Tag: SUNY
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How ‘Unnatural Acts: Harvard’s Secret Court of 1920’ Was Collaboratively Written
Tony Speciale, a playwright who is the founder of Plastic Theater, has been intrigued by the true events surrounding Harvard’s Secret Court of 1920 for almost 18 years. In 1920, Harvard formed a secret court to handle accusations of “homosexual activity” following the suicide of one student. Men both connected and unconnected to Harvard were…
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SUNY Achieves 99.5% Vaccination Rate for Students Across All Campuses
This story was republished with permission from the Legislative Gazette State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras announced that SUNY students are nearing full compliance with the state’s vaccine mandate, reaching a 99.5% vaccination rate across the system’s 64 campuses. The high vaccination rate has allowed for SUNY students to return to a more…
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SUNY Completes Mandatory Thanksgiving Exit Testing of On-Campus Students, Chancellor Says
Republished with permission from The Legislative Gazette. Two days before Thanksgiving, State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras announced that SUNY campuses have finished mandatory testing of students on campus with 152,788 tests conducted with a positivity rate of 0.63 percent between November 9 and November 23. SUNY Upstate Medical University will process the…
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How to Manage Stress and Anxiety During the Coronavirus Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has completely changed the way you live your life, since you are stuck in self-quarantine alone or with your family. Going out to the grocery store to stock up on essential items can be a risky and caution-filled endeavor. You have become over-protective of your supply of toilet paper and disinfectant wipes,…
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The Basement Players: The Little Theater Troupe That Could
By Abigail Foster In a dark room, two figures are illuminated: One is wearing a white dress shirt, a clip fastened to his crimson and black striped tie, and the other is a lot smaller, dressed in a similar uniform. The larger figure, the headmaster of a private school in New Hampshire, thrusts a pointed…
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Whitworth Finishes 202nd, Williams 225th for SUNY New Paltz Cross Country at NCAA Championships
By: Monica D’Ippolito, Athletic Communications Director Louisville, KY — Through rain and muddy conditions Saturday on both the 8K and 6K course at E.P. “Tom” Sawyer Park at the NCAA Division III National Championships, State University of New York at New Paltz senior Matt Whitworth and junior Cassandra Williams finished within the top 225 runners…
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SUNY New Paltz Men’s Volleyball Releases 2020 Schedule
By: Alberto Ariza, Athletic Communications Student Assistant NEW PALTZ, NY -–After a historic 2019 run that resulted in their second national title within four years, the State University of New York at New Paltz men’s volleyball team has set high standards for their 2020 campaign. The defending NCAA Division III Men’s Volleyball Champions aim to…
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SUNY Fails to Change With NYS Marijuana Laws
SUNY New Paltz has no plan for how to handle medical marijuana on campus if one student is prescribed the now-legal drug by a doctor. New York State passed a law in 2015 legalizing medical marijuana. A total of 17,759 New Yorkers now have a prescription for marijuana, but SUNY New Paltz and other state…
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Sleeping with The Enemy: Asbestos Treatment at SUNY New Paltz
SUNY New Paltz confirmed they will continue to remove all asbestos insulation from as many as six residence halls over the next several years, but these abatement projects cannot come soon enough for worried students who are sleeping under warning signs that suggest not to touch their walls. A variety of tests have been performed…
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What Does Free College Really Mean?
Edited and packaged by Aiyana Edmund, Rob Piersall, Otto Kratky and John Camera The Excelsior Scholarship, the only free-college plan in the country, was signed by Gov. Cuomo on April 12. However, New York’s tuition-free college plan will do little to improve the lives of students at SUNY New Paltz. Excelsior will serve as an alternative…
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Hauntings and History Meet at Huguenot Street
Story edited by 2017 Multimedia Editing class Historic stone houses, candlelit tours and centuries-old ghostly tales will converge for a final time this weekend at Haunted Huguenot Street in New Paltz. Mortals are brought on an hour-long evening tour that not only frightens but educates visitors on the history of the first settlers of New…
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Student Athletes Host Special Olympics Basketball Tournament
By Anthony Mitthauer-Orza This article was first published in The New Paltz Oracle. Over 100 athletes with disabilities were greeted with a warm welcome at SUNY New Paltz, as they were all given the opportunity to be the stars of the basketball court. Athletes from New Paltz’s sports teams, coaches and families gathered in the…
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Indebted to a Dream
By Kristen Warfield The sun has barely started to rise at 5:30 a.m. when Mercedes Ortiz turns off her alarm to get ready for school. Achy and fatigued, she rolls out of bed at her family’s home in Walden, New York, knowing there’s another long day ahead. To the sounds of Eyewitness News, she primps…
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Ms. Desiree
By Rosalba Corrao On a recent weekday morning, Gonzalez led children to a green door. “Get in line, come on, get in line,” she said. The teachers and assistants were moving the 12 children from the green music room to the red classroom. The children, all about three years old, were eager to get to…
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Student Loans, Unpaid Internships, and an Uncertain Future
By Avery Seyler-Wetzel Laura Petrocelli knew being thirty thousand dollars deep in debt was not the best way to start a new life after college, but she also knew that if she was going to do college, she was going to do it right. Petrocelli, a junior at the State University at New York at New…
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Student Musician Brings Rock Back to New Paltz
By Jennifer Hussein As I walked down the rickety basement stairs of the house, I could hear the screams of guitars, clashing of drums, and the Jim Morrison-esque vocal styles of Steve Milanesi, vocalist and guitarist of the local band, Meercat. Milanesi, a 20-year-old third-year student at SUNY New Paltz studying Digital Media Production, is…
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Lingering New England Cold Sign of Worldwide Warming Trend
By Jonathan Forrester This year’s abnormally long and brutal cold season may have disturbed more than just collegiate final exam schedules. In the past three years there has been a dramatic change in length and temperature of the winter for the Northeastern region of the United States. This change is amplifying adversities animals such as…