Tag: ricardo hernandez
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Professor of Journalism Retires
Rob Miraldi: An innovator, reporter, professor, and friend. Every journalism major remembers their first journalism class. I certainly remembered mine. Waiting for class to begin, I remembered watching my professor walk in. He was casually dressed in jeans and a polo shirt. He was balding but he made up for it with his salt and…
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Student Teetotalers
A study by the American Sociological Association says students who binge drink are happier than those who do not. What about the non-partiers? Are they, as the study suggests, bound to be less content? What do they do on the weekends? SUNY New Paltz Correspondent Ricardo Hernandez decided to find out. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/91466079″ params=”” width=”…
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NPR Foreign Correspondent Teaches Journalism at New Paltz
For two weeks in April, journalism majors will hear first-hand accounts of reporting in the Middle East including car bombings, journalists kidnappings, constant fear, all through the medium of radio news. National Public Radio (NPR)’s foreign correspondent Deborah Amos will serve as the spring 2013 James H. Ottaway Sr. professor of journalism. The award-winning journalist…
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For Barbara Cvenic, Activism is Personal
Barbara Cvenic is a fourth-year communication and media major from Brooklyn, N.Y. Cvenic is your average college student. She’s involved with organizations on campus, listens to Bob Dylan and acts like a complete “goofball” in front of her friends. But, there’s more. Cvenic’s family escaped ethnic conflict in the former Yugoslavia when she was a…
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SUNY New Paltz Joins Group Exercise Trends
These days, SUNY New Paltz students aren’t just dancing at local bars to burn their calories, they’re jumping onto campus fitness trends. This past year, the American College of Sports Medicine released its top 20 fitness trends of the year, stating that group incorporated exercise classes are quite popular. The findings were collected by a…
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SUNY New Paltz Students Dance to End Violence Against Women
For more coverage, please see After the Rising and SUNY New Paltz One Billion Rising It was 2:55 p.m. when 20-year-old Renee Petrillo walked into the Student Union Atrium filled with 70 cheering faculty members and students. They stood in a circle, facing the empty middle of the room. “What’s happening?” she asked a few…