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Student Leaders Advocate For Good Samaritan Policy

Members of Student Association (SA) met with the president’s cabinet to integrate changes to make SUNY New Paltz’s policy consistent with the Good Samaritan Policy (GSP). Sen. Wendy Cohen met with the presidential cabinet on March 12 to present her research on GSP. She [...]

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Students Protest CUNY And SUNY Tuition Hikes

New York Student Rising (NYSR) hosted students from all over the state in Albany, N.Y. on Monday, March 5, to rally against tuition hikes, recent reductions in state funding and increases in student debt for State University of New York (SUNY) and City University of New York (CUNY). [...]

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‘Hydro Fracking’ Remains A Divisive Issue Among Residents

Academic experts and activists continue to show concern about how hydraulic fracturing could affect New York state. If specific counties in New York allow hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, a fluid would be injected down a pipe into the naturally-occurring fractures in shale, releasing natural gas. Alexander Bartholomew, assistant professor of geology, said there [...]

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