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Diversity Week panel scorns U.S. imperialism

Members of the Young Democratic Socialists of America’s Plattsburgh chapter argued that U.S. imperialism and corporate interests have destabilized some foreign governments, and sparked the rise of right-wing factions in those countries, at their Diversity Week panel Wednesday night...

Burke Gallery debuts painting, lithograph exhibit

Watercolor paintings and lithographs, an oil and water method of printing, by German artist and author Jan Balet bring satirical humor and precise brushwork to the Burke Gallery at Plattsburgh State’s Myers Fine Arts Building. The debut of the...

Ethics Institute holds special colloquy

More than two dozen students and faculty members attended a special colloquy hosted by the Institute for Ethics in Public Life at Plattsburgh State Wednesday afternoon in Au Sable Hall as part of PSUC’s Diversity Week. Established in 1999, the...

Black Onyx hosts annual banquet

Diversity Week kicked off at Plattsburgh State with the third annual Coming to America Banquet hosted by PSUC’s black student union Black Onyx. In the Angell College Center Warren Ballrooms, the night began with Black Onyx President Latay Moultrie’s announcement...

Faculty senate passes resolutions, will hold business meeting to consider SA resolutions Friday

The faculty senate met in Yokum 200 Tuesday to discuss and vote on resolutions proposed in the wake of student protests against racism and the Plattsburgh State administration’s handling of racial issues on campus. One of the proposed resolutions...

Common Roots will showcase soulful musical history

In honor of Black History Month, the Plattsburgh State Gospel Choir, along with several guest performers, will pay tribute to America’s musical history with their presentation of Common Roots: An Evening of Spirituals and Ballads. Common Roots will take place...

PSUC literary magazine, ZPlatt, rebrands

Plattsburgh State’s 45-year-old literary magazine ZPlatt has unanimously decided to disband the name ZPlatt after a staff member discovered the publication’s namesake, Zephaniah Platt, founder of Plattsburgh, was a slave owner. “It was shocking for sure, and Elizabeth Cohen...

Center of Community Engagement axed

An engaged campus and a stronger community was the goal of Plattsburgh State’s Center of Community Engagement and coordinator and lecturer Julia Devine, but the university’s budget cuts disbanded the CCE, and Devine received a nonrenewal letter in 2017. Established...

Science@30City returns, talks genetic modification with CRISPR technology

The cure for some skin cancers and genetic diseases such as sickle-cell anemia may be within reach due to the monumental discovery and development of the genetic manipulation technology CRISPR-CAS9. This technology holds the potential to knock such diseases out...

SA Senate passes vote of no confidence

The Plattsburgh State Student Association held its third meeting of the spring semester Wednesday at 9:15 p.m. in the Cardinal Lounge. Diet Club, a club in which members educate one another on proper eating habits and discuss helpful tips to...
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