On Election Day earlier this month, voters in Arizona passed Proposition 107, a ban on affirmative action programs that give preferential treatment to or discriminate against any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracting.

Since Geneseo first began offering online courses in 2008, the program has grown exponentially each summer, attracting hundreds of students.

This spring's registration survey yielded over 1,600 responses and wrought complaints similar to those reported in previous years; students reported being closed out of classes and voiced frustration with overlapping sections and the problem of two courses being offered in the same time slot.

On Tuesday Oct. 5, Geneseo hosted Invisible Children's Face-to-Face program; the organization invited two touring speakers, Sunday Douglas and Komakech Lawrence, to discuss the struggles of war-torn Uganda.

SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher visited Geneseo on Monday to speak about leadership at a Geneseo Opportunities for Leadership Development workshop.

After receiving disappointing feedback from surveys, word-of-mouth and The Lamron's editorial last year, Lauderdale Health and Counseling Services has made a number of changes to better serve its clients.

Junior Tyler Ocon has been approved as chair of the Undergraduate Student Association Elections Committee for the 2010-2011 academic year.

Newly appointed Chief of University Police Sal Simonetti began his duties on July 22 and is working to integrate himself into the department and campus community.

Title IX, a law banning gender discrimination in schools, is being reinterpreted once again after former President George W. Bush and his administration significantly relaxed the enforcement standards in 2005.

On April 15, attorney C.L. Lindsay led a discussion entitled "Free Speech and Facebook" warning students of potential dangers on the Internet and encouraging them to consider the offline equivalents of their online decisions.

Two weeks ago, the U.S. State Department granted Geneseo authority to issue the documentation required for foreign students and faculty to apply for a J-1 visa.

Hollis Watkins, a civil rights activist who co-founded and is now president of Southern Echo, Inc., delivered Geneseo's keynote lecture commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. in the College Union Ballroom on March 4.

As New York State continues to struggle through a tight fiscal situation, concerned constituents of the SUNY system have suggested raising nonresident tuition as a means of increasing revenue - but not all are convinced.

Allegations that Binghamton University disregarded its own academic standards in furthering its Division I basketball program were confirmed by a recent report released by SUNY Central Administration.