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Lacrosse splits two weekend matches
Women's lacrosse continued its season over the weekend when it hosted the 8-2 Union College Dutchwomen on Friday and the Skidmore College Thoroughbreds on Saturday. The 'Jackets lost to the Dutchwomen, 7-17, and then beat the Thoroughbreds, 17-8, to bring their record to 2-2 in the Liberty League and 3-6 overall. Union started the scoring […]
Memorial Art Gallery features antique baroque organ
Six hundred pipes of tin and alloy, comprising the Italian Baroque organ at the Memorial Art Gallery, seem to stretch beyond the ceiling and into the heavens, as the angelic instrument resonates pure sounds played by the hands of Robert Poovey. Poovey is a well-known, admirable director of music at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. He […]
The certainty seen in sports is not fungible to college
In this day and age, overstimulated by the wealth of information at our disposal, we tend to rely heavily on predictions. With the NFL draft but a few weeks ago and primary season still continuing (well, at least for one party), armchair sports writers and pundits lay down their selections as to who will get […]
Senate rejects budget
For the first time in over 14 years, the Students' Association Senate rejected a budget proposal for next year's distribution of SA funds, by a vote of 10-5. Senators voted against the budget in its entirety, citing objections to a five percent increase in Campus Activities Board's funding.For the first time in over 14 years, […]
Learning how to leave your legacy
Throughout my adolescence, I accumulated a distinct picture of the "true" college experience. My cousin taught me that college girls were "easy and loose for an ear and a masseuse." And my best friend's brother, who attended a state school in the south, told me that he had two girlfriends at the same time. He […]
D-Day is tested
According to Medical Emergency Response Team's "D-Day Impact Report," released last week by Director of Operations of River Campus MERT and junior Laura Bailer, there were less calls to MERT during this year's Dandelion Day on Saturday, April 26, than in either of the previous two years. There were 12 total calls between 10:05 p.m. […]
Hanging on for dear life
Students watched, transfixed, as the daring climber made his way up the treacherous vines, clinging desperately to the gravelly side of the academic building, tiny fists clenched in determination. Who was this rogue adventurer, so bravely risking life and limb? Where did he come from, and why was this his chosen task? So many questions […]
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College life failed to live up to all the adults' hype
What is it about these four years that should make us want to cry when it's over? That our friends won't be living next door? That we'll have to actually earn a living to buy food? That we can no longer sleep until noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays? That we have to worry about […]