Tag: Facebook
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Under New Senate Bill, Internet Postings Would Be Scrutinized As Part of Handgun Buying Process
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 after a premeditated shooting at…
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Addicted to the Screen
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 it’s the table with the…
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Employers Would “Like” Your Facebook Password
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 I wasn’t sure what was…
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Media Mirror: Why the Kids Hate Mark Zuckerberg, Now.
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 the “top stories” and “recent…
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Occupy Wall Street Takes Over the Hudson Valley
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 to demand change. Within the…
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Inspiring Experiences of a Journalist
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. Christian. Larson recalled the 2009…
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Mobilizing Students, NYPIRG Gets the Vote Out
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 at the start of classes…
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New Recording Studio “A Musician’s Dream”
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 replicate professional sounds without sitting…
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Spirits of the Night
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., New Paltz N.Y. for a…
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Facebook Faceoff: A Competition for Attention
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 teachers who are upset that…
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What is the Future of Jesse Ordansky?
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 graduation approaches, but I can’t…