Last Tuesday, a CAS committee decided that ownership of the campus store will change hands from Sundance Books to Follett.

As spring approaches, so too does Geneseo election season, which will include voting on Student Association positions as well as the biannual referendum on the mandatory student activity fee.

Fulbright scholar Subash Das's lecture, "Climate Change: Vulnerability and Adaptation in Bangladesh" highlighted the effects of global warming on climate areas worldwide.

In order to make Geneseo's main Web site more accessible and user-friendly, it will be receiving a long-overdue upgrade to be completed sometime next fall.

On Feb. 8, Ruckus, once a popular means of downloading music legally, shut down due to insufficient ad revenue.

To address concerns about underage and binge drinking, Public Safety Aides are holding a forum next week to discuss the proposed change in drinking age headed by the Amethyst Initiative.

As the new Obama administration falls into place, the recent appointment of Jackie Norris, Geneseo alumna, as Michelle Obama's chief of staff attests to the value of a Geneseo degree.

With Feb. 5, "Super Tuesday," fast-approaching, politically minded Geneseo students are preparing for the important day when 24 states, including New York, will pick the candidates for the presidential election.

Geneseo, once again, has landed spots near the top of the college rankings.

Last week at a national competition in Washington D.C., a team of Geneseo economics students placed as runners-up to Harvard University in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York 2007 College Fed Challenge, defeating four other teams.

Food prices are undoubtedly the eternal gripe of on-campus students, and an examination of the price of meal plan options for a number of local colleges shows Geneseo's are higher, but not by much.

The perceived dark side of the United States' international involvement in the 20th century was portrayed in a harsh light last Thursday evening, as guest speakers Tom Melville and George Mische presented a lecture entitled "U.S. Interventionism: From Guatemala to Iraq."

Geneseo High School's cafeteria was filled with town and village residents Monday night, all clamoring to publicly voice their opinions on the proposed Lowe's in a hearing in front of the Geneseo Town Board and Town Planning Board.

On Wednesday, Oct. 24, the National Student Speech and Language/Hearing Association sponsored a talk by Pam Hatch, retired principal of the Rochester School for the Deaf and Rochester Deaf Woman of the Year. Her presentation in Newton 202 gave students a brief insight into the world of the deaf community and RSD.

The GOLD-sponsored local candidate forum in the Union Ballroom last Thursday evening drew a large crowd to listen to Geneseo town supervisor and council candidates speak about some of the major issues in the upcoming election.

The movement to bring a Lowe's to Geneseo, one of the most hotly debated topics in the upcoming local election, has cleared a significant hurdle.

The recent push for Geneseo students to vote locally may largely influence the outcome of the local election for town supervisor this fall. Four candidates are running with very different perspectives on the issues they believe impact the Geneseo community the most.

The announcement of a racially-motivated assault on the Geneseo campus over the weekend shocked the community, but some who know the assailant claim the administration's message about the incident was misleading.

For anyone passing through Milne Library, it's worth the time to notice the large photo exhibit that is spread throughout the first floor. The exhibit, titled "Heavens Above," features 29 images of space taken by the Hubble Telescope, several astronomical displays and a large scale model of the solar system.

For local candidates running for office across Livingston County, Nov. 6 is quickly approaching. Although signs of the upcoming local elections may not be readily apparent on campus, the effort to get students involved and registered to vote in the election is the goal of the student organization Think Globally, Vote Locally.