In a budget proposal announced on Feb. 1, Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised New Yorkers that he wouldn't raise State University of New York tuition – a pronouncement inspiring cheers from voters, but rendering disappointment for many students.

In the wake of the Tucson shootings, there were calls to ban firearms as well as responses from the National Rifle Association and other reactionary organizations saying that guns are not responsible for violent behavior and that solutions lie elsewhere.

On Tuesday night, President Barack Obama delivered the State of the Union address to Congress, detailing his strategy for moving forward in the face of the current financial crisis. One of the president's main points was the need to pursue green energy initiatives.

President Barack Obama's announcement Tuesday that he would agree to extend the Bush tax cuts for all Americans – including those filers reporting over $250,000 in annual income – is the latest depressing reminder that nationally, change has come not through a unified effort of leaders to develop a comprehensive path toward accomplishing our nation's goals, but through a scrambled and directionless patchwork of red and blue victories.

Though some voices from across campus and beyond have expressed shock at President Christopher Dahl’s deactivation announcement, we in fact had every reason to expect that such a drastic measure was looming on the horizon.

Talk to long-time Geneseo alumni or people who have been associated with the college for a while and they’ll tell you all about the golden days of Geneseo – when there was a bar in Letchworth Dining Hall and of course, when we were the legendary “top party school” as ranked by Rolling Stone magazine.

Geneseo has consistently been packaged and promoted as one of the top public liberal arts schools in the country. Students matriculate at this college with the expectation that they will be afforded the opportunity to explore a variety of subjects and pedagogical perspectives; that sentiment echoes through the ivory towers of this institution through the voices of administration, faculty and students.

For those not in the know, Four Loko is a potent concoction: at 12 percent alcohol, it’s stronger than almost any beer.

Little-known Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino recently upset high-profile NYC-area shoe-in Rick Lazio in the primary election for New York's Republican gubernatorial candidacy. It sounds like it could be a charming tale of the underdog persevering to come out on top, but this is no fairytale. It is the troublesome outcome of a political climate ablaze with stinging polarity.

We make a big deal about voting here in Geneseo. Anyone who lives off campus has gotten a voter registration card in their mailbox and "Think Globally, Vote Locally" will be haranguing you soon to register if you haven't already.

The mosque. The Gulf spill. Midterm elections. Jobless recovery. Natural disasters around the world. Ballooning deficits at all levels of government. The ruling on Proposition 8. The leak of military documents. Responses to alleged and real racism. The end of the Iraq War.

This year presented Geneseo with some very serious challenges.

The fourth incarnation of G.R.E.A.T. Day provided students with opportunities to expand their horizons, stretch the capabilities of their minds and experience the world around them in a whole new way.

If you are one of the many students who have sought or thought about seeking counseling services from Lauderdale Health Center, chances are that you didn't receive the treatment that you were expecting.

The Lamron recently released a survey asking for constructive feedback from its readership. The results were, in a word, interesting: There was good commentary, useful information and all sorts of comments, both praising and derisive.

On March 21, one of the three buses driving back from Panama City, Fla. caught fire, became engulfed in flames and burned to the ground.

On March 4, 18 senators - including New York's Kirsten Gillibrand - backed a resolution to lift the Food and Drug Administration's ban on blood donors who have had gay sex since 1977, a ban that was enacted in 1983 during the early stages of the HIV-AIDS crisis.

Gov. David Paterson's budget proposal for the coming fiscal year should come before the state legislature by the end of the month. In it is another $150 million in cuts to SUNY, which would leave Geneseo with at least a $3.8 million budget gap itself in the upcoming year.

The Credit C.A.R.D. Act that took effect Monday accomplishes the equivalent of moving a bottle of marked poison out of the refrigerator and into a medicine cabinet - it makes it slightly harder for young people to mortgage away their future, which as far as we're concerned is a good thing.

Campus Auxiliary Services recently announced plans to replace the Campus Grind with a Starbucks franchise, one of several long-range initiatives to improve on-campus dining. The Lamron applauds CAS's recent drive to improve its services for Geneseo students.