President Christopher Dahl recently announced that newly appointed superintendent of the Rochester City School District, Jean-Claude Brizard, will deliver the main address for the spring 2008 Commencement.

A newly released report has revealed that 20 percent of college students (about 1.7 million) are without health insurance, emphasizing the need for health-care reform in the United States.

Fear not, Geneseo: chalking is still OK.

Members of the Geneseo community from all backgrounds and races overflowed the College Union Ballroom on Sunday, March 9 to discuss how Geneseo's "chilly climate" refers to more than just the weather.

While the college welcomes the addition of Seneca Hall, some students have had to suffer through the inconveniences of its construction.

Issues such as racism and diversity will come to the center of attention this weekend for the Race and Campus Culture Teach-in. The event will take place in the College Union Ballroom on Sunday, March 9 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The gap between males and females pursuing science and mathematics careers is slowly closing.

At the young age of 21, Geneseo senior Jason Miller, of West Bloomfield, N.Y. - about thirty minutes from Geneseo - secured the position of town councilman in his hometown's local election this past November.

Members of the Geneseo community are coming together to help fellow student Jacqueline Hirsch - recently diagnosed with leukemia - by hosting a bone marrow drive on Wednesday, Dec. 5 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Union Ballroom.

Blackface Halloween costume photos splashed across the news. A drug bust on Halloween that included the alleged sale of marijuana to trick-or-treaters. A stabbing. A hit-and-run death. Seems like all the news coming out of Geneseo these days is bad.

There was standing room only in Sturges Auditorium on Friday for a lecture given by SUNY Buffalo professor of American studies Don Grinde. Grinde, a Yamasee Iroquois, presented a talk entitled, "The Iroquois and the Development of Democracy in America."

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.