Hitting the bars and sleeping through classes may be familiar experiences to many alumni, but few have been able to finesse those experiences into a career walking through the halls of power. Representative Joseph Morelle ’86 serves constituents in Rochester and most of Monroe County as the first Geneseo alumnus to be elected to Congress.
Read MoreThe Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
Among the tell-all memoirs and deep exposés of the Trump administration, one popular nonfiction book from the past year has stood out in the minds of mainstream thought leaders across the political spectrum. The Coddling of the American Mind offers an answer to an apparent problem: what’s gone wrong on college campuses over the past few years?
Read MoreStudent-run media provides more fulfilling experience at Geneseo
After four years, almost 175 articles and countless sleepless nights, this issue of The Lamron is my last. If there’s one thing I learned from that all-too-brief time, it’s how important the mission of student-run media can be.
Read MoreCollege updates medical leave of absence policy to aid students who struggle with mental health issues
The college recently revised its policy for students who require a leave of absence. The revised policy allows students who encounter medical problems to take a leave with greater leeway.
Read MoreVice President for College Advancement, K. Johnson Bowles, unexpectedly leaves college
As of Friday March 29, the college no longer employs Vice President for College Advancement and Executive Director of the Geneseo Foundation, K. Johnson Bowles. Bowles’s departure allegedly came after multiple years of complaints from staff members in the Office of Advancement regarding Bowles’s leadership style.
Read MoreGeneseo production of 70s musical features talented cast members, modern media twist
Plenty of magic, music and existential anxiety occupied Brodie Hall’s Alice Austin Theatre this weekend as the cast of “Pippin” remade the classic 1972 musical about a young man searching for meaning in life.
Read MoreStudents must pay attention to impact of administrative turnover, uncertainty
A college is made up of students, faculty and administrators. Students interact with their peers every day and their professors every week, but rarely with administrators. As a result, students might struggle to see the effect of administrators on everyday student life.
Read MoreClass Profile: Honors course explores sustainability through visuals
If the environment was once a blank canvas for humanity to paint on as it wanted, pollution and other unsustainable practices have created a somewhat dismal picture. In a section of HONR 204, co-taught by associate professor of political science Karleen West and Director of Sustainability Dan DeZarn, students employ art and activism to better understand that picture.
Read MoreEnvironmental film spotlights consequences of oil extraction for people native to affected areas
Deep in the Amazon rainforest sits a small lagoon of crude oil. A series of government policies led to the massive oil drilling and disposal which created that lagoon and the indigenous populations who live near similar disposed oil deposits bear the brunt of its health impacts. When countries and companies extract as much oil as they can, who speaks for those people on the affected land?
Read MoreCampus community roiled by student Snapchats referencing blackface
A pair of Snapchats posted to a student’s story that referenced blackface have created outcry from students at Geneseo. In an email from College President Denise Battles to the student body, the college called the Snaps “deeply disturbing, reprehensible, and wholly inconsistent with the values of this College.”
Read MoreFull interviews with candidates for Student Association Executive Committee
Elections for the Student Association Executive Committee will be held from March 26-28. In these interviews, candidates talk about their reasons for running, their goals if elected and their views of SA as an institution.
Read MoreAlumnus Spotlight: Former student pursues child entertainment, “Kids on Earth” project
To Howard Blumenthal ‘74, co-creator of PBS’s “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego,” one-time syndicated newspaper columnist and current Ivy League academic, Geneseo was a launchpad to a lengthy career in different fields.
Read MoreWomen’s basketball team falls to reigning national champions after win in NCAA game
With the regular season and the SUNYACs finished, Geneseo women’s basketball traveled to Amherst, Mass. to compete in the NCAA’s Division III tournament. Although they came away with a win on Friday March 1 against the Vassar College Brewers, they didn’t make it past Amherst’s own Amherst College Mammoths in a game on Saturday March 2.
Read MoreLegal scholar Lawrence Lessig gives lecture urging open access to scholarly works
Harvard Law School’s Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership Lawrence Lessig presented the Open Education Week 2019 keynote address on Wednesday March 6 in Wadsworth Auditorium. Lessig’s talk, titled “On the Obligation of Scholars,” drew from his specialty in intellectual property law and experience as a founding board member of Creative Commons.
Read MoreFinalists chosen for Vice President of Finance and Administration position
The search committee to find a new Vice President for Finance and Administration finished the last of its three candidates’ campus visits on Friday March 1. The chosen candidate is planned to start on July 1.
Read MoreWomen’s basketball falls in conference final, receives at-large bid to NCAA tournament
Geneseo women’s basketball ended the SUNYAC tournament this past weekend by splitting their two games. Despite their eventual loss to the SUNY New Paltz Hawks in the overtime of the SUNYAC championship, the Knights officially received an at-large bid for the NCAA Division III tournament.
Read MoreWomen’s basketball snags second seed, travels to New Paltz for semi-finals
Geneseo women’s basketball finished out a winning regular season this past weekend with two close games against the SUNY Cortland Red Dragons and the SUNY Oswego Lakers. As the Knights prepare for their first post-season match against SUNY Fredonia on Friday Feb. 22, they want to keep their focus on the near future.
Read MoreBook Review: Merchants of Truth, by former New York Times editor Jill Abramson
Jill Abramson’s new book, Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for Facts, is nothing if not ambitious. From the beginning, she takes it upon herself not only to depict the last 15 years for four separate news organizations, but to glean something about the state of the mainstream media.
Read MoreWomen’s basketball regains stride, rattles off three straight victories
Geneseo women’s basketball brought about back-to-back wins against SUNY Brockport, both at home and away. The wins come as the women begin wrapping up the regular season.
Read MoreFormer editor’s ethical lapses demonstrate dilemma in modern journalism, publishing
Former executive editor of The New York Times Jill Abramson released her book on the state of ethics in contemporary newswriting on Feb. 5. Although Abramson aimed to show how disruptors like BuzzFeed and Vice impact major media mainstays like The New York Times and The Washington Post, she only served to demonstrate elitist elements within the mainstream.
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