Talk:State University of New York at Purchase/Archive 1

Archive 1

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Who calls the mentioned actors the Purchase Mafia. I've never heard the term before. Anyone got a source? PirateKeith 19:00, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

I've also never heard of this. Maybe ask on the purchase livejournal community or google it? Syynapse 23:35, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

The Purchase Mafia have been called that lots of times. It's been in interviews, and it's in some of their IMDB entries. Shut up, Keith. User:Hal 15:26, 3 January 2006 (UTC) —the preceding unsigned comment is by 198.140.63.35 (talk • contribs)

In other words, you have no sources. User:Post_Link_or_Shut_the_Fuck_Up 23:23, 3 January 2006 (UTC) —the preceding unsigned comment is by 24.39.232.34 (talk • contribs)

First of all, read the article, its already cited and has been for some time. second, pretending to be people you are not and attacking other editors can eventually get you blocked. sign up for an account, it only takes two seconds. --Heah ^talk 23:49, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

A little bit of miscellanea

It feels like there are a lot of missing holes in this Wiki. A well-sourced article on such a young college should list all the presidents the college ever had. It's only been about 50 years! Sheldon Grebstein wasn't mentioned and he was president for 12 years. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/20/nyregion/suny-chief-retires-proudly.html

There was no mention of the time that the students took over the Administration building, which in my opinion is a notable event. It's mentioned in the NYTimes article above though.

The Wiki mentioned the founding of the opera department in 1998. As a student and alumni I performed in operas in 1987 and beyond. All voice majors did, well before I got there as well.

There is no mention that the original grading system did not have grades. Instead, students received written reviews of their academic work. There was still some of that within the music department when I attended.

A dispute about the New Apartments and singles. The new apartments didn't have singles when they were first built. That came much later.

There is no mention of the tunnels beneath the mall. They were well used by students escaping the weather and for parties. They are reputed to exist not only for reasons of utility but because at the time of construction, there were concerns about campus protests. It was a means to bring in military intervention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.167.132.29 (talk) 13:15, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

Keith

Keith, "The Purchase Mafia" started getting thrown around when Hal Hartley and Bob Gosse had "The Shooting Gallery" I think.

--sam

the article should mention the number of students and faculty, i think.

Major overhaul

Speaking as a recent graduate of SUNY Purchase, I'm really kind of disappointed to find the article in such a state. There were numerous biased statements promoting the college, making much of this more into an extension of the Purchase website than an independent unbiased source. A lot of the rest is common knowledge among students, but needs to be cited if it's going in here; other claims are patently ridiculous-- I know for a fact that there are singles in the New, I roomed next to one. I'm going to keep an eye on this, but anyone who can help source or attribute the more notable claims would have my grattitude. Lucky number 49 22:08, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Famous Alumni

This section is a bit messy. First, "famous" is subjective; I'm not sure most people would consider most women's rights activists or photojournalists very famous outside of those circles. A more proper title would be "Notable alumni," which would be similar to most other University-related articles. With that said, however, any person who is red-linked (i.e. does not have a Wikipedia article) often automatically fails the "Notable" requirement. I'd recommend axing all those names that you can't make a good argument for being notable and condense into one giant list with parenthetical indications of why they are notable. Get rid of the subsections by alumni "type" - it just makes everything more confusing (and makes the table of contents enormous). If people really like having categories for alumni, just do bold titles, not within the === signs as official subsections. Just some advice to get started on clean up here. :) --Midnightdreary 00:44, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

School Colors

While the school has of late (within the past three years and no earlier by my observations, but that's OR and is irrelevant) been prominently using blue, orange, and white in athletics uniforms and other official displays, it has also been widely known among the students that the official school colors were [heliotrope] and [puce]. While there are several displays around the school which affirm this in text, a brief search has turned up only one reference to it on the official site. Unless someone can find a reliable reference unquestionably demonstrating that the official "school colors" have been changed along with the athletic colors, I recommend leaving both sets of colors. so sayeth Lucky Number 49 ^{Yell at me!} 15:57, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

I was going to ask something about including blue/orange/white as the athletic colours when I saw your above post. I do think it is important to include both sets of colours, but I do not see the athletic colours mentioned anywhere in the article. Having a close friend who plays for the Purchase tennis team, I know these are the athletic colours the college uses (and is increasingly using in other offical displays, as you say), however I need to find some sources to back this up. Summerhawk (talk) 02:04, 4 March 2009 (UTC)