This is it. Finals Week. The big finale. For many students, the next seven days are the most important of the year. One test or one essay could make the difference between walking out of the classroom with an A or barely squeaking by with a D. For some...

When it comes to security and safety, there are no such things as passive and active parties. Either one consciously appraises their surroundings and takes necessary action to ensure safety, or one does not. ...

I was a pretty good kid growing up, but that didn't stop me from pelting a classmate in the face with a snowball in third grade. The result was my first referral of elementary school. I didn't start the melee, all I know is I ended it. What I thoug...

Every winter when my town is graced with the first snow my friends come together to pound each other with snowballs. Sure, when you get hit with a snowball it is wet and cold, but there is nothing more liberating than whipping a snowball right back at ...

I am not writing because I have a rant that I'd like everyone to hear or because I have a gripe about our campus, but because I would like to say 'Thank You' to Plattsburgh State. Since I do have the podium, let me share a couple of complaints. ...

This morning outside Clinton Dining Hall a grounds crew pulled up along the Saranac River Trail. I thought nothing of it until I noticed that they were not there to landscape the trail, but to pow...

During Christmas and Thanksgiving, many help out at soup kitchens and shelters because they are feeling generous around the holidays, despite busy schedules. ...

On a campus of over 6,000 students, every meal at the dining halls cannot be made to order. Instead, to feed the hungry crowds that storm the card swiper three times a day, meals have to be made to...

Complaints are an art form with many would-be artists. Many people complain too abrasively to be taken seriously and are dismissed as irritated naysayers. Others complain too passively and they get ignored. ...

Lately it seems peaceful protesting is the thing to do. Students across the country, Plattsburgh State included, have been rallying together to make their voices heard. However, in many cases these peaceful revolutionaries are met with military-like fo...

Police brutality is not a new concept. The long arm of the law protects our rights, liberties and enforces the laws of our great land, but sometimes the arm overreaches its bounds. Sometimes students sit side by side in quiet protest as a policeman non...

I would like to express my concern with how some of the boys on 7th floor of Whiteface Hall reacted to the shower camera incident. Girls on the floor had their privacy violated and without their permission. How can anyone consider that no b...

Representatives from Plattsburgh State attended the National Broadcasting Society Freedom states chapter convention a few weekends ago in Erie, Pennsylvania. ...

Video games are the new books. There supposedly was a time when people would open a book and become obsessed with its contents. Those days have been replaced with the Internet, kindles and most of all, video games. ...

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By: Nancy Monette Letter to the Editor

Last week Ja'Pheth Toulson wrote an article about the local 40 Days for Life Prayer Vigil. ...

Kids just don't play like they used to. Most are more comfortable holding a remote than a stick or hammer. ...

UK Prime Minister David Cameron has recently announced that he will not send aid to governments banning homosexuals. If states receiving financial aid from Commonwealth nations refuse to accept human rights, such as freedom of sexuality, they wil...

When someone is uncomfortable, it's probably not a good idea to make fun of him or her. Of course, this probably sounds obvious, especially in a newspaper whose demographic is mostly college educated men and women. If only it were. ...

As the world sways under the immense weight of an ongoing technological revolution, the rule of law has struggled to keep up with its break-neck pace. This revolution, which had a clear, definite beginning but no foreseeable ending, is the topic of our...