The Purchase Independent

Chair of the Senate Seated
Russel Zambito was elected Chair of the Senate yesterday. The former student senate Parliamentarian ran against Steve Sabel,  junior political science, Melissa Ortiz, a senior journalism student, and Ethan Kemmler, the head of the Senate Judicial Board.
During a question and answer session before the election, Zambito, junior creative writing, said he [...]

Dana Ellis
Chief Editor
The cover of The Indy this week is a play on the concept of change and how in its many manifestations, the word can embody so much. The word in a sentence can inspire hope and a new beginning as the quote on our cover does or it can be the money you [...]

Joe MatoskeÂ
PSGA President
When The Independent asked me over the break to write an editorial, I instantly agreed seeing it as an ability to communicate with the student community I help represent. It was when push came to shove and I had to actually write the editorial that I began to rationalize pushing it back until [...]

By Tony Cella
Assistant Editor
The Senate has confirmed several of President Barack Obama’s cabinet picks, the Associated Press reported. Purchase Professor’s had mixed feelings on the appointments.
Dr. Karen Baird, an Assistant Political Science Professor, agreed with President Obama’s choice for Secretary of State Hilary Clinton. Dr. Baird felt that Secretary Clinton’s popularity throughout the election process [...]

By Dana Ellis
Chief Editor
I left Purchase at about 4:00PM last Monday and had to catch the last Beeline Bus of the day (They were running on there holiday schedule) in order to get to the White Plains train station. I was wearing two pairs of socks, leggings, jeans, hat, scarf, and mittens. I had a [...]