After more than three decades of dedicated service to SUNY Geneseo, esteemed English, and Creative Writing professor Rachel Hall is retiring from her full-time teaching position. Earlier this week, Hall sat down for an interview, reflecting on her career, experiences, accomplishments, and future plans.

Starbucks is traditionally known for its green siren logo. Now, the corporation will also be known as the first United States coffee chain to allow customers to use their own personalized cups when placing mobile orders. 

The month of February is also known as Black History Month. This dedication stands as a time of honoring and celebrating the legacy and accomplishments made by African Americans, from decades before to even now, while acknowledging how this community still faces discrimination and prejudice to this day. 

The Arctic, which has always been known as an icy and remote wilderness, is undergoing extreme changes as warming in the Arctic continues to increase. Recent news has come out stating that there is drastic warming in the Arctic that could change it beyond recognition— with it now warming four times faster than the global average; climate models also indicate that the decline in sea ice will continue.

New archaeological work began on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s (UNC) New East site off Cameron Avenue. Work began after plans for a new park bench were halted under the discovery of artifacts. These artifacts were found at the former Steward’s Hall site—the first dining facility on the University of North Carolina campus at Chapel Hill. Archaeologists Heather Lapham and Mary Elizabeth Fitts led the UNC archaeology department's project, which involved excavating the site with their students.

The Lamron has previously created various articles discussing the potential good an individual can do around them by living and thinking sustainably. Though it is highly recommended to still partake in these activities, this is not that type of article.

As college costs continue to rise and many students believe that their education is becoming too costly, the 2025-26 fiscal year executive budget proposed by New York State Governor Kathy Hochul attempts to improve upon attracting prospective students. The proposal, announced on Jan. 21, 2025, seeks to help average New York citizens increase their quality of life and help thousands of college students within the State University of New York (SUNY) and City University of New York systems (CUNY).

Geneseo has recently announced that they have added a new interdisciplinary major specializing in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE), with the program having kicked off in the fall semester.

Widely considered to be the most important event in the year for many in Asia and Asian communities worldwide, the Lunar New Year represents a fresh start for those who celebrate. Fireworks, music, fairs, lanterns, and dragon and lion dancing filled streets across Asia as celebrations lasted over an approximate 15-day span. 

Newly inaugurated president Donald Trump has recently signed executive orders directed against transgender and nonbinary individuals with the potential to change their lives. According to PBS, some of the changes that will be made include recognizing people as only men or women, denying requests for passport gender markers, transgender women being moved into men’s prisons, beginning another ban on transgender service members, defunding gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, and more.

On Saturday, Nov. 30, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he intends to nominate Kashyap “Kash” Patel as the new Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) director.

As the semester comes to a close, remember the opportunities that next semester can bring, especially those unrelated to academics. Whether it be as minute as volunteering for a SUNY Geneseo-sponsored event or taking part in an event outside of the college community, now may be the time for some readers to think about what next they can take part in to better the campus community and the environment as a whole.

On Monday, Nov. 25, Macy’s announced that significant accounting irregularities, traced to a single employee, have forced the company to delay its quarterly earnings report. Initially scheduled for release on Tuesday, Nov. 19, the report will now be published on Dec. 11 to allow further investigation.

It has been announced that the International Crime Court (ICC) has issued warrants for the arrest of three leaders in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a former Israel defense minister, and an additional Hamas official.

A ceasefire was seemingly achieved between Israel and the group Hezbollah, authenticated as of 4:00 am on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. This new brokerage shows possible further tranquility in the confines of the larger-scale war between Israel and Hamas.

Buffalo welcomes a new 18-year-old male silverback western lowland gorilla, which will be introduced to the public on Nov. 15, 2024, at the Buffalo Zoo.

In a recent PBS interview-based article, the network discussed a growing trend within Latin America and, subsequently, the rest of the world: The killing and brutalizing of activists, specifically indigenous activists.

A new chance to fight for their freedom seems less certain for the Menendez brothers following remarks from soon-to-be Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman on reviewing their case’s evidence further.

Peanut the squirrel, known as P-nut or Peanut, and Fred the raccoon were both well-loved and Instagram famous animals. Mark Longo, who owned and managed the Instagram account documenting the unique lives of these two creatures and took care of both animals. The account currently has over 500k followers and shared various reels of Longo feeding and playing with Peanut.

At least 104 people have been reported sick, with 34 hospitalized, in an outbreak of E. coli food poisoning tied to onions served on McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers, federal health officials said Wednesday. ​​Cases have been detected in 14 states, according to an update from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One person even died in Colorado, and four people have developed potentially life-threatening kidney disease complications as a result of this outbreak.