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The Cortland University Police Department’s most popular officer has been described as having light brown almost blonde hair, dark brown eyes and four crime fighting paws! Meekah is the UPD’s 2 year old therapy K9, who works with her handler investigator Melissa Keelhar.   From when she was 8 weeks old, beloved english labrador retriever Meekah […]

Cortland County restaurants invited local customers to partake in their annual restaurant week that began Monday to Friday, March 24-30. Promotions like deals and special dishes were on display attracting both SUNY Cortland students and local Cortland residents.  The Rock serves a bar style menu with much variety, including, french fries, fried pickles, and fried […]

At White Plains Highlands Middle School in Westchester, New York, first-year teacher Kylie Gilroy is facing a challenge she didn’t expect: many of her seventh-grade students struggle with basic reading and writing.  “They don’t know how to write complete sentences, especially compound ones,” Gilroy said.  As an English Language Learner-heavy class, the gap in skills […]

The Vice President for Finance and Management at SUNY Cortland, Mark Yacavone ’94, hosted an open campus meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 26, in Sperry Center, about SUNY Cortland’s financial state and the university budget, with updates on campus reserves and allocation of resources.  During the meeting, Yacavone spoke about the school’s funds, its operating expense, […]

President Donald Trump announced at the beginning of February his intentions of eliminating the Department of Education through an executive action while pressuring employees to quit their jobs. A month later, on March 20, he signed the order that would start dismantling DOE and transfer authority over education and school curriculums back to each state. […]

Cortland N.Y. –  Baseball may be America’s pastime, but for residents of Cortland the development of baseball fields has been more of a nightmare.  The Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex is a multi use park featuring four baseball diamonds on route 13 just outside of town in Cortland. The development of the park has been a […]

The water facilities in the SLC at SUNY Cortland are back open as of March 13, due to a pump that failed according to a campus official.  Upon arrival back to campus students that frequently use the pool facilities in their weekly routines were surprised to hear that there would be no hours of access, […]

At SUNY Cortland, Greek life is an important part of campus, and one of Greek life’s key traditions is “Big-Little.” This tradition pairs new members with older sisters who serve as mentors and guides. The process starts with new members going on “ivy dates” with different sisters to find a good match. The Ivy date […]

BON VOYAGE! Join the SUNY Cortland crew on a journey of comedy, mischief and madcap antics aboard a grand ship where absolutely anything goes!  “Anything Goes” is a lighthearted comedy-musical from the 1930s, following a group of passengers aboard a ship going from New York to London. Among the passengers are an American debutante engaged […]