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Map
I threw in a quickie map more or less of the region. If you can find something better, please replace it - I just tossed it together with GMT and photoshop, and it is not meant to be permanent. Unfortunately, my artistic skills are too limited to make a really decent one and I couldn't find a good (free) map in the few minutes I spent looking. Demonbug 00:28, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Karolrvn (talk • contribs) 23:23, 23 January 2010 (UTC) I propose to put a map that would (better) demonstrate location of Rhineland in relation to world/Europe/France/Germany. I think that's one of the first things a reader wants to know (as it was in my case). One candidate i found: http://pl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plik:Rhineland.jpg&filetimestamp=20070127000727. Note that I am not experienced in editing wikipedia articles so please guide me a little on what to do and not to do, TIA. Karolrvn (talk) 23:22, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Geography, Culture
The definition of Rhineland here is confusing. At times the article suggests it comprises only the formerly Prussian territories (which are "overwhelmingly Catholic"), at others, it includes the (formerly Bavarian) Palatinate (Protestant majority) and territories east of the Rhine (e.g. Wiesbaden, which belongs to Hesse). I think the post-1918 demilitarization estended to all territories west and 50 km east of the Rhine. Maybe as good a definition as any. But that would make it culturally more heterogeneous than is suggested.--Humphrey20020 19:02, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

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Game References
The computer game Freelancer is set in a futuristic world with various factions modeled after present-day countries. One of the factions is called "Rhineland", modeled after Germany.

The article New York City doesn't mention that there is such a city at SimCity, so what has the above to do with the region?

Yup, the article seems to suggest that Dutch/Belgian vs German boundaries existed already in Roman times. If you extend the history of an area back in time, do the same for the bounderies. 88.159.69.126 (talk) 19:15, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

This article is offensive
The opening sentance alarmed me greatly. Jovial does refure to homosexuality, I don't like how this refures to the wrong side jovially. We need to replace it with a differnt word.

"The Rhineland (Rheinland in German) is the general name for the land on both sides of the river Rhine in the west of Germany, although some consider the lands to the east of the river culturally distinct, jovially referring to them as Schäl Sick; the "bad" or "wrong side"."
 * While I do not think that that part of the article helps much, I know of no connection between joviality and homosexuality unless, like 'gay', the word has been appropriated by a particular group. I think it very unlikely that the word was used with the intention of giving offence and I think none should be taken. 'Jovial' means 'of the character of Jove or Jupiter'; fröhlich. (RJP 17:20, 20 June 2006 (UTC))

Malmedy
The cantons of Eupen, Malmedy and Sankt Vith though entirely German in culture and language became the East Cantons of Belgium. This needs to be slightly rephrased. Eupen and Sankt Vith are culturally German, Malmedy is culturally French. Indisciplined 22:25, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

There are more such cases a fat century earlier when parts of e.g. Jülich were added to the NL to make the already Dutch parts continuous. These are Dutchified now, but weren't in the 19th century. The whole article never questions current boundaries, but pulls in all kinds of historic perspectives, event back to Roman times. 88.159.69.126 (talk) 19:18, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Right bank
One sentence in the article reads, "The Rhineland (Rheinland in German) is the general name for the land on both sides of the river Rhine in the west of Germany." Another sentence reads, "The River Rhine forms the region's eastern boundary..." So, is the right bank of the Rhine (the eastern bank) in the Rhineland or not? Poldy Bloom 19:59, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Ashkenazi Jews
Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim (Hebrew: אַשְׁכֲּנָזִים, [ˌaʃkəˈnazim] sing. [ˌaʃkəˈnazi]; also יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכֲּנָז, Yehudei Ashkenaz, "the Jews of Ashkenaz"), are descended from the medieval Jewish communities of the Rhineland. Ashkenaz is the Medieval Hebrew name for the region which later formed the country of Germany. Thus Ashkenazi Jews are literally "German Jews." From medieval times the lingua franca among Ashkenazi Jews was Yiddish. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.164.223.138 (talk) 15:13, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

very poor article
this article smacks of mistakes and is in urgent need of improvement. i advise anyone who is able ot look into german wikipedia.Sundar1 (talk) 13:49, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

I agree - it's poorly written
Some of the explanations are quite different from the German wikipedia. As a German I'd say "Nice, I didn't know that I live in the Rhineland"(according to the definition given here).The Rhineland is located on the west bank of the Rhine in the Federal States of North-Rhine-Westfalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, but southern Palatinate is usually not included (the Cities and the region south of Ludwigshafen). The best map can be found in the article "Rheinprovinz" []- this map shows the Prussian Rhine Province (note that Palatinate is not included and that the south west of the Rhine Province is located in the (present-day) German Federal State of Saarland and is also not included).Johnny2323 (talk) 20:27, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Rhineland Campaign
I just added the Market Garden because I am positive that in US Army official history that was the first operation for the campaign. Not sure what the British Army called it. I can provide a reference but its common knowledge I thought.

