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  • Administrators to review AOD policy next week

    Retreat scheduled to possibly amend and clarify controversial new policy

    Administrators from Residential Life and Student Affairs divisions will embark on a retreat next week to reassess and amend the College Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) policy, a process that Dean of Student Affairs Rochelle Calhoun says will be based on student input.

  • Faculty and SGA to discuss revisions to AOD policy with students

    Changes will address the 'in the presence of' clause, the point system and the clarity of language

    A faculty committee and the Student Government Association will hold an open review for students and faculty to discuss revisions to the Alcohol and Other Drugs policy, granting those with concerns or ideas the opportunity to suggest changes to the current system.

  • Construction Photo Construction to Scribner Village proceeds on schedule

    New units to be built following the demolition of the middle portion of Scribner Village

    The completion of Phase 1A of the Scribner Village Replacement Project marks the steady progress of a construction renovation that has been in the works for the past three years.

  • Skidmore Unplugged Logo Skidmore College to Participate in Campus Conservation Nationals 2012 contest

    Students will compete to reduce energy consumption

    The College will participate in this year's Campus Conservation Nationals, a nationwide electricity and water use reduction competition.

  • center Results from initial Starbuck testing released

    Tests indicate normal gas levels; cause of health concerns still unknown

    This afternoon, Dean of Student Affairs Rochelle Calhoun released a statement to the student body reporting that the initial testing in Starbuck had been completed and that the results indicated no abnormal gas levels in the building.

Opinion & Editorial

  • Editorial: Striking the balance in response to Starbuck

    Both students and adminstration must press for transparency amidst a difficult situation

    For both faculty and students, the evacuation of Starbuck Center upon the first week of this term made for a jarring re-entry from winter break. After reports of health concerns from a few staffers, the College administration took the precaution to swiftly shut down the building and subject it to testing.

  • Mittens Opinion: Voting for the vultures

    Mitt Romney and the insidious influence of super PACs in American politics

    Given an innocuous persona and an ostensibly unthreatening, "businessman's approach," it is easy for many Americans, disenchanted as they are with politics-as-usual, to decide that a Romney presidency wouldn't be all that risky. This is a very dangerous conclusion to reach.

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  • Gingro Opinion: Ash Tuesday

    After the Florida primary, Republicans embrace a self-destructive primary season

    At long last the GOP race has become something captivating, which is not to say something dignified. The two Republican frontrunners, the fox and the hedgehog, are now pursuing victory with what might be most accurately described as reckless abandon.

  • volunteer A Call to Service

    Tough times call for a renewed public-spiritedness in our country

    The time has come, given our extended military commitments since the Korean War and in view of today's depressed economy, for this country to institute universal national service.

  • Beerpoints Editorial: Ambiguity and uncertainty in the new AOD policy

    Hardly anyone aware of the troubles that our college faced last year by way of substance abuse could be surprised in seeing a noticeably harsher Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) policy this fall. Last October, the tongue-in-cheek title of Moorebid Ball was gravely apropos, setting the tone for an academic year that would see increased incidents of disorder and vandalism; the sort of abuses that only certain "substances" can generate.

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Features

  • Skidmore to host New Energy Economy

    On Feb. 17 the College will host the New Energy Economy Forum (NEEF), a student organized conference focused on new and existing sources of clean energy in Gannett auditorium. The forum will provide information on clean energy innovation and an opportunity for students to network and meet the representatives speaking at the forum.

  • A new meeting place for literary minds

    While most of us might recognize the spring club fair as the annual, belated influx of London freshmen, this year it played host to something new. This year's fair welcomed a fresh group of scholars into the fold. The recently christened Skidmore Literary Society offers students a new space to appreciate literature outside of the classroom and is open to all with an interest in the written word.

     

  • caroline st Restaurant Review: One Caroline Street

    Music drifts from beneath the piano player's fingers at the center of the long and narrow bistro of One Caroline Street. One step in and it is as if I am transported to another time period. I feel as though I have set foot into a classic motion picture. The dining room, which is nestled below street level, has plenty of panache with its black and white checkered floors and gold and red ornamentations. Glowing light emanates from star shaped lanterns dangling in the windowsills and bounces off the brick walls. 

  • four seasons Restaurant Review: Four Seasons

    Four Seasons makes Ronald MacDonald's Happy Meal look sad -- very sad. Amid the vegetarian menu of tofu and kale, you'd be hard-pressed to find any food substance resembling a french fry, but I promise that what you will find at Four Seasons will make you happier than any potato drowned in oil ever possibly could.

  • revealing obscurity Student curated exhibit aims to reveal obscurity

    From sculpture to photography, Zankel has expanded its walls to showcase both fine and performing art. Phoebe Pundyk ‘12 and Alec Unkovic ‘12 curated the exhibit "Revealing Obscurity," which consists of exclusively student art in Zankel's lobby. 

Arts & Entertainment

Sports

  • Elaine Burns Player Profile: Elaine Burns

    Women's swimming and diving captain tells about being a leader and remaining optimistic

    A leader in and out of the pool, Elaine Burns '12 is not only co-captain of the women's swimming and diving team but a three year Thoroughbred Society member, a Liberty League All-Academic Team member and a business major. 

  • Women's basketball takes first loss

    The Skidmore College women's basketball team lost for the first time this season, 47-31, to No. 11 ranked Williams College on Dec. 7, at the Williamson Sports Center.

  • Men's bball1 v. Hobart 1/29 Men's basketball defeated by Hobart

     

    The Skidmore College men's basketball team vehemently battled the Liberty League No. 1 ranked Statesmen but were unsuccessful in Saturday's 68-59 loss to Hobart.

  • Terron Player Profile: Terron Victoria

    Men's Basketball team captain speaks about victory and Saturday's showdown

    Terron Victoria '12 is a considerable force on the basketball court. At five feet 11 inches, he is one the men's basketball starting guards and is the team captain, and has been since his junior year.

  • jan 24 2012 women bball Women's basketball fall in overtime

    The Skidmore College women's basketball team fell in overtime to St. Lawrence University, 55-52, at the Williamson Sports and Recreation Center on Tuesday night.