This week in The Lamron…

At a little before 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, the SUNY Board of Trustees aired a live, short-notice broadcast of their weekly meeting where they revealed the name of the new president of SUNY Geneseo and allowed her to the floor to talk.

On Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025 the Evergreen High School, located in Colorado, faced devastating tragedy earlier this week when an active shooter opened fire in the building, leaving three wounded, including the shooter himself. Desmond Holly has been identified as the 16-year-old shooter behind the attack.

If you frequent the English department—as a major, minor, concentration, or just a friend of the department—there is a good chance you have heard the words “gandy dancer.” A quick Google search will inform you that it is defined as “slang term used for early railroad workers in the United States and Canada,” but for the writers, artists, and creatives of the SUNY system, it means more: an opportunity to publish their work statewide.

Dr. Elizabeth Anderson, the designer and first director of the program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) at the University of Michigan, came to Geneseo on Sept. 11, 2025 to Doty Recital Hall to present on “The Forgotten Political History of Utilitarianism.” 

With the National Football League (NFL) just starting up, it is easy to forget about the prodigious athletes who make up the landscape of college football. While the season is still relatively fresh, candidates for the sport’s most esteemed accolade, the Heisman trophy, have already begun to emerge. 

National Football League (NFL) star Damar Hamlin and SUNY Geneseo’s Division III flag football team recently teamed up to create a back-to-school charity event for children in need.  

Today is a beautiful day. Possessed by an overwhelming feeling of generosity, I decided to donate blood; I was turned away. On my way back to my residence hall from the Union, I noticed something quite peculiar about my surroundings, arising from a sudden awareness that the area felt more spacious than usual.

The fatal shooting of leading conservative figure and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, 2025 has dominated conversation in the days following. Many even watched him die in a disturbing, almost surreal video posted and reposted on social media countless times. Dark blood flowed from his neck onto a crisp white shirt reading “FREEDOM”.