Albany High, and all its allies
Our opinion: Mayor Jennings imagines a new but vastly different high school. What a way to rejuvenate a city. You might think you’ve heard this all before. Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings is talking about...
View ArticleGiants, indeed
Our opinion: Here’s to the Super Bowl champs. No, we won’t be talking about dynasties. Not here, not today. Even the idea of an era of dominance in the making would border on the ungracious. Might even...
View ArticleAre sports a priority?
Two developments over the last week prompt the question of just where sports fit into education. The University at Albany, which has cut back on majors in recent years and which has cut back on some...
View ArticleMr. Obama’s endless mission
Our opinion: The President campaigns for his economic agenda at UAlbany. These measures are worthy of approval now. We can wait until November to assess blame for an economy in need of further...
View ArticleA new path for UAlbany
Our opinion: A new vision for UAlbany underscores what more it can do. Public-private partnership. Suddenly that’s a lot more than a catch phrase in the jargon of government and academia. It describes...
View ArticleLaureates indeed
Our opinion: We mark the annual Citizen Laureate awards by the University at Albany Foundation. The University at Albany Foundation has been honoring the Capital Region’s most accomplished residents...
View ArticleAt UAlbany, the horrors of hazing
Our opinion: One group of students faces charges of abusing another. The subsequent attention is the last thing the university needs. Here are two alarming questions that need to be part of the broader...
View ArticleNano U, big questions
Our opinion: Before Albany Nano splits off from UAlbany, there’s a lot of explaining to do about how this benefits students, education, and taxpayers. The latest chapter in the story of the Albany...
View ArticleLong story short
More of our opinions: Halfmoon farm survives The legislative action that most impressed us last week didn’t happen in Albany, but on a farm in Halfmoon. Edmund Rucinski won’t have to endure watching...
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More of our opinions: RIP for a terrible idea It’s impossible to travel through Albany’s West Hill without getting caught up, at least momentarily, in the constant struggles of an impoverished...
View ArticleAn uneasy academic divorce
Our opinion: The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering is being separated from the University at Albany. Albany could lose more than its marquee college. With not so much as a nanosecond of...
View ArticleA sweet deal at UAlbany
Our opinion: Too many faculty members are allowed to abuse paid sabbaticals. Why can’t the university guarantee that such leaves have the educational benefit they’re supposed to bring? Here’s something...
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We weigh in, briefly, on the retirement of UAlbany’s Bob Ford, more stonewalling at the state Department of Taxation and Finance, and ethic breaches at the Public Service Commission. Ford exits like a...
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More of our opinions: Ford exits like a champ So the boys at Albany State, as UAlbany was known then, wanted to play football. A young Bob Ford came to coach what in 1970 was little more than a sandlot...
View ArticleGood news, for a change
Our opinion: Five years after a recession hit, there are encouraging signs in this region of a rebound. Finally, some good economic news. A raft of it, in fact, for the Capital Region. We’ll take...
View ArticleUAlbany’s misguided goal
Our opinion: Spending millions more on grand sports facilities is not the right move for a school that’s been cutting academics. Less than four months after the University at Albany opened a brand-new...
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We weigh in briefly on questionable leniency in a drunk driving case; an unusually well-timed announcement on IBM, and the great Danes. Poor judgment? We’re all for second chances, or even thirds, when...
View ArticleEditorial: The bus case’s real crime
Our opinion: The convictions of two former UAlbany students for falsely reporting a hate crime will likely become another dog-whistle for those who dismiss the reality of racial violence. The trial of...
View ArticleJones should have questioned statements
I graduated from the University at Albany in 1964, when it was a small downtown campus “teachers’ college.” I always felt I received a quality education. It has served me well and, until recently, I’ve...
View ArticleUAlbany’s Jones a thoughtful leader
Regarding the incident on the CDTA bus with the UAlbany students, I believe that UAlbany President Robert Jones should tender his resignation immediately. There is no place at UAlbany or on other...
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