Millions of Americans answered the call to vote this past Tuesday for midterm elections, resulting in 49 percent of eligible voters, or 113 million people, showing up to the polls — the highest voter turnout since 1966 according to...
The percentage of eligible millennial voters who actually voted in the 2016 election went up by 5 points compared to the 2012 election, according to a Pew Research Center study on the subject. This probably sounds positive until looking...
Every woman has the right to feel safe and secure in her body and to make her own decision on what she wants to do with it.
I’ve never felt any better in my own skin better. I wake up...
A new semester is upon the student body of Plattsburgh State, and many changes are on the horizon. Although the future isn’t quite so far away, the events surrounding the racist Snapchat incident of last semester may be on...
The power of investigative reporting on a college level is just as important as at any professional news outlet. Cardinal Points displayed this fact last semester, and, more recently, Syracuse University’s The Daily Orange did as well.
News editor Rebecca...
The resolutions discussed at this week’s Student Association Senate meeting were good examples of real results starting to come from student action.
Following the student protests after the racist Snapchat incident last February, much possible change has been discussed with...
If we’ve learned anything over the last week or so, Plattsburgh State still doesn’t know how to properly talk about race. Calling the PSUC administration’s initial response to Maria Gates’ racist Snapchat post lacking would be an understatement. Any...
When you think about the current political climate in America, it’s probably not a shock that international admissions are down a bit on a national scale. The U.S. isn’t exactly putting on the most accepting of faces on the...
When we were younger, we always picked out a special gift or present that we wanted. If it was a Lego set, it was a very specific Lego set. If it was a Barbie set, it had to be...
Two and a half years I spent with Cardinal Points. I remember walking around as a freshman and thinking, “Wow, people actually write the newspaper.” I thought it was something I couldn’t ever do. During my first semester of...
