Author: Gabriela Jeronimo
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Musicians Sans Frontieres Aims to Change Local Music Scene in New Paltz
By Gabriela Jeronimo In New Paltz, local shows usually take place in somebody’s small, dark basement or at the bars in town after midnight. This limits audiences and excludes those under the legal drinking age. Musicians Sans Frontieres is a non-profit group that aims to change the local music scene in New Paltz. Musicians Sans…
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SUNY New Paltz Has Farm Fest
The Farmers Market moved from its usual spot on the Academic Concourse to Old Main Quad for Farm Fest on April 25. SUNY New Paltz’s organizations, Students for Sustainable Agriculture and Oxfam America, held the event. The ceramics department provided vases, mugs and pottery for sale all made by students. Other activities included tie dying,…
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Students March Around Campus to Bring Attention Trayvon Martin’s ‘Injustice’
SUNY New Paltz seniors, Jonathan Espinosa and Jada Young, held a vigil for the one year anniversary of the death of Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26. Several students gathered outside the Student Union Building and lit candles while they shared stories related to discrimination and injustice. Young performed an African ritual called libation in remembrance…