February 2015

By JAQUI COLT COLUMNIST At this point in my second-semester senior career, being thoroughly dedicated to drinking local, some brew-tour buddies and I decided to hit up another brewery after skiing.  This one, I am telling you, is well…

A state of emergency was declared in Kanawha and Fayette counties in West Virginia on Monday in response to a train derailment carrying, millions of pounds of crude oil. Out of fear of contamination of the public water supply, the…

By JAKOB HAND COLUMNIST The Academy Awards, a.k.a. the Oscars, a.k.a. Hollywood’s annual pat on the back, are here once more and per usual, there is debate about who will win the big prizes. Some races are somewhat concluded already,…

By CONNOR MARTIN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF     This Sunday, the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and their lucky guests are going to walk the red carpet, hoping for a win that will catapult them to stardom or bring them…

BY: BEN RICHARDS STAFF WRITER Nestled in the middle of the beautiful Adirondacks, an area that I hope most students at this university are very familiar with, rests in the town of Tupper Lake. I must admit, it’s not my favorite town in…

BY: KATIE KULL STAFF WRITER Housing selection is right around the corner and with the Theme House fair in the Student Center this week, we thought it would be a good idea to get the inside scoop on what it is like to live in a Theme…

BY: ABAGAEL GILES COLUMNIST This break brought a return to something I hadn’t realized I missed: quiet. During the winter months, the North Country freezes. The Adirondacks freeze and the living things that inhabit them, having long…

BY: OLIVIA WHITE FEATURES EDITOR “I’m incapable of leaving you alone,” croons America’s favorite sadist. There is a collective sound of seat shifting and anticipatory gasping from the audience. Say what you want about Fifty Shades of…