Hearing that people have the mumps kind of sounds like people have smallpox or the plague. Most people get vaccinated for MMR before entering school but for some reason, vaccinations or not, there's a mini epidemic locally.
I remember before going to school we had to get our vaccines, the MMR was the first one that comes to mind. We weren't even allowed into school, if I remember correctly, if we couldn't prove we were vaccinated for Measles, Mumps, & Rubella. Seems as if 3 students at UAlbany didn't keep their vaccines up to date.
Seven UAlbany students were arrested yesterday after they allegedly hazed four pledges during an initiation for their sorority in the basement of a home in Albany.
According to News 10, one student says she was being initiated into a sorority called Alpha Omicron Pi when she other pledges were blind folded, told to get on the ground and forced to eat mud and dirt while having rotten milk, rotten
It launched throughout Albany, Schenectady and Troy at the end of September. Maybe you've noticed while you've been driving through some areas that one house seems a lot brighter than another. It's not just because everyone is home. In fact, no ones living there. That's the point behind this project.
The sports equipment garage of local high school, Notre Dame Bishop Gibbons was set on fire and police claim it was intentional. Despite such a horrible event, acts kindness prevailed.
The body of a resident of the Freedom Apartments has been identified by the police as 21-year-old Ravin Pahladsingh, an undergraduate student from Queens, N.Y.
According to the story at News10.com, UAlbany VP for Student Affairs Michael Christakis said the following in a statement:
Ravin’s death is a tragic loss, and we offer our deepest condolences to his family, friends and loved ones
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In 2004, the Capital Region was at the top of the most prestigious of college lists: Top Party School. 12 years later, did any local colleges make the list? Who took the crown?
It was a rainy, windy, chilly Sunday morning as we put on Under Armor, additional layers and our "Sugar Heroes" team t-shirts. One by one arriving on the UAlbany campus and signing in for the
It's hard enough as an adult to be diagnosed with something like diabetes, but imagine it happening before you can say more than "kitty" or "cracker."
He's learning how to walk. He can say a handful of words including his favorite word, "cracker." He brings smiles everywhere he goes. And he's learning how to control his blood sugar. He only turned one year old in February. His name is Grayson and he has Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes.