Geneseo’s Career Design Center launched the Student Gig Work Showcase at the beginning of this semester. This showcase allows Geneseo students to promote their self-made businesses. The first featured student was Lilliann Freytes, a nail artist who owns the business hausoflillii. The Lamron sat down with Lilli to learn more about the face behind the business. 

With graduation swiftly approaching, The Lamron talked with Megan Pecenco, the Business Manager for The Lamron as she prepares to end her time at SUNY Geneseo.

As The Lamron continues to say goodbye to its graduating e-board members, this week's spotlight is now on Taylor Williams, the newspaper's dedicated and endlessly creative Public Relations (PR) Manager.

Geneseo students recently heard some very exciting news: Neon Trees will be performing at the highly-anticipated yearly event known as Spring Fest.

As this semester comes to an end, The Lamron will have to say goodbye to many of their beloved senior e-board members. One of those members is Lily Ippolito, an English adolescent education major who will be graduating in the fall after a long semester of student teaching.

Earlier this month, the State University of New York at Geneseo was blessed with the presence of a 65-foot inflatable whale, as part of a three-day science and art event meant to raise awareness on the impacts of climate change.

Dr. Gillian Paku has been working for SUNY Geneseo for 18 years and affirms that institutionally, it is a model of education that she “feels really good about.”

If you are a frequent flyer at the Asada Station in Mary Jemison dining hall like this member of The Lamron, then you may know Ward Parker Jr., an employee of Campus Auxiliary Services (CAS). Ward is a SUNY Geneseo alum who, after living an interesting life, came out of retirement to work in one of the college’s dining halls—though he first started at the dining hall in the MacVittie College Union, not at Mary Jemison. 

Did you know that Geneseo offers free spin classes for students? Ran by certified student instructors, students can sign up for a fun group workout class right here on campus! One of those instructors, Lily Herman, gave The Lamron a look into what spin is like at Geneseo. 

On the day of this issue’s publication, Feb. 20, the managing editing staff of the SUNY-wide literary journal Gandy Dancer are hosting their first ever open mic night in the Union’s fireside lounge from 7 p.m.-10 p.m. Following the news that the magazine will now be accepting submissions of music to feature on the official Gandy Dancer website, this event offers Geneseo students the opportunity to share their poems, short stories, and, of course, their music.

In the midst of rush season, The Lamron talked with Liz Allegro, Coordinator of Fraternity & Sorority Life at SUNY Geneseo. Saturday, Feb. 7, is the campus-wide Bid Day of the spring semester.

If you have been on The Lamron’s website within the last year, you may have noticed various changes to the format, alongside new features like sub-categories and a PDF backlog of our newspaper—in case you miss a week—there is one person to thank for this: Web Editor Rachel Turner.

If you have ever heard a voice echo through the bottom floor of the MacVittie College Union, chances are that was Nathaniel D’Amato.

This past week, The Lamron sat down with the executive board members of Peace Action Geneseo (PAG) to find out behind-the-scenes information and see how different each member was despite being part of the same club. 

As he was working towards his undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education, he realized that students with more complex behavioral problems inspired him the most.

“Unicorns, chaos, and supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” These are the three words that describe SUNY Geneseo’s Circus Club, according to two of its e-board members, Kaiya Slovik-Rodgers and Julian Delisle.

If you have ever walked up the stairs by Sturges Hall, then you have likely seen the beautiful mural inspired by Geneseo sunsets and stained glass windows of Brodie Hall. But you probably do not know the story of how that mural came to be.

Peggy-Ilean is a beautiful therapy dog who has three feet, and is an up-and-coming gem to visit with on SUNY Geneseo campus.

For this week's Invasion of Privacy, The Lamron interviewed Sophomore Mika Slotnick, an employee at the Milne library. This past April marked the grand opening of the newly renovated and revamped space, and I interviewed Mika not only about the amenities the library offers, but also about her experience working for SUNY Geneseo.

Sundance Books is a small yet incredibly homey shop located right on Main Street, wedged between Envy Hair Salon and Main Moon. Sundance Books has been open since 1972, bringing in countless students, residents, and more over the years, supplying the local community with affordable options to buy and sell books.