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 ...

It didn’t start at this conversation, nor would it end here, but sitting in my advisor’s office on a Friday afternoon with my A&E editor — who was picking up a check and joined me in scolding that ...

The entrance to Mill Brook Preserve, featuring a “No Fires” sign along with the rules and hours of the preserve. Photo courtesy of Neve Andrews. It’s no secret that the Hudson Valley is home to some ...

In many of the Hudson Valley’s haunted locations, there have been reports of ghostly apparitions. (Photo courtesy of Mookie Forcella) October is the time for autumn leaves, pumpkin spice lattes and ...

Students packed into the Coykendall Science Building to listen as Representatives Pat Ryan and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke about the importance of voting. - Photo Courtesy of Pat Ryan via X Reps.

The empty NYS Assembly Chamber located in Albany, N.Y., where Assemblymembers deliberated on the MAID Act. Photo Courtesy of Aster Senft Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law the Medical Aid in Dying Act ...

Type “New Paltz farms” into your search bar, and an abundance of locations will spring up on a virtual map, showing the bounty of rich, local food available in and around town. As spring settles in, ...

Filmmakers, both independent and commercial, have been flocking to Upstate New York to make movies and television shows. (Photo from Hudson Valley Film Commission) If you’ve ever watched the 2018 film ...

Inside a church basement, secondhand heaven awaits. Walk onto Huguenot Street, where you may feel transported to the past, and reach Twice Blessed Thrift Store to be transported to another universe.

New Paltz is home to countless artists. From photographers and writers to musicians and painters, New Paltzians have a passion for creative pursuits and a love for sharing those talents with the world ...

After making incredible strides in the post-college world, three SUNY New Paltz alumni returned to campus last Wednesday to discuss their careers in the publishing industry. Hosted by the English ...

Prior to publication of this final issue, The Oracle’s Editor-in-Chief, Kyle Bredberg, mysteriously disappeared into the woods. Eventually, News Editor Sara Vala managed to follow a trail of empty ...