The dust has settled from the presidential election, but the damage continues to echo. In its aftermath, people’s beliefs have been buckled in firmly, and their intolerances have accelerated. From white nationalists to Bill O’Reilly, Washington D.C.’s mascot has been hailed by the worst our country...
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Belonging to a friend group doesn’t come naturally to every kid growing up. Those who don’t find their niche in grade school often discover it in high school or college. However, many don’t and continue drifting through life without that sense of belonging. As for me, I still have some of my childhood...
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Most students will be long gone by May 12, but students and faculty both know the time between now and then is crucial academically. We’re all either grinding tirelessly, coasting along or scrambling to save our semester and swing a passing grade. No matter your situation, one factor that may throw...
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ready played a role in our everyday lives, but in 2017, we’re breaking barriers. From McDonald’s latest monstrosity, the Grand Mac — a Big Mac, only bigger and with 61 percent more beef — to spaghetti doughnuts, which are exactly what they sound, the sky’s the limit. Whether people see these...
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How could something as flimsy as a participation trophy lead to not only the altering of a child’s view of the world, but also the supposed bad character traits that are perceived in millennials? Growing up, most of us chucked those things the first opportunity we had. Even as children, we understood...
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Hundreds of refugees have been heading to Canada since the U.S. presidential election, and Plattsburgh taxi drivers have been playing a large role in getting them there. Taxi drivers have been frequently picking up passengers, some of whom don’t speak English, at the airport and driving them north...
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No matter how stressful or tiresome social media is to many of us, we just can’t seem to break the habit. There are plenty of people who have deleted their social media accounts only to come crawling back to the precious source of headaches mixed with some news and entertainment. Some people find...
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College is a place where many of us find ourselves and begin to gravitate toward a particular field of study. Those students who didn’t declare a major going into freshman year likely did so within a year or two. And those who did have a major, may have changed it. It’s fine to make adjustments...
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If you’re a Plattsburgh State student looking to broaden your perspective but are unable to travel abroad, look no further than your own campus. There are nearly 350 international students enrolled at PSUC who come from more than 65 different countries. Diversity week, which will run from Feb....
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Betsy Devos, our new Secretary of Education with no previous experience working in education, has been the center of criticism and outrage after being confirmed by Vice President Mike Pence’s unprecedented tie-breaking vote in the Senate’s 51-50 vote. Every Democrat voted “no” to her confirmation,...
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05 May 2017
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