Apollos Smith was known for the great stories he told, and the great stories he gathered around him. And now, at the college founded in his and Lydia’s memory, The Apollos is where we gather our stories, tell our news, share our art, and express our ideas.

The Apollos is the views of our community: we are a submissions-based platform for communication and self-expression. The Apollos honors authenticity of voice, diversity of perspective, and integrity and fairness.

The pieces gathered here represent the opinion of the various authors, not Paul Smith’s College as a whole, and the accuracy of information presented is the responsibility of the author.

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Editor in Chief

Andy is originally from Saranac Lake and returned to the Adirondacks after studying magazine journalism and environmental studies. He’s been a writer and editor for several regional publications and enjoys photography, snowboarding and mountain biking.

Senior Editor

Tim Sweeney is a Forestry major from Rochester. He loves the earth and the sun and the animals, despises riches, gives alms to everyone who asks, stands up for the stupid and crazy, and he would never plagiarize Walt Whitman.

Senior Editor

Ryan Novak is a Delaware Native who found his way to Paul Smith’s College in 2017.  Currently studying Natural Resource Conservation and Management with an Environmental Communications minor, he expects to graduate in Spring of 2020.

Ryan became an editor for The Apollos in the Fall of 2018.  Pulling from a broad range of experiences and utilizing various literary forms, he is enthusiastic, contemplative, and critical in his approach.