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Government funds student mental health resources

By: Aleksandra Sidorova President Alexander Enyedi sent out a campus-wide email Sept. 2 announcing an expansion of mental health resources available to students thanks to financial support from the federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund. The new programs, some launching...

SA pres. answers nepotism concerns

By Aleksandra Sidorova The Student Association hosted an executive meeting Monday, Sept. 5, and a senate meeting Wednesday, Sept. 7. The meetings officially established the SA’s 60th legislation.  Both meetings showed unanimous approval for the appointment of various adviser positions to...

Student involvement soars

By Aleksandra Sidorova The new semester welcomed 1,761 new students, with 903 of them being undergraduate freshmen, to the SUNY Plattsburgh campus, according to Dean of Students Stephen Matthews. And already, student involvement is higher than it has been in...

Platts begins transition to Brightspace

By Aleksandra Sidorova A new button appeared on the MyPlattsburgh portal over summer break — an orange circle with a white “B” in it. The icon is situated to the right of Moodle, the learning management system SUNY Plattsburgh has...

Greek life begins recruitment

By Jessica Landman Throughout the month of September, SUNY Plattsburgh’s 14 different fraternities and sororities have been hosting recruiting events for their potential new members. These events range from activities, such as dodgeball and kickball, to bingo and karaoke. Also,...

Masking, quarantine policies change

By Kennedy Tavares After two years, multiple vaccines, millions of deaths and a worldwide quarantine, society is just beginning to find a new normal. SUNY Plattsburgh is no exception. This semester, the college has lifted most preventative COVID-19 measures that...

Cardinal Points moves online

By Olivia Bousquet After printing hand-held newspapers for the past 53 years, Cardinal Points will become a solely digital news source starting in fall 2022. SUNY Plattsburgh students, faculty, staff and alumni will continue receiving the weekly edition through a...

UP officer sues

By Alana Penny A University Police Lieutenant filed a lawsuit against the SUNY Plattsburgh assistant director of human resources. He filed this lawsuit after he was disciplined, when the human resources department found out he has been in a romantic...

Caregiver program gets grant

By Laraib Asim SUNY Plattsburgh’s Alzheimer’s Disease Caregiver Support Initiative celebrated in mid April the approval of a $8.25 million grant from the New York State Department of Health. The grant allows Caregiver Support to expand a series of free...

Journalism program’s founder retires

By Aleksandra Sidorova Dr. Ronald Davis, founder of the journalism program at SUNY Plattsburgh, is retiring at the end of the semester after 51 years of teaching. According to the two remaining journalism professors, Jack Downs and Shawn Murphy,...
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