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Monday, January 30th, 2012

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Community Expresses Outrage Over Nudity on Campus

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

SARATOGA SPRINGS—Hundreds of Skidmore students congregated on the campus green this Saturday for the school’s annual “Fun Day.”  The so-called “fun” activities that the student body engaged in included smoking on marijuana cigarettes, chugging on alcohol beers, and exposing their naked bodies.

There were no consequences.

After hearing about this blatant disregard of indecent exposure laws, several Saratoga residents expressed outrage.

“This is a disgrace,” said Saratoga resident Martin Patterson.  “Nudity is illegal.  These kids think that they can do whatever they want and get away with it.  They have no idea how tough it’s going to be in the real world, where taking off all of your clothes can result in getting fired from your job or ejected from your son’s little league game.”

Other residents called for action from the Saratoga Police Department, which was warned about the potential nudity, but stood idly by.

“What a joke,” said Saratoga resident Shirley Stewart.  “It’s against the rules to be naked on Main Street but in the Skidmore green anything goes.  The next time one of my children gets in trouble for getting naked in his second grade classroom  I’m going to remind them of this double standard they set.”

“These laws are in place for a reason,” said Saratoga resident John Borstein.  “They’re to protect the children.  Not that there are any children on the Skidmore campus.  Actually, I heard there were some children operating the bouncy castle.  Why weren’t they being protected?”

Borstein added, “This is conclusive proof that one hundred per cent of the nudity in the Saratoga area comes from the Skidmore campus.”

Skidmore sophomore Andrew Cantor, who is news editor of the student newspaper, witnessed some of the “Fun Day” nudity.

He did not endorse it.

“For a school with such a rich academic history, it’s disappointing to see,” Cantor said.  “Nudity is something that happens, but it should be confined to certain places, such as the shower, or—holy shit, look at that girl’s boobies!”

Skid News: A Response to the Pot Party Protest

Monday, April 27th, 2009

In response to the scrutiny of the local community, the Skidmore News Editorial Board drafted and sent a response letter to the Saratogian disputing all of the slanderous press covering this year’s nothing but modest 4-20. The response letter was printed in the Sunday Saratogian, but in case you missed it check it out here:

This letter is in regard to articles published on April 21, 23 and 24:

In business, no news is often good news; in the newspaper business, good news usually means no news. But that doesn’t mean newspapers should sensationalize events. 420 is not exclusive to Skidmore College. It’s a national event, both on and off college campuses.

The blanket portrayal of Skidmore students as a group of stoners is distressing; we’re not. Assigning a reputation to a school based on the behavior of less than 5 percent of its student body is a misleading and damaging generalization.

Accusing Skidmore of being the source of the Saratoga drug trade is irresponsible and willfully ignorant of the true problem. To hear the Saratoga Partnership for Prevention blame Skidmore for high school and middle school drug use is absurd. Correlation does not equal causation.

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Saratogian Covers 4/20 Celebration, Uses Phrase “Toke Up” Seriously

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Yesterday’s festivities did not go unnoticed by local newspaper The Saratogain which published pictures and an article chronicling (get it?) yesterday’s events on South Park Green. The article, accompanied by a picture of the crowd and a close of up the “homemade contraption made up of two triple-filtration water-pipes, named Octavius S. Octopus II,” questions the college for allowing such public disregard for the law.  The article seemed surprised that the peaceful event went uninterrupted.

Campus police, city police and the college administration were all aware of the event. None made any attempt to break it up.

The article also clears up the any fleeting ambiguities as to whether or not the college acknowledges the celebrations. Both Dennis Conway, Director of Campus Safety, and Lt. Greg Veitch, Head of the Investigations Unit at the Saratoga Springs Police Department explained that they were aware of the day’s significance but explained that aside from extra patrols there wasn’t much they would do.

“It’s very difficult for an officer in full uniform to walk across a field and catch someone smoking marijuana,” Veitch said, adding that the department doesn’t have the resources for undercover officers that could alternatively be used in this type of situation.

The pictures accompanying the article are harmless but it bothers me that the Saratogian felt it necessary to dispatch a reporter and photographer to a smoky field while so many other events go uncovered.

While the article is amusing for its naïve surprise the true gem here are the comments which I suggest you read aloud.

Read the full article HERE