President Christopher Dahl announced recently that the college has been very successful in the initial stages of a targeted fundraising program, having secured $10 million in five-year commitments from donors.

On Tuesday, President Christopher Dahl and Vice President for Administration and Finance Ken Levison presented an overview of the college's budget at a packed All-College Meeting in Newton.

Faced with dismal ticket sales and approximately $60,000 in committed costs, Student Association President Haleema Murtaza made the decision Friday to make the fall Activities Commission concert free for all Geneseo students.

The Geneseo Environmental Organization hosted two open discussions this week about the possibility of creating an "eco-house" in the model of the existing Dante and Writers Houses.

Robert Bonfiglio, vice president for student and campus life, has been selected to receive this year's Ted K. Miller Achievement of Excellence Award by the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education.

In an effort to raise greater awareness about the drastic cuts proposed for the SUNY system, a group of students is organizing a sit-in in the lobby of Erwin Hall for Nov. 18.

A committee of students has mounted a campaign encouraging others to voice opposition in response to SUNY budgetary cuts enacted by Gov. David Paterson and the New York State Legislature.

On Wednesday, college and community members gathered at the InterFaith Center to celebrate "40 Years of Blessings."

On Thursday evening, the Academic Affairs Committee will host its first Rock Spring Semester event, where students will be able to discuss potential classes with experienced upperclassmen before official registration begins on Nov. 2.

An article published in Inside Higher Ed on Oct. 20 reported that the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh's College of Business has received a $300,000 grant to develop a model for customizing e-textbooks.

On Tuesday, PIGS members Alex Stucki and Devon McClain pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide, a Class E felony. Both had interacted with then-sophomore Arman Partamian in the hours leading up to his death from alcohol intoxication on March 1, 2009.

Hagop Partamian, father of Arman Partamian, has filed a civil lawsuit requesting damages totaling $2.5 million for the wrongful death of his son on March 1.

Several faculty members have expressed frustration at Dean Polly Radosh's spoken initiative to re-distribute the course schedule so that students can choose from a greater variety of class times.

On Sunday, eight student leaders participated in an initial Red Watch Band training session; a program designed to educate students on how to recognize and treat toxic drinking.

Tom Moran, district attorney of Livingston County, met with junior Nicholas Kaasik, vice president of Student Association, and The Lamron to clarify his goal of controlling unsupervised drinking in Geneseo.

Since the "crackdown" on liquor law violations following Arman Partamian's March 1 death last semester, students and organizations have been forced to adapt to new expectations.