Staff Editorials
If you can DREAM it, be it
SUNY’s Board of Trustees passed a resolution that grants undocumented citizens eligibility for financial aid and in-state tuition at their institutions. This variation of the DREAM Act is a progressive move in ...
Opinions
This warm weather’s got me singing the blues
On Groundhog’s Day, Punxsutawney Phil got spooked real good by his shadow and crawled back into his ground hole, indicating that we’re due for six more weeks of winter. Besides having the...
Opinions
Two skis, two poles, a mountain of pressure
What can be better than body-slamming your friends at full force while flying down a mountain? Getting credit for it. No, not “Yeah, bro!” kind of credit; I’m talking about college credit....
Opinions
Democracy, meet illiteracy
We are part of a society that stifles a culture of literature and art, inside a country that has long since traded away the printed word for the boob tube. Functional illiteracy...
Opinions
A not-so-ceremonious exit
There is no chance in Hell I’m walking at an 8 a.m. Commencement. In fact, I didn’t even know when graduation ceremonies are held — until my half-crazed mother quizzed me yesterday...
Opinions
Don’t let subjectivity cloud judgment
A free press is defined as one that is entirely free from government censorship regarding politics or ideology. That said, this definition is not satisfactory. As it stands, this definition fails to...
Sports
An all-sports to-do list for graduating seniors
The countdown to graduation has reached double digits. Yikes. It’s frightening for some and a relief for others, in my case the former. But there’s still plenty of time for seniors to...
Opinions
Halftime was more catwalk than concert
In this year’s Super Bowl halftime show, the NFL decided to showcase Madonna. I was originally surprised when she was announced as the act, for a couple of reasons. For one, she...
Opinions
The GOP's contraception deception
I laughed the first time I heard Rick Santorum discuss the “dangers of contraception” and his reassured explanation of “how things are supposed to be.” It actually didn’t seem real, to honestly...
Staff Editorials
State Street Blues
The thought of State Street conjures up a certain image. Like a fine painting, the image is subject to decay over time. For a painting, it might be cracks, fades and tears....