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How Are Snow Days Determined?

By Kathryn Ting and Jackie Orchard Fingers crossed for that snow day? Get on your knees and pray to the Mesonet - a state-of-the-art...

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America Needs a Wealth Tax

Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. said, “Taxes are the price we pay to live in a civilized society.”

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Banning Political Ads: Twitter Did Something Right For Once

Twitter, meanwhile, announced they would no longer accept any paid political ads.

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Daylight Savings Time Sucks

Let’s face it - Daylight Saving Time helps absolutely no one.

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The Case for Compulsory Voting

The solution may be taking away the option entirely and mandating that all eligible voters cast a ballot.

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Restoring the Public’s Faith in Journalism

Sitting Down With Jim Heaney and the Investigative Post by Jackie Orchard Eight years ago, Jim Heaney was a frustrated reporter at The...

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Student Health Services Moves Back to Campus!

By Katy Dara You shouldn’t need a car to get the mental health counseling you need. Student Health Services agrees; which is why they...

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Professor Angie Chung Studies Asian Students to Improve Their Experience at UAlbany

By Aina Izham “Ever since I came here, I just felt a little out of place,” said Jessica Lau, an international student at UAlbany. “I felt...

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Gender and Sexuality Resource Center Provides Art Therapy

By Emily Clute Published November 19, 2019 Every Thursday throughout the semester, you can find the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center...

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Students Invited to Compete in Albany Film Festival

By Bailey Cummings Published November 12, 2019 Are you a filmmaker, graphic designer, or artist? If so, there is an event for you coming...

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Meet The Marching Band!

By Emily Clute Published November 12, 2019 At a recent practice, the 42 members of the UAlbany Marching Band took to Bob Ford Field,...

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“The Lighthouse”

Movie Review By Drew SanEmeterio Published November 12, 2019 Robert Pattinson. Willem Dafoe. The director from “The Witch” and some...

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University Police Arrest in Campus Center Sparks Discussions About Race

By NATHANIEL DEPAUL and M. FRANCIS MIRRO “Have you seen ‘the video’ yet?” UAlbany campus students are buzzing about the police take-down...

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The Right To Read: Conquering Censorship

By ZARA AHMAD “One day I happened to be reading Harry Potter. This girl looked at me and said, ‘You are going to hell. My mother told me...

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Student Groups: Your Budget Process Is Changing

By JACOB WEISSENBURG The Student Association Board of Finance is hosting budget orientations to advise student groups on the new budget...

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Concentration Camps Undermine American Ideals, Obviously

If our positions are so unmovable, our hate so defining, then the American Experiment is already a failed one.

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America's Private Prison Issue is an Existential Crisis

America’s incarceration rate is out of control. More people are in our prisons than in that of China or Russia

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America Needs to Cut Border Patrol Spending

Whether you agree with the Trump administration’s pleas to secure our borders, or not; one thing is for certain, we need to reduce spending

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The Inevitability of the Movie Remake

Movie remakes seem to be something of an inevitability these days

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It's Time to End the Tattoo Stigma

The stigma around tattoos is one that needs to end. The younger generations have been making it clear that tattoos mean absolutely nothing a

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Impeach Donald Trump

These are assumptions that made the rapid fire news developments of the past week so shocking and gratifying to fatigued observers, for, unl

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Urging a Breakaway Party for Moderate Conservatives

You don’t need to become a Democrat, you can exercise your political power through action and create your own party, one that embraces true

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Is the New Generation Forgetting the Holocaust?

A study commissioned by the Jewish Materials Claims Against Germany found that in a study of 1,350 Americans, aged 18 and older, millennials

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Let 16-Year Olds Vote Locally

16-year-olds should be given the right to vote on more localized ballots such as school boards or town representatives/

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