The Geneseo community was shocked Saturday to learn of the hit-and-run death of Kaitlin Charity, a junior from East Islip, N.Y. Charity was killed early that morning on I-390 only minutes after she had been ticketed for speeding by a state trooper.
The GOLD-sponsored local candidate forum in the Union Ballroom last Thursday evening drew a large crowd to listen to Geneseo town supervisor and council candidates speak about some of the major issues in the upcoming election. The forum was predominately attended by town residents, but some students were in attendance throughout the evening.
On Wednesday, Oct. 24, Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP, presented an informative and powerful presentation on the state of race in America that invigorated the audience in a packed Wadsworth Auditorium. Bond's address, part of the Wadsworth Endowed Lecture Series, was titled "An Evening With Julian Bond: 'Civil Rights: In the Day, Today and Tomorrow.
In honor of October's distinction as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Womyn's Action Coalition has brought the national Silent Witness program to Geneseo in the form of cut-out figures bearing stories of domestic violence around campus. The program has been enacted at college campuses nationwide, but this is the first time Geneseo has participated.
On Thursday, Oct. 18, and Friday, Oct. 19, cosmologist Joel Primack and philosopher and writer Nancy Abrams visited Geneseo to talk about their book, The View from the Center of the Universe. The visit was in conjunction with the ongoing Heavens Above project run by Milne Library.
The movement to bring a Lowe's to Geneseo, one of the most hotly debated topics in the upcoming local election, has cleared a significant hurdle. At their meeting on Sept. 24, the town planning board approved the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, a document prepared by the development group trying to build the Lowe's that explains the extent to which the project will impact the environment.
As much as promoting diversity and a free flow of ideas are seen as important goals at Geneseo, the negative "chalk backs" to the Geneseo College Republicans' chalking two weeks ago has prompted student discussion. The initial chalking appeared early last week.
The recent removal of a sign hung outside Erwin Hall listing Iraq War casualties has angered the student group that put it there, as they allege the administration's insistence on its removal is a violation of free speech. The white and black sign, posted and maintained by Students for a Peaceable Solution in Iraq, listed the number of casualties, both American soldiers and Iraqi civilians, much like other signs and banners placed by SPSI in the past.
On Wednesday, Oct. 24, the National Student Speech and Language/Hearing Association sponsored a talk by Pam Hatch, retired principal of the Rochester School for the Deaf and Rochester Deaf Woman of the Year. Her presentation in Newton 202 gave students a brief insight into the world of the deaf community and RSD.
