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Simple Wins the Game

Women’s basketball head coach Alyssa Polosky ’11 focuses on team cohesiveness and uncomplicated strategy. By Brett Ford Alyssa Polosky ’11 has always done her best to keep things simple.Her approach has led to success as an All-American women’s basketball student-athlete for the Knights and as part of the Geneseo coaching staff for nine seasons. Now, in her

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Rewind: A View of Yesterday

Peek down memory lane with an iconic view of Main Street. By Kris Dreessen This image from the College archives captures the feel of the 1950s, with finned cars, the Red & White Food Market and other Main Street businesses. Much has changed, though the small-town welcome and independent stores operated by neighbors — and Geneseo alumni — stay the same. Emmeline, the bear statue, has watched over

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It’s Complicated

Geneseo’s liberal education prepares students to simplify complex problems. By President Denise A. Battles “Aaah, the good ol’ days!” While that expression harkens back to a supposedly less complicated time, it’s largely an illusion. Our society has always presented us with complex problems — and throughout Geneseo’s history, the College has striven to provide a liberal education

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Return to the Simple Life

It’s not always easy, but these Geneseo staff members and alumni have created lifestyles they love. Story by Jim Memmott One couple lives in a house that might make a room in a campus residence hall seem spacious. Another has created a sanctuary in the woods, with a yurt and A-frame they built themselves, where they are at

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Toothsayer

Tanya Smith ’97 shows how simple teeth can reveal complex stories about how humans evolved. By Lonny Lippsett When Tanya Smith ’97 peered into the time capsules, two small children who lived 250,000 years ago came back to life. They were Neanderthals, an ancient species of now-extinct evolutionary cousins of humans, who had dwelled in what is now southeastern France. One child, Smith could make

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All the Buzz

  The Geneseo Beekeeping Club learns about the complex role of honeybees — and encourages them to thrive on campus. By Mary-Margaret Dwyer ’20 As Beekeeping Club President Allison Menendez ’20pries the top off the beehive, bees emerge from their sticky shelter, flying in and out of the hive. A few puffs from a smoker put

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