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This past Halloween weekend, I had an experience that allowed me to genuinely ponder the idea of reverse racism. A friend and I decided to dress up as characters from the 2004 movie White Chicks. We are both black males , and our outfits…

At the high school I went to, I never experienced having cops in the classroom, and I never had a School Resource Officer. But at Spring Valley High School in Richland County, South Carolina, the event that unfolded have left many,…

I am a global warming skeptic. This term conveys how intelligent my position is as skepticism is an intelligent sounding word that implies a level of critical thinking on par with liberal scientists who posit global warming as fact. Those…

Photo Credit: J.P Lawrence/ Times Union Late on Halloween night last Saturday, three students were struck by a drunk driver downstate at Skidmore College. While crossing Clinton Street on foot near their campus, three first-year students…

Trick-or-treat! Smell my feet. Give me something good to eat! Halloween is a holiday that is celebrated by many, but do they know the true traditions? Children chant these words while strolling the streets at night going door to door…

Showcasing “The best #%$&ing films in the world,” the first St. Lawrence Film Festival allowed directors looking for their break to showcase their feature-length or short films. While the movies shined on the screen, the entire village…

Staring at the blank page before you, so close you can almost taste it, release your inhibitions, no one else can read the words on your lips, so you post those words in a song on SoundCloud.  Media sharing websites like SoundCloud have…

The opening of a new restaurant may seem inapplicable to any big college town, but to a small village like Canton, the addition of a dining option is critical. Busters Sports Café opened May 29, 2015 in the desolate region of upstate NY.…