Tragedy and triumph: News in review
Issue date: 5/6/09 Section: News
This school year has been marked with tragedy, but also a number of riveting events. We have tried our best to fairly cover occurences on campus, in the local community and in regions surrounding Brockport. The following excerpts are highlights of 2008-09 coverage:
Here comes country
By Carly Hansford, Sept. 3:
"Different from any other year at Brockport, the acts for this concert were kept a secret until Friday, Aug. 29. Brockport Student Government President Kyle Amendoa stepped on the microphone, and silence ran through the crowd as more than 100 people stood patiently waiting to hear the news."
Student in critical condition from fall
By Amanda Seef, Sept. 10:
"Brockport police are investigating an accident that resulted in serious injuries to an 18-year-old freshman, which occurred Friday, Sept. 5, at 2:12 a.m. Bryan C. Parslow fell from a second-story window at 172 Main St., commonly known as The Roxbury. Parslow sustained serious neck and back injuries and possible paralysis."
Protest shakes campus
By Nora Hicks, Sept. 17:
"Jim Deferio and his daughter, Michelle, made quite an impact on their audiennce when they preached their Christian beliefs outside the Seymour College Union Thursday, Sept. 11.
Student's reactions included visible and verbal signs toward the Deferios. This included heads bent in prayer, the middle finger and intense dialogue, all anwered by a loud, stern voice and a raised Bible."
In the line of duty: Officer alum shot
By Amanda Seef, Feb. 4:
"A recent shooting involving a Rochester Police Officer hit close to home for the Brockport campus this week. Anthony DiPonzio, 23, of Greece was a 2006 graduate of The College at Brockport.
"He was seriously injured when he and two other officers responded to a report of drug activity at 21 Dayton St., a location near crim-ridden Avenue D and Joseph Ave. DiPonzio went underwent two and a half hours of surgery and remains in guarded condition."
Here comes country
By Carly Hansford, Sept. 3:
"Different from any other year at Brockport, the acts for this concert were kept a secret until Friday, Aug. 29. Brockport Student Government President Kyle Amendoa stepped on the microphone, and silence ran through the crowd as more than 100 people stood patiently waiting to hear the news."
Student in critical condition from fall
By Amanda Seef, Sept. 10:
"Brockport police are investigating an accident that resulted in serious injuries to an 18-year-old freshman, which occurred Friday, Sept. 5, at 2:12 a.m. Bryan C. Parslow fell from a second-story window at 172 Main St., commonly known as The Roxbury. Parslow sustained serious neck and back injuries and possible paralysis."
Protest shakes campus
By Nora Hicks, Sept. 17:
"Jim Deferio and his daughter, Michelle, made quite an impact on their audiennce when they preached their Christian beliefs outside the Seymour College Union Thursday, Sept. 11.
Student's reactions included visible and verbal signs toward the Deferios. This included heads bent in prayer, the middle finger and intense dialogue, all anwered by a loud, stern voice and a raised Bible."
In the line of duty: Officer alum shot
By Amanda Seef, Feb. 4:
"A recent shooting involving a Rochester Police Officer hit close to home for the Brockport campus this week. Anthony DiPonzio, 23, of Greece was a 2006 graduate of The College at Brockport.
"He was seriously injured when he and two other officers responded to a report of drug activity at 21 Dayton St., a location near crim-ridden Avenue D and Joseph Ave. DiPonzio went underwent two and a half hours of surgery and remains in guarded condition."
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