By FIONA MATTHEWS Identity Saint Rose is a diverse and accepting community. Everyone here has somewhere they fit in this giant puzzle. Some may not have found their niche quite yet, and that is okay. One club that may be able to help, in which this is my second year being a member, is Identity.
By REGINA IANNIZZOTTO Opinion Editor Published September 20, 2011 Waking up at 8 a.m. was not my ideal way of starting the day, however by the end, it was definitely worth it. For Reach Out Saint Rose Day, my group was taken to the Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless (IPH). Once there, we repainted the
By ARIANNA STELLA Contributing Writer Published September 20, 2011 Reach Out Saint Rose Day this year meant a lot to me. The town of Cobleskill has always been in my life. When I was younger, I played up there in the summer and when I was a teenager, my family moved there. In all the
By HEATHER THIBDEAU Women’s Initiative Published September 13, 2011 There exists today certain realities we would prefer be banished to the far reaches of history: poverty, famine, child labor and disease to name a few. However, one practice is still legal and booming in America right now, with real women and men, willingly selling
By CARLY SIM Contributing Writer Published September 13, 2011 When I came to college, I thought one of the biggest obstacles to overcome would be my procrastination on laundry. I was wrong. In fact, regardless of someone’s ability to do their laundry or not, the first thing you need is an open washing machine. These,
By SARAH RABINOW Contributing Writer Published on September 13, 2011 Buying a girly magazine is something I rarely do. Looking through the pages, I couldn’t help notice a coupon for a pack of cigarettes along with an ad with a plethora of models, whose physical appearance resembled little girls instead of grown women, which the
By EMILY PEREZ Co-Director of The Women’s Initiative Published on August 30, 2011 It’s that time again, summer seemed to fly by and we now find ourselves on the cusp of another academic year. For those of you who are returning readers of The View From Venus, welcome back! And for those new
By ABBY FINKELMAN The Women’s Initiative Published September 7, 2011 “I’m too pretty to do homework, so my brother has to do it for me.” That’s the message that a recent (now pulled from the shelves) JCPenney sweatshirt was sending girls size 7-16. When I say that they were sending that message, I mean that
By JOHN SLAGG Contributing Writer Published September 7, 2011 A decade has gone by and we are now approaching the anniversary of one of America’s most devastating days: September 11th. Now, at this 10 year anniversary it is pertinent to ask, “What, as a country, have we achieved? What has changed? What will change?” In
