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Jan 14, 2025 | 
albanystudentpress.online | Vince Gasparini
By Vince Gasparini | January 14, 2024After over two months of closure, the University at Albany Student Association has made no indication of when its 1,000-acre Adirondack wilderness retreat, Dippikill, will reopen. The camp was closed in early November over what SA President Jalen Rose and Dippikill Inc., a subsidiary organization tasked with maintaining the retreat, said was “significant financial strain” due to overall rising costs and increased maintenance needs. Rose and Dippikill Inc.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
albanystudentpress.online | Vince Gasparini
By Vince Gasparini | November 11, 2024Dippikill, the University at Albany Student Association’s 1,000-acre wilderness retreat located in the Adirondacks, has temporarily closed. View from Dippikill Pond. Photo Credit: Tommaso DizonThe wilderness retreat, which is the largest student-owned retreat in the country, has been in operation since 1956 when its original 700 acres were purchased for $10,000; the property has since seen at least two additional land acquisitions.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
albanystudentpress.online | Vince Gasparini
By Vince Gasparini | October 28, 2024A bill that would have codified multiple powers of the University at Albany Student Association Supreme Court was referred back to the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Operations (SOGO) and the Committee on Rules and Administration after multiple Senators expressed concern over grammatical changes made to the bill at Wednesday (10/23) night’s Senate meeting.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
albanystudentpress.online | Vince Gasparini
By Vince Gasparini | October 28, 2024At their weekly meeting on Wednesday (10/23) night, members of the University at Albany Student Association Senate voted down a bill sponsored by Senator Nic Feldman that had previously passed last semester. Senators debate legislation at Wednesday night’s meeting.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
albanystudentpress.online | Vince Gasparini
By Vince Gasparini | October 21, 2024The University Police Department (UPD) responded to a reported assault in the Campus Center food court on Saturday afternoon, according to an email the department sent out to students on Saturday. The two suspected assailants. Photo Credit: University Police Department (UPD)According to the email, two college-age males attacked a male victim before leaving the Campus Center. The victim is being treated for his injuries, the email said.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
albanystudentpress.online | Vince Gasparini
By Vince Gasparini | October 14, 2024This past week saw the following results for the University at Albany sports:Seniors of the women’s soccer team joined by their loved ones on Senior Day. Photo Credit: Brent Warzocha / UAlbany AthleticsFriday, Oct. 11:Field hockey beat Bryant 3-0 at home. Mara Küskes, Charlotte Triggs and Alison Smisdom each scored one goal. Küskes and Sophia Schoonmaker each recorded one assist. Goalie Lara Behn recorded three saves.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
albanystudentpress.online | Vince Gasparini
By Vince Gasparini | October 14, 2024Senators Noel Bond, Sarah Jamil and Michael Regateiro of the University at Albany Student Association Senate resigned from their positions this past week. Photo Credit: Vince GaspariniJamil, a senior who has been involved in the Senate since her freshman year, said her resignation came as she took on a new job and also turned her focus to law school applications. She did not attend any Senate meetings this semester prior to her resignation.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
albanystudentpress.online | Vince Gasparini
By Vince Gasparini | October 7, 2023After a long day of classes and an exam, junior accounting major Hinna Fletcher picked up a fruit cup from the fresh fruit bar at 518 Market in the University at Albany Campus Center, which she, along with many other students at the university, is a frequent customer of. While enjoying her fruit cup —which included an assortment of strawberries, mangoes, and blackberries— Fletcher noticed what she at first thought to be a leaf on one of the blackberries.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
albanystudentpress.online | Vince Gasparini
By Vince Gasparini | October 7, 2023Members of the University at Albany Student Association Senate received their committee assignments at Wednesday night’s (10/2) meeting, and while most of them were approved with little debate, Senate Chair Ethan Madappatt was questioned for leaving Senator Marcos Perez off of the Ethics Committee. Madappatt (left) and Perez (right) shake hands following Wednesday night’s meeting.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
albanystudentpress.online | Vince Gasparini
By Vince Gasparini | September 30, 2024The University at Albany Student Association Senate elected Senator Sidney Wheeler to serve as this year’s Vice Chair at last week’s meeting on Wednesday (9/25). Wheeler ran against Senators Joleen Chen, Marcos Perez and Trevor Pettit, who each stated their cases to their fellow Senators and went through several rounds of questioning before Senators debated and subsequently cast their votes.
