Muller: Prospective students hungry for useful tours, not grandma’s cookies

All students are assigned an on-campus mailbox in the Union that never changes, and thank goodness, because this ensures that grandmother's cookies will not be lost or misplaced on their way to your hungry homesick belly.

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Four course curriculum model optional for individual departments

Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Carol Long said on April 1 that each academic department will be able to decide whether or not to adopt a four-credit, four course model independently of the college as a whole.

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Search for missing RIT student continues

George DeLany, a junior political science major at Rochester Institute of Technology, has been missing March 12. His disappearance has prompted concerned classmates, friends, family members and even strangers to canvas local regions and beyond with posters and flyers.

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Hearts for Sammy makes a difference

This week, students from several organizations are joining together to promote awareness of congenital heart defects as part of a national effort leading up to Valentine's Day.

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Invasion of Privacy: Fatima Rodriguez Johnson makes college a home for all

Fatima Rodriguez Johnson, the coordinator of multicultural programs, brings to Geneseo an understanding of and passion for the multiculturalism that has permeated her life.

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Muller: Petitions and protests do nothing but state the obvious

Nobody ever made history by taking the path of least resistance.

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Booze for beginners

If you are a college student who has ever uttered these three words, I don’t need to tell you that the phrase usually yields one of two responses. Some people will shrug their shoulders and think it’s cool that you can actually entertain yourself without the use of alcohol, and others will immediately begin planning a thousand scenarios whereby they will “get you wasted” – this is especially the case if you will be turning 21 at any time within the next decade.

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Beat from the Editor's Seat: The Lamron today

Circular definitions are annoying, but there are some cases in which an expansive definition actually blurs the meaning of a phrase or provides a misleading explanation in order to satisfy the reader seeking clarification and precision where there is none.

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Beat from the Editor's Seat: Setting the record straight

While a reporter's ultimate goal is to draw from the subject facts and statements that will provide useful information to the reader, he will first have to gain the trust of the person he is interviewing. He must present himself not as an interrogator or a detective but as an interested representative of the public looking to fully understand all sides of an issue before putting a single word to the page.

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Album Review: Swift pleases fans with mature release of Speak Now

You can say what you like about Taylor Swift, but she can move records like nobody else, racking up eye-boggling numbers even in a struggling industry.

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Dahl says program curtailments could be revealed within the next month

At an open college forum on Oct. 15, President Christopher Dahl addressed many of the ongoing financial concerns faced by the college at what he called "the first in a series of regular forums about the budget."

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Faculty express skepticism regarding courseload shift

Though no binding decisions have been made about the proposed shift to a four-course model, a recent charge sent by Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Carol Long to all academic faculty has ignited heightened discussion from faculty within all departments.

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Quad Challenge more challenging than anticipated

Geneseo students packed the Pizza Paul's dining area on Saturday hoping to witness the triumph of human over food: 30 hungry students with dreams of conquering the monstrous quad. In the end, though, the unanimous winner of the Quad Challenge was … the quad.

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Facing criticism, Zimpher compromises on raises

In her testimony to the New York State Senate Higher Education Committee on Friday, SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher announced a compromise plan that retains salary raises for three of her deputies but forfeits housing allowances.

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Restaurant Review: University Hots satisfies students with collegiate college plates

Though University Hots is new to Main Street, it will surely become a staple with its hearty and delicious foods that stand above those found elsewhere in Geneseo.

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Across the sea and back: Fiona Harvey's summer

When senior Fiona Harvey flew across the ocean to visit Ghana for the first time, she expected to grow, learn and absorb all that a new place had to offer. She didn't know she could feel the same about her hometown of New York City.

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CAS unveils new contracts, products

Earlier this year, Campus Auxiliary Services signed into three major five-year agreements and began moving forward with plans to bring Starbucks to the College Union to replace the Campus Grind.

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Volleyball wins opener, goes 1-3 in NYU tournament

The women's volleyball team is 2-3 after a grand win over Nazareth College last Wednesday and a series of disappointing losses in New York City last weekend.

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Drag Ball a romp fit for royalty

Boys, girls and everyone in between cheered when vivacious drag ball hostess DeeDee Dubois took the stage Saturday night, her pink wig shimmering in the glare of the KnightSpot disco ball.

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Chancellor unveils SUNY strategic plan at MCC

SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher unveiled the SUNY strategic plan at Monroe Community College on Tuesday as part of a launch series designed to generate enthusiasm for the system's future.

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