The word and lsquo;intuition' immediately brings to mind preconscious reasoning and the sort of near supernatural abilities often bragged about by fortune tellers and mediums and ndash; and mothers. Intuitive knowledge forms the basis of many of our most d...

Justin Peters of the Columbia Journalism Review literally took the words out of my mouth within the first line of his article on the Poynter Institute's Jim ]]> Fri, 2 Dec 2011 1.2722573 Opinion Poynter Institute's Jim Samantha Bunn Opinion http://www.albanystudentpress.org/opinion/nba-players-are-overpaid-sissies-1.2722565
Joe Alicata

This past weekend NBA owners and the players union reached a tentative agreement that would allow the NBA season to begin on Christmas day. First off allow me to say: well it's about goddamned time. I have been a basketball fan my entire life, althou...

By now most of you are probably aware of the sexual abuse scandal engulfing Penn State University involving former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky and his alleged sodomizing of multiple young boys in the Penn State athletic facilities. The acts ...

Religion and science were formally inseparable. The natural phenomenon observed by our ancient ancestors were ascribed to the various activities of the gods. Thunderstorms became the echos of divi...

Without a doubt at some point in the course of your daily lives you are the victim of an assault by gratuitous public displays of affection, 'PDA' for those of you who are inclined to use acronyms. Chances are most of you have engaged in PDA yourselv...

As cleverly stated on your favorite social network, always in the know site, Twitter, the NBA Lockout outlasted Kim Kardashian's marriage. Kardashian filed for divorce on Halloween from her husband Kris Humphries of 72 days. She cited 'irreconcilable...

Imagine you wake up one morning, take a stretch, eat breakfast and hellip; and wait to die. You're not sick. You're not old. No, you've been accused of murder; three murders, to be exact. What's worse? It wasn't you. This may be the case for Hank Skinner...

Dear ASP, I have had a bit of a dissolving of a friendship as of late. A person with whom I used to be reasonably close with - I shall call them Cici from here on - seemed to take it upon themselves these past few months to go about lessening contact...

There is a new environmental concern on the horizon for New York State, and it is something we need to pay attention to. Namely, hydraulic fracturing or hydrofracking. Energy companies use hydrofracking to extract natural gas from the ground. Some ma...

There is a silly term which I have come to adopt and that is: Atheist. What a nonsensical word! I can offer no proof that Jesus is not god. I cannot refute the various fantastical claims of the Muslims and ndash; did Muhammad fly to Jerusalem at night wit...

This is a response to an editorial published by the Times Union editorial board on Oct. 26. It was written for, and has been sent to the Times Union Editorial board. If you have not seen it, head over to the opinion section on the Times Union's web...

I am guilty of it. Chances are you are too. Every college student around the middle of October reaches a point where they think that working at a car wash or a Denny's, or driving a garbage truck for the rest of their lives would not be the worst thing...

My health psych professor tells us that we all find our own ways to cope and with midterms underway, it's the perfect time to test that statement. So I made a few observations: walking through the Campus Center, there are students lounging with boo...

'Dear ASP, A few weeks back my roommate had, well lets say an 'issue,' with her underwear. And by issue I mean: it all got stolen. All of it, right out of the dryer. Thankfully it was not her bras which would be extremely expensive to replace, but st...

If you are reading this and you are not a freshmen (sorry kids), you will most likely have some recollection of what the party scene downtown used to be. There were nights that Hudson made 'Animal House' look like Sunday mass, and then, well you kn...

Somewhere in North Africa a 12-year- old girl has been taken from her family's home, held down and, without pain medication, had her clitoris removed by a dull blade. About 3 million women undergo female genital mutilation a year, a tradition inspi...

The 'Occupy Wall Street' movement has been carrying on for a little over a month now in lower Manhattan, and has now begun to spread to cities across the United States including Boston, L.A. and Chica...

Recently, a lot of young people have been questioning the church, leaving the church and not following a religion at all. Why is this happening? It's likely because young people are exposed to a plethora of information, and they can readily find info...

The United States of America and -the land of liberty, justice, and opportunity; she is thriving with individuals who have had these luxuries and privileges for over 235 years. After such a long time, you would expect a population that is both apprecia...