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New course to train aspiring actors, nurses

By Kamiko Chamble   SUNY Plattsburgh is launching a one-credit course next semester that would bring student actors into nursing classrooms.  A standardized, or simulated, patient is someone who is trained to portray a patient in a realistic way for the purpose...

Alumni bring family photos to Día de los Muertos ofrenda

By Aleksandra Sidorova   The Warren Ballrooms filled with music, marigolds and memories at the Día de los Muertos celebration on Nov. 1, hosted by Fuerza: The BIPOC Student Union. Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead in English,...

‘What just happened?’: Political science professor predicts election implications

By Aleksandra Sidorova   Ten hours after the Associated Press called the presidential race in favor of Donald Trump, political science professor Daniel Lake explored how the country might change when he takes office. The discussion titled “What Just Happened?” was hosted...

Student group encourages peers to vote

By Aleksandra Sidorova   Three students who make up the group Plattsburgh Votes are entering the final stretch of their voter education work. There is just a week and a half left to cast a ballot — and one day to...

Senate approves finance policy, Robotics Club, event funding

By Jayne Smith   The Student Association Senate approved changes to its financial policy as well as the requests of three clubs — CEO Club, Robotics Club and Nepalese at Plattsburgh — at its meeting Oct. 9.  The only legislation passed at...

Late Night for the Planet hosts mayoral candidates

By Aleksandra Sidorova   Students became more in tune with Plattsburgh’s mayoral elections as they invited candidates Wendell Hughes and Don Kasprzak to the stage of Olive Ridley’s on Oct. 9. The monthly student-hosted game show Late Night for the Planet interviewed...

Hall houses shrine to late boy band star

By Romita Chakraborty   Liam Payne, former member of the best-selling boy band One Direction, unexpectedly died at 31 on Oct. 16 by falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina — leaving millions of fans worldwide in shock and...

Admin serves food, sews bandanas after hours

By Grant Terwilliger   Marco Ayala-Perez isn’t just a Student Health and Counseling Center administrator, but a chef on a monthly cooking show on WCAX Channel 3, a dog shelter volunteer and a creator of bandanas for dogs in need of...

SA Senate shuts down request for extra $1K toward club trip

By Aleksandra Sidorova   Two clubs that received $2,000 on Sept. 25 for a joint trip to Boston asked for another $1,000 at the Student Association Senate meeting Oct. 2. The Student Managed Investment Fund and the Accounting and Finance Association each...

Karen McGrath: In pursuit of student wellbeing

By Kamiko Chamble   A year in, the vice president of Enrollment and Student Success found family in the community and a focus in student wellbeing and mental health. McGrath said the people at SUNY Plattsburgh were warm and welcoming to her...
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