Invasion of Privacy: Rachel Turner, The Lamron’s Web Editor

Photo courtesy of Editor-in-Chief Nathaniel D’Amato

Rachel’s dedication to The Lamron has transformed the paper’s website tremendously. She will be greatly missed.

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. 

Yet sadly, as the Fall 2025 semester comes to an end, The Lamron will have to part with this beloved board member as she graduates! Turner is a mathematics major with a minor in biology who has been with the newspaper since the Fall 2024 semester. In her time, she has led many accessibility-based changes to the website and in the office. Through all that she has done, it is clear that Turner has been an invaluable member of The Lamron and will be dearly missed— it is only right to spotlight her journey through the Fall 2025 semester, and wish her the best on what is sure to be an amazing, and opportunity-filled road ahead. 

If you told Turner this three years ago, she would have thought that was preposterous: “I never in a million years thought I would join the college newspaper,” especially at SUNY Geneseo. Turner grew up in love with math, kindling her passions in a Finance Academy during her sophomore year of high school, an opportunity allowing a more “narrow” course-load focused on her interest. When it came time to decide on a major during her senior year, she was determined to pursue math, adding that she “loved learning and I still do,” while recognizing that she “could never be a teacher.” She continued, “Shout out to all the teachers, I don’t have that patience whatsoever.” Through this, Turner went into her college career with a desire to pursue math, although undecided in what capacity. 

Turner began her college career at the University of Buffalo (UB), stating that she picked it because “
It was one of two places I toured…” Turner went on to comment that it was between Binghamton and UB, but due to a waitlist, UB won. It was here that Turner dabbled in various math-based majors before landing on mathematics. 

It was only when visiting “my lovely boyfriend [who] went to Geneseo” that she had second thoughts. “The first time I visited, I fell in love with the campus.
It was more pretty [than UB], and it was what I envisioned a college campus would be like as Geneseo is much smaller” and decided to transfer schools. She went on to say that she “still laugh[s] about when my father asked if we should tour Geneseo after touring Binghamton. [But] I chose not to because I was way too tired for that.” 

Turner—arriving for the Spring 2023 semester—continued to pursue and expand her passion for the subject of math, attending various math-based colloquiums. She noted that during a colloquium, she listened to a presentation on COVID-19 and computing its infection rate that convinced her to add a biology minor. Turner stated it “was super interesting that you were able to model diseases with the equations. And I thought, ‘that's so fun’… So I chose the minor, so that way, I could still take some of the classes.” She went on to reflect on the Biology 349 course, Microbiology, which exposed her to her passions and a potential career path.

She went on to talk about her experience with math-based clubs. After attending meetings for Pursuing Rewards In the Study of Mathematics (PRISM) during the Spring 2023 semester and enjoying her time there, she decided to try her hand at doing more, taking on leadership roles in the club. From the Fall 2023 through the Fall 2024 semester, she served as the President of PRISM and subsequently served as Vice President for the Spring 2025 semester. Reflecting on her experience with the club, Turner praised what she and her fellow club attendees were able to put together— various math-based events for all of campus to enjoy. 

When talking about what led Turner to The Lamron, she again remarked on how it is still unbelievable to her. It was through interacting with her partner on the staff and the executive board members present that she decided to step up to the task: “I wasn’t a fan of computer science, but I didn’t hate it, and I’ve taken a couple of coding classes…that fit me more than writing does.” She added that there may have been a sprinkle of “fear of missing out” compelling this decision, but felt confident in her capabilities, and so too did the board. 

It has been through her time at the paper that Turner has also “become a much more confident writer, loosely…because the [executive] board is very lovely and is very welcoming and very helpful even where it may be daunting to have your pieces sent off to editing…it’s a place that you can grow as a writer…and it speaks to The Lamron being welcoming for all majors, not just English majors.” 

In a concluding note, Turner wanted to add that those reading should “Join The Lamron…take advantage of the opportunities given to you and put yourself out there. Force yourself to do it…There is a lot of stuff always going on and quite a lot of opportunities, [though] you may have to look for them. But, do it. The worst that happens is you don’t get it and then you’re back to exactly where you were if you didn’t apply.”