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  • Jackson

    Students remember college massacre

    In 1970, two unwarranted attacks occurred against students.

  • Kaliscik

    Friends, students mourn loss of alumnus

    Peter Kaliscik, a Plattsburgh State alumnus and native of New Hyde Park, died unexpectedly in his home, May 1. He was 24 years old, and his untimely death has left friends and family in heartbroken disbelief.

  • AXP pleads not guilty

     

    Following the Take Back the Night incident last week when the fraternity Alpha Chi Rho allegedly yelled inappropriate comments at marchers, AXP pleaded not guilty to the accusations after meeting with Dean of Students Stephen Matthews, Thursday morning.

  • 3-D composition device coming to Plattsburgh State

     

     

    What if a machine used to create functional firearms could also be made to print functional human organs?

    Now what if the same type of machine came to your college? What would you make with it?

  • Tag

    Fire safety tags placed in Yokum

     

    Orange tags have recently been appearing around Yokum Hall and Meyers Fine Arts Building as part of a new move by maintenance and operations at Plattsburgh State to preemptively correct potential fire code violations throughout the campus. 

  • Sigma Nu Tau

    Business owners recognized

     

    Sigma Nu Tau, an honor society that promotes and recognizes the principles of entrepreneurship, held its annual induction ceremony May 6 to honor its new members.  

  • Facilitating the transition

    New GenEd program aimed at helping freshman

     

    The new general education program to be implemented in fall 2014 will be aimed at helping new students’ transition into college-level courses.

  • Fundraiser to help build treehouse

    The City of Plattsburgh Recreation Department and the Saranac River Trail Committee will host a 5K and 10K race Saturday as a fund raiser for the construction process of the Max Moore Memorial Treehouse.

  • Contest honors student work

    Plattsburgh State students Umberto Angilletta and Deborah Katz both have grown up interested in their history. Though they have each chosen different ways to incorporate them into their lives, these stories have given them inspiration to write.

  • Bulletin boards to change in ACC

    Changes are coming to bulletin board use in the Angell College Center.

  • Full police blotter

    12:08 PM       Macomb Hall             University Police arrested Juan Ruiz of 240 Macomb Hall and Christopher Hernandez of 81E Wilson Hall and charged them with a violation of unlawful possession of marijuana. They were released upon an appearance ticket.

  • Paper an important part of life

    Cardinal Points was not a part of my education. It was my education. There is no better way to educate yourself in the field of journalism than to work at a fully-functional newspaper, and I have done that in one way or another since 2010.

  • Good friends make final goodbye hard

    During my first semester at Plattsburgh State, I volunteered to write a head-to-head column about diversity. Being an international student, it was the perfect topic for my first article in Cardinal Points. The staff was friendly, and I knew I wanted to be part of the newspaper.

  • Leaving advice: Do your bucket list

    This will be the first and subsequently last article I will ever write for Cardinal Points. I’d like to begin with a bucket list of things to do while attending PSUC.

  • Math student becomes engulfed in CP writing

    When I first started my college career, I never thought that I would be in the position that I am in today.

  • Lasting sorority friends

    In an attempt at making my Plattsburgh State stay last a little bit longer, I contemplated staying an extra semester just for fun.

  • Long-time member gives second farewell

    When I left Cardinal Points after the fall 2011 semester, I thought that was going to be it. If you look on the website, you’ll even see another column just like this.