Bollywood Comes To Campus

November 17, 2011 Rachel Freeman 0

After second-year international relations major Jasmine Sawmi showed second-year communications major Oluwatofunmi Ayanfodun her first Bollywood film, Ayanfodun was addicted. When Ayanfodun began finding and watching movies on her own, the idea of a Bollywood club on campus struck the pair. “We had the idea last semester, but we didn’t really try to […]

Every Day They’re Tumblin’

October 27, 2011 Rachel Freeman 0

Tumblr addicts now have something productive to do with their time – other than posting photos of cute animals and pizza – with the help of the new SUNY New Paltz club called Tumblr University. The club, founded by first-year students Kellie Gainey and Grace Kobryn, aims to use the blogging website as a platform to foster discussions about current issues and find solutions. Spurring from a joke about Tumblr posts saying,“I wish I could go to Tumblr University,” Kobryn pitched the idea to Gainey and the pair decided to actually make it possible. In late September, they set up a domain on the site, where they post a discussion topic roughly once a […]