Editorial

Things are rough and there are sure to be more trials ahead; our future leaders should not back down from a challenge.We at The New Paltz Oracle find it disheartening that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the legislature are letting New Paltz down by effectively pushing potential presidential candidates away through their mishandling of our school’s fiscal future. Some of the former presidential finalists have said on record that the school’s budgetary woes impacted their decision to withdraw from the search. Yes, some denied it; but the fact that Cuomo’s slashing of SUNY budgets like ours […]

Welcome back, Jason West. You have a lot of work ahead of you. In the past, you brought the nation’s focus to New Paltz. You delivered big things to this small community. But times have changed, and now you’re working under new constraints. While we hope you remain idealistic, it is important that the decisions you make in the next four years are focused and responsible. Young or old, the very livelihood of each member of this community is at stake. We need fiscal responsibility. This economy has caused families to work too hard for too little and we are losing sight […]

Monday turned out to be the day that faculty, staff and students anticipated and dreaded for eight months – the budget plan was finally announced. The slicing and dicing required to meet an estimated $6.3 million deficit was calculated, scrutinized and outlined. The waiting game seems to be over, with students in every program emerging victorious since no major or minor was eliminated. But students, be warned: The game is far from finished, as members of the faculty continue to lose. Adjuncts will be axed. Full-time faculty will be […]