Jumping into college is like jumping out of an airplane. Feeling alive and fearing for your life, all at the mercy of a free fall, you may feel capable of anything and bound by nothing. But, a few minutes into skydiving, and a few weeks into college, you must make an important choice: continue to speed aimlessly for a fatal crash, or pull the ripcord and let your parachute carry you safely back to Earth.

By reading this article, you've at least flirted with the above habit. You have moved into the dorms among hundreds of people you don't know. You've enrolled in classes unlike any you've taken before. You've reduced communication with family to phone calls and weekend visits. And you've separated yourself from a social life 18 years in the making. There are plenty of jobs and community colleges that might have saved you the trouble, but you chose the monumental risk of living away at school.

In Geneseo, the town which according to Money Magazine has the 10th highest percentage of singles in the nation, the advice of a savvy "dating doctor" may be all too appealing. Students seeking such advice filled the Union Ballroom Friday before 10-time National Speaker of the Year Dave Coleman; the inspiration for the movie Hitch.

One of the most intimidating and liberating truths to hit freshmen coming into college is that they are now responsible for every aspect of their lives, whether they accept it or not.

Senior Gavin Price is the newest troupe leader of Improv Comedy Club, the group that brings "No Laugh Track Required" to the Robert Sinclair Theatre every year.

On April 19, approximately 150 students filled Newton Hall before a panel of eight new teachers, most of whom had graduated from Geneseo only a few years before. The event, called "Surviving and Thriving in Your First Year of Teaching" was organized by education honor society Phi Delta Kappa and hosted by Coordinator of Student Teaching John Williams.

As hundreds of education majors come into the College each year, those in their final semesters await the beginning of their careers with a mix of enthusiasm and anxiety. The student teaching program at Geneseo is designed to ease their nerves, build their confidence, and ultimately teach them on a level that no lecture hall can reach.

On the night of April 3, a crowd of students and faculty were stilled and silenced before an unforgettable documentary A Closer Walk. Taken away from anxiety about classes or relationships, they were exposed to the tragedy of AIDS in Africa.

This past November, sophomore Ashley Saltzman was assigned a problem-solution speech for Professor Joe Bulsys's Principles of Communication course. She found a topic that she, like many Geneseo students, has been frustrated by in the past: the class registration process She spoke with 40 students, 10 other schools, the registrars and the Dean of the College for their knowledge and perspectives.

Dining, dancing and drama filled the Union Ballroom this Saturday, March 24, as Shakti presented Sangamam 2007. Students from all different years, organizations and backgrounds came together in one of the most lively cultural celebrations of the year.

It was early for a Saturday morning, but there wasn't a tired eye in the group. Thirty of us sat outside Merritt Athletic Center before filing into seven cars to make the six-hour trip to Ohio, where we had found an office building willing to take us in for the night. The next morning, we'd complete the trip to Louisville, K.Y., where we would spend our Spring Break cleaning the Ohio River with the non-profit environmental organization Living Lands and Waters (LL&W).

On Feb. 28, Newton 201 held more people for the Transgender Panel than for any class that day. Students of different majors and faculty members of different departments congregated with common curiosity about a controversial topic.