2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1090+ words) The New Paltz Oracle At a recent Accepted Students Day event, someone observed that Black Studies was not represented. This was explicitly mentioned by our administration in a meeting where faculty and other institutional affiliates were present. On the surface,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (644+ words) April 22, 2026 Cole Roberts Features 0 Drops of perspiration trickle down the side of your face. The weather app says it's 75 degrees, but the beaming sun adds what feels like 100 more. You reconsider the decision to take a walk around campus to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (347+ words) April 22, 2026 Patrick Kelly Goodbyes and Reflections 0 In 1, 000 words, I will die. I'm not scared. I've died thousands of times in my life. Conversely, I've been born thousands of times in my life. I died in the spring of last year,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1184+ words) The New Paltz Oracle Before The Oracle, I would never have thought of myself as the journalist I am today. When I was growing up, I hated the news with a burning passion. I convinced myself that journalists only reported…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (724+ words) April 22, 2026 Cassidy Brock Goodbyes and Reflections 0 As a timid and chronically homesick freshman, I feared I would not fit in at the paper because everyone there had already established their friendships and bonded with one another, but I couldn't have…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (408+ words) April 22, 2026 Dash English News 0 On April 15, an event titled "Bridging the Divide" was hosted in the Student Union Building Ballroom. Open to students, faculty and townsfolk alike, this event sought to promote bipartisanship and solidarity amongst attendants and the New…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (263+ words) April 22, 2026 Sara Vala Goodbyes and Reflections 0 I must admit, I'm not one for formal send offs or goodbyes, nor does this necessarily feel like one. In my heart, I know my work will not be done until graduation day, and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (604+ words) April 22, 2026 Theo Brown Op-Eds, Opinion 0 In 1984, the then 73-year-old former President Ronald Reagan was re-elected to the executive office, beating out his opponent, Democratic nominee Walter Mondale, 525 electoral votes to 13; this is the second-largest landslide victory, after FDR's 523 electoral votes…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (345+ words) April 22, 2026 Kyle Bredberg Goodbyes and Reflections 0 When I applied to The Oracle three years ago, I did so on a whim. I don't know how I found this paper or why it struck me in the way that it did. I…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (566+ words) April 22, 2026 Brionna Mc Donald Features 0 On Monday, April 13 at 5 p. m. , Holistic Hawks met in Old Main 215 for a student program titled "The Native American Medicine Wheel: Entering Sacred Space." This hour-long session was organized by Chris Whitaker, co-chair of Mindful Campus…...