A Higher Education

December 1, 2011 Rachel Freeman 0

Students gathered in Lecture Center 100 on Thursday, Nov. 17 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. to hear professors of various disciplines speak on different drug-related topics and issues for the first time in a panel-style discussion. The panel was organized by Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) member Wendy Cohen. SSDP is an international […]

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 […]

Reacting To Film

November 10, 2011 Rachel Freeman 0

SUNY New Paltz students now have a way to become better informed about prominent issues and learn to take action with the inception of the campus chapter of React to Film. React to Film is a non-profit organization originally created to influence important members of the media, but also created educational programs stemming from it. “The organization originated as a documentary series screened to influential members of the media in an effort to bring the critical issues portrayed in the films to the forefront of their consciousness,” React to Film College Action Network Director Dahlia Graham said. […]