Harm Reduction Program Started

September 22, 2011 John Brandi 0

A student activist club is getting the conversation started on campus about drugs and an alternative drug policy. The Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) chapter at New Paltz have launched a new program called Harm Reduction Center (HRC). “On this campus, it’s just to provide scientifically based, unbiased information to the students about drugs and alcohol,” said Maria Scarangella […]

Who Let the Boars Out?

September 15, 2011 Maria Jayne 0

Boar hunter in the northeast can rejoice: feral swine are invading New York. “Feral swine, also known as wild boars, wild hogs, razorbacks and Russian boars, are not native to New York. The term feral swine includes the Eurasian wild boars, domestic pigs that have escaped from farms and ‘gone wild’ and hybrids of the two,” said Kelly Stang of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Feral swine reproduce rapidly when […]