles, Make It Rain, Meg Zanetich, money, Postcards from the Edge: Money, Samantha Minasi, Spring 2010 Literature of Journalism class, struggle, Working Hard/Hardly Working

There’s one thing every college student has to deal with: money. Whether earning it, spending it or losing it—it’s a

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CULTURE FEATURES

Dinner For One

May 5, 2010October 5, 2015 Samantha Minasi 1321 Views 2001 civic, 46 river road, awkward, college, delivery, Dinner For One, high school, minimum-wage, Samantha Minasi, second year, tips

“Sam, quit fuckin’ around and take this delivery, will ya? It’s been on top of the oven for 10 minutes

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Pultizer Prize winning photojournalist Renee Byer

Renee Byer Says Goodbye

April 29, 2010December 13, 2012 Samantha Minasi 1720 Views A Mother's Journey, Bernard Stein, Byer Says Goodbye, Dalai Lama, Director of the Ottaway program, documentary photo journalism, Jim and Mary Ottaway, Ottaway professor, Photo Journalism, Pulitzer Prize, Renee C. Byer, Robert Miraldi, Samantha Minasi, Samuel Dorsky Musuem, Snapshots, Steven G. Poskanzer, SUNY New Paltz

The white walls of Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art were perfectly lined with the framed work of Pulitzer Prize winning

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Marijuana: New York’s Rx for Health?

April 22, 2010February 14, 2014 Samantha Minasi 1952 Views Evan Nison, Greener Colorado Enterprises, Marijuana: New York's Rx for Health?, medical marijuana, N.Y. Patients First, New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act, News, NORML, NORML-NJ, Richard Gottfried, Samantha Minasi, Sen. Tom Duane, THC

The use of medical marijuana is now legal in 14 states, with at-home cultivation legal in 13. According to the

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Shelters Suffer with Economy

March 29, 2010February 14, 2014 Samantha Minasi 1291 Views Animal Shelters, Blooming Grove Humane Society, Dutchess County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Leah Hapeman, Mid Hudson Animal Aid, Missy Verldo, National Bureau of Economic Research, News, Richard Mikolajczak, Samantha Minasi, Shelters Suffer with Economy

The National Bureau of Economic Research officially declared the United States in recession as of December 2007. While the consequences

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