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UP officer dies in motorcycle crash

Mia Morgillo Campus police lost one of their own, 44-year-old Robert “Bob” Mesec the afternoon of Sept. 16 in a motorcycle crash in Pennsylvania. Lt. Mesec worked with the campus police department for 21 years and was promoted to the...

Freshman receive sex Ed from CAs

Aleksandra Sidorova The early period of the new school year from August to November is classified as “the Red Zone,” a time marked by a sudden increase in the number of sexual assault incidents, compared to the rest of the...

SA budget updated

Katie Kallamni The new budget upgrade to $1.2 million for the Student Association is set to enhance on-campus living with talks of reforms for on-campus dining. The prior budget was set at just over $1 million. The Student Association plans...

Students struggle for parking

Matthew Wendler With the number of students that arrived on campus at the beginning of the semester, parking spaces have been filling up quickly with each passing day. Last year, there was less of a struggle with parking since there...

Celebrating the effort to end global hunger

Aleksandra Sidorova Every year, the second week of September is celebrated as “Feed the Future Week,” a time to acknowledge the progress made toward ending world hunger. It is for this reason world hunger is the first topic discussed in...

Upcoming cemetery tour from Town of Clinton

Sydney Hakes The Clinton County Historical Society will kick off October by hosting a tour of three local cemeteries. The tour will start at Immaculate Heart of Mary cemetery and finish at the Frontier Cemetery. Frontier is the first ever cemetery...

Late Night returns live

Mia Morgillo There is a place for students, faculty and community members to come together off campus. It’s called Late Night  for the Planet. This student-driven talk show hosts interviewees every third Wednesday of the month at Olive Ridley’s. At...

Students happy for in-person semester

Matthew Wendler The fear that sparked from the pandemic has left quite the impact on people all over the world; however, life seems to now be turning more toward a semi-normal state. In late August, hundreds of students stepped foot...

Marijuana remains illegal for Platts student use

Aleksandra Sidorova With the signing of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA), or Cannabis Law, March 31, New York became the 15th state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana by adults. Now that in the eyes of the...

Women march over Texas laws

Mia Morgillo On Sept. 21, 666 laws were passed in Texas. One of these prohibits physicians from providing abortions if they detect a fetal heartbeat, which will include embryonic cardiac activity, something that can occur as early as six weeks...
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