Tag: university
-
New Paltz Men’s Volleyball Road to NCAA Tournament
[View the story “New Paltz Men’s Volleyball Gets a Bid to the NCAA Tournament” on Storify] Following the success of the New Paltz Men’s Volleyball Team and their road to the NCAA Tournament, Julia Jenkins, Ava Yurchison and Irene Corvinus caught up with some of New Paltz’s finest athletes to learn the basics.…
-
New Paltz Resident Finds Fresh Start as Taxi Driver
By Ava Yurchison Tina Marie Clayborne had no idea what she was in for as she entered her champagne-colored 2005 Saturn minivan. With her studded, pink Samsung Galaxy in hand, Clayborne set out to pick up a group of college students in the heart of Newburgh. The students, with slurred syllables, had called…
-
For Some College Students, Four Years Isn’t Enough
By: Emily DeFranco To be a super senior isn’t a source of pride, but oftentimes of frustration for both the student and the school. When students take five or six years to graduate – whether it’s for reasons of early indecision and switching of majors, a semester or more of study abroad, or lack of…
-
SUNY Campuses Implement Preventative Measures Against Ebola
Originally posted October 27, 2014 in the Legislative Gazette. SUNY campuses across the state announced they would be implementing policy modifications as a precautionary measure against Ebola. In a memo sent to campus officials, Chancellor Nancy Zimpher said the statewide network of colleges will be taking several measures to address the Ebola crisis. One of those measures…
-
NYSUNY 2020: Getting Kids Out of LaLa Land and Into College
Whenever I take my long curly hair out from underneath my backwards hat at the dinner table, by request of my grandfather, he always imparts a piece of advice: “One day you’re going to have to stop living in LaLa Land and face real life.” Thanksgiving and Christmas are always so pleasant. But recently I…