Mental health has always had a negative stigma around it, making people feel inferior or weak if they want to talk about their feelings. According to an article from The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds, written by Eliza Abdu-Glass, it states that “we are facing a true mental health crisis on our campuses,” for […]
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Make Function Room Reservations ASAP!
Here are some important reminders from this week’s Senate meeting on Tuesday September 27th. Renovations & Function Room Reservations The Van Hoesen building is soon undergoing a huge renovation. This means that if anyone has things stored in this building for any club or activity, they must start thinking of other places to put these […]
SUNY Cortland’s Policy on Hazing
SUNY Cortland has made it a priority to let student groups and organizations, as well as Greek life, understand that hazing has never and will never be tolerated. Hazing’s dictionary definition is, “the imposition of strenuous, often humiliating, tasks as part of a program of rigorous physical training and initiating.” Hazing prevention week started on […]
Meet Cortland Alumni Lindsey Kilian- A Non-traditional Grad
Cortland certainly has a wide variety of students and faculty, but non-traditional students make up a very small percentage of the student body. Typically over the age of 24 with some kind of gap in their college education, “non-trads” are somewhat of a minority here on campus. This past weekend I had the opportunity to […]
Off-Campus Students Experience A Rise In Crime
In recent years, crime rates have increased tremendously for students living off-campus in the Cortland area. It is no new concept for these trends to be happening, as students have reported numerous break-ins and theft in their homes for years. When choosing to live off-campus, students are aware of the risk they are taking, but […]
Historic Hurricane Fiona Surges Through Canada’s East Coast
Hundreds of thousands of people are left without power this weekend after hurricane ‘Fiona’ ripped through Canada’s eastern coast. The storm was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm on Friday. Three provinces experienced torrential downpours, extreme flooding, and winds up to 99 mph, as homes and buildings were washed into the sea. Officials […]
Is COVID-19 Making a Come-back?
The Coronavirus pandemic has been affecting everyone for the past three years. Although things have been looking up, this week at SUNY Cortland, there has been a surge in cases. For the fall 2022 semester, the mask restriction has been lifted, as well as social distancing restrictions and students have had a sense of normalcy. […]
SUNY Cortland Admits Largest First-Year Class in 33 Years
There has been a noticeable rise in the number of students applying to SUNY Cortland over the past few years, but none as significant as the class of 2026. Over 11,700 applications for admission were submitted collectively for the upcoming fall semester. In total, about 1,400 first-year students were admitted to SUNY Cortland for the […]
New School Year, New Additions to Cortland
Numerous additions were made to SUNY Cortlands’ senate as well as our clubs, at this week’s senate meeting. There were a handful of students who wanted to join the Student Government Association (SGA), all who advocated for themselves and their reasons for joining. There were students ranging from sophomores to seniors or even transfer students […]
Cortland Celebrates Latine History Month
SUNY Cortland will be honoring and celebrating Latine History Month from September 15th through October 15th. The campus is holding several events in observance of Latine History Month, also known as National Hispanic Heritage Month. September 15th symbols an important day in history. This date marked the independence of several countries including El Salvador, Guatemala, […]