Tag: 2016 Election
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My First Time Voting: Election Day
By Erica Aulogia Unenthusiastic students shuffled in and out of the SUNY New Paltz polling station the afternoon of Nov. 8 in SUB 209, in what appeared to be a halfhearted and anticlimactic affair. First-time voters seemed to be treating their civic duty of voting as a chore. People stood in line at the polling…
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Make America Great Again by Normalizing Sexual Assault
By Tyler Fischer NEW PALTZ – Controversial comments made by U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump, in regards to the groping and harassment of women, have some students on the campus of SUNY New Paltz concerned that rape culture could be promoted. The comments in question refer to an uncensored 2005 video recording that leaked via…
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First-Time Voters Cast Their Ballots and Hope for the Best
Many SUNY New Paltz students cast their votes for the first time in the 2016 presidential election. To capture their reactions to the campaigns, candidates and meaning of their vote, students from Prof. Lisa Phillips’ Feature Writing class and Prof. Rachel Somerstein’s Journalism 1 class went to local polling places. Here’s what voters had to…