Tag: student life
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Campus Community Reacts to Water Bottle Ban
A student sits inside the Lecture Center, trying to focus on the notes he takes when the quench for thirst hits him. He reaches into his bag to pull out a reusable water bottle, but it’s empty and the nearest water fountain is on the other side of the building. He would have grabbed a…
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Four Tips on How to Appreciate Hudson Valley Geology
If you are in New Paltz, the small town that sits in the shadow of the Shawangunk Ridge, then you are in a unique location. You are standing at the epicenter of several different varieties of Hudson Valley geology – but most people are unaware that they live on top of so much geological worth.…
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Do First Impressions Really Matter? New Paltz Students’ Two Cents
By Gianna Canevari You shake their hand with a semi-assertive handshake. You try to maintain eye contact. You try to smile. There, you’ve just made a first impression. How important were those first few seconds to the stranger you just met? SUNY New Paltz students, now in the fourth week of classes, have different perspectives…