With budget cuts looming over the SUNY institution, it's refreshing to see that students have finally decided to take some drastic action. As most have noticed, a group of Geneseo undergrads have been camping out in Sturges Quad since Sunday night, attempting to send a message to Albany that our government has "left us out in the cold.
Literacy no longer just refers to the ability to read and write a formal language. Anyone in the School of Education can attest to the new emphasis being placed on visual literacy as an important component of education. Some argue that we are moving into a "post-literate" age where most of our information is communicated not through writing and text but through images and graphic media.
It's nearly Thanksgiving and, for my iPod, that means only one thing: Arlo Guthrie. For some reason that's never been adequately explained to me, the playing of "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" (with four-part harmony and full orchestration) is integral to the enjoyment of a turkey and pumpkin pie-based holiday.
Underclassmen are running around like chickens with their heads chopped off; alarm clocks are buzzing at 6:50 a.m. and students are having nightmares about CRNs. Forget the holidays, registration is in the air! My original plan for this piece was simply to refute the last staff editorial concerning the registration process published in The Lamron.
Last week, a lobbyist for Evangelical churches gave a presentation in one of Newton's lecture halls, beginning by filling the audience with anecdotes as to why he decided to become a lobbyist and ending with his ardent defense of his religion's stance against equal rights for the gay and lesbian community.
Megan Musilli and Aaron Davis square off to find out whether having a relationship in college is realistic or just a quixotic ideal.
Yes: free tickets promotes a concert activity fees have paid for. By Sarah Kosloski, Photo Editor This Monday, an e-mail was sent to Geneseo students stating that tickets to an $80,000 concert would be given out for free. A wait in line and the quick presentation of a school ID took the place of a $17 charge because of low student demand for Gym Class Heroes concert tickets.
According to the right-wing establishment in this country, traditional American values are under attack by the "fascist/Marxist/socialist/leftist" ruling party. Conservatives clearly have a very loose understanding of those terms. Yes, the current administration is employing policies that are more liberal than their predecessors, which should not be entirely unexpected as President Barack Obama ran on the Democratic ticket.
Alaska is close enough to Russia. Right? And honestly, who needs to read articles, newspapers or magazines written by scholars and reporters in their field to become knowledgeable? Sarah Palin doesn't. But being unknowledgeable about the world around her is just part of Palin's maverick personality.
