Presidential candidate and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has surged in recent primary elections, surprising many who felt that New York Sen. Hillary Clinton was poised to take the nomination. Obama, who won primaries in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia on Tuesday, has showed a very high level of popularity among young people, a trend that has spread to Geneseo, a Lamron poll has found.
On Wednesday, Feb. 20, Geneseo will host a "Live Green" theme day to bring attention to environmental and energy issues facing the world today. Highlights of the event include an exposition featuring both student and local organizations, a deliberative dialogue about the nation's potential energy crisis, and speaker Deborah Rowe, who will give a lecture titled, "The Triple Bottom Line of Sustainability: Healthier Economies, Vibrant Ecosystems, Social Justice."
Gay-marriage advocates celebrated a major victory after a New York State appellate court ruled that a same-sex marriage in Canada must be recognized within the state. The decision was reached on Feb. 8. by a five-judge panel in the case of Martinez v. the County of Monroe, in which Monroe Community College employee Patricia Martinez appealed a case filed in 2006.
A Geneseo professor's research on one of the United States' most famous landmarks has made it to the national airwaves. Distinguished service geology professor Dick Young was featured in a National Geographic Channel documentary for his long-term research in the Grand Canyon region.
A 36-vehicle pileup Sunday afternoon left one teenager dead and 24 injured on Interstate 390 near the runway of the Greater Rochester International Airport. The accident spread over all three lanes of the interstate, stretching the length of a football field.
Students breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday, as the writers' strike that left many Americans without their favorite TV programs for approximately three months came to an end. Governing boards of the unions that comprise the Writers Guild of America agreed unanimously to a tentative three-year deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers over the weekend.
The gap between males and females pursuing science and mathematics careers is slowly closing. According to a Dec. 31 article published in Newsday of Long Island, the gap is shrinking in part because of girls' increased involvement in high school math and science classes.
Longtime Geneseo businessman John Linfoot recently advanced in the college administration upon appointment to a senior fundraising position. Linfoot, former vice chairman of the Geneseo Foundation, is now the director of special development, a position in the Division of College Advancement.