However, what puzzles me is that the article is supposed to be about the region, right?--Koakhtzvigad (talk) 05:50, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Move portions
the history sections for Rhineland and Rhine Province could almost be replaced with each other. I have placed a move-portions-tag into the Rhine Province article (next to the one in Rhineland). dont know what kind of structure is intended, etc.... --ZH2010 (talk) 17:13, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

 * As nobody seems to be interested, I just went ahead and swapped the two history sections. Have to say I dont agree with a lot of the content and Rhine Province has plenty of duplications. ZH2010 (talk) 19:38, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Proposed merge with West Bank (Rhine)
This territory (=Rhineland) and the term (>>West Bank<<) are pretty much interchangeably and surely cannot be pin-point to a period of 30 or so years (1750-1790? = the time period described). If wikipedia wants to have an article about a territory that has been occupied and eventually annexed, the title should be more specific. --ZH2010 (talk) 10:03, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Agree--R-41 (talk) 18:40, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

"Prussian King"
A Prussian king first set foot on the Rhine in 1609 ... The first King in Prussia was crowned in 1701 and with this started the Kingdom of Prussia. What the author meant was the Elector of Brandenburg. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.221.44.45 (talk) 08:46, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Rhineland Geography
It's very uncommon to refer to region around the Neckar as Rhineland. The source for this is some guide book that covers the whole Rhine river and is called the Rhineland. I don't think it's a particular good or authoritative source. KLGerads (talk) 16:19, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

French Revolution
The section called "French Revolution" reads as opinionated and has a pro-French, pro-Napoleon bias. E.g. it says "The French swept away centuries worth of outmoded restrictions and introduced unprecedented levels of efficiency." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.255.236.207 (talk) 05:36, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

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Describing the CA's decision as an error has NPOV problems. Shouldn't this be recast as "so-and-so has criticized the decision as erroneous"? Deh 19:23, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Er, where so-and-so is SCOTUS; the idea being to disambiguate the POV of their holdings from that of the author of the Wikipedia article. Deh 19:28, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Please someone re-write the "Error" section. It has been left incomplete since 2003 & bears no references. Design 13:00, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

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Arariboia

Arariboia (old spelling: Ararigboya; c. 1520 – 1589) was the founder of the city of Niterói, in Brazil.

Son of Temiminó chief Maracajá-guaçu, he was the leader of the Temiminó tribe, which inhabited the territory of the present Espírito Santo state after losing their territories to longterm ennemies, the Tamoios, only to come back to Rio de Janeiro in 1564 with Estacio de Sá's fleet. Under his leadership, the tribe assisted the Portuguese in their war with France for total control of the Guanabara Bay, sending an infantry of armed soldiers to retake the Guanabara Bay from the French, as Arariboia had become the leader of the temimiminó, after his father, reinforcing the Bay with about 8,000 native indigenous soldiers, who were quite knowledgeable of the territory, as they once called it home.

The French, meanwhile, had settled in the Guanabara Bay in 1555, occupying the Serigipe Island (current Ilha de Villegagnon), where they built the Coligny Fort. To counter Portuguese forces, the French commander, Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon, formed an alliance with the Tamoios, native indigenous people, allocating about 70,000 people by the coast. The agreement prevented the forces sent from Salvador by Mem de Sá, governor-general of Brazil in 1565, from achieving a definitive victory against the French. With the unity of the colony in danger, Mem de Sá sent his nephew Estácio de Sá in and entrusted him to adopt the same strategy as the French: enlist indigenous support.

The most violent confrontation occurred on January 20, 1567, at Uruçumirim, on the present-day Glória hill, where the French and Tamoios were quartered. Climbing over cliffs, Arariboia was the first to enter the enemy stronghold. He held a torch, with which he blew up the powder and opened the way for the attack. During the fight, a poisoned arrow grazed Estácio de Sá's face, who later died of infection. The attack was followed by a nightly slaughter, from which the Portuguese and Temimimó forces emerged victorious. In a legendary episode, Arariboia allegedly swam across the bay to lead the assault.

After their victory, Arariboia remained in Rio de Janeiro until 1573, when his tribe officially received the lands (sesmaria) across the Guanabara Bay on November 22.

The fact is that, with his support, the Portuguese operation against the French was successful, and the Portuguese regained control over Guanabara Bay. From then on, the city of Rio de Janeiro, which in the meantime had been founded by Estácio de Sáin 1565 by the Cara de Cão hill, was assured of its survival. After the defeat of the Tamoios, as a reward for his deeds, Arariboia received from the Portuguese Crown, first, a piece of land in today's São Cristóvão, close to Ilha do Governador. Later, in 1573, he received a piece of land on the other side of Guanabara Bay, where he would have the mission to protect the other side of the bay's entrance.

This sesmaria (piece of land given by the Portuguese Crown) was named São Lourenço dos Índios, which is now considered the beginning of the current city of Niterói (term that, translated from the Tupi language, means "true cold river", by the junction of 'y, "river; eté, "true"; and ro'y, "cold"), 30 minutes away from Rio de Janeiro, by ferry boat. He converted to Christianity and adopted the name Martim Afonso de Sousa, in honour of the Portuguese navigator of the same name, who commanded a Portuguese exploration that touched Guanabara, in 1530. Also the chieftain Tibiriçá, from the Planalto Paulista adopted the name Martim Afonso de Sousa. He ended his days in conflict with the new Governador-General of the southern part of the state of Brazil (headquartered in Rio de Janeiro), Antônio Salema (1575-1577). At the official inauguration ceremony, Arariboia, having travelled from Niterói to Rio de Janeiro, sat down with his legs crossed.

This displeased the governor, who reprimanded him. Arariboia retorted, "My legs are tired from fighting so hard for your King, that's why I cross them when I sit down”. The elderly cacique then returned to the sesmaria of Niterói, and is said to never have set foot in Rio de Janeiro again.

Arariboia also received the title of knight of the Order of Christ, Captain of the village (Capitão-Mor), a salary of 12,000 réis per year and a piece of clothing that had belonged to King Sebastian of Portugal.

In 1568 he received the Christian name of Martim Afonso, to honour Martim Afonso de Sousa.

Arariboia drowned near the island of Mocanguê in 1589.

In Tupi, his name refers to a venomous snake from the Boidae family.

 Notable Descendants

Violante do Céu Soares de Sousa

Indigenous woman descendant of Araribóia, married to Domingos de Araújo. She donated the land for the construction of a chapel in 1652, the origin of the current São Domingos de Gusmão Church, located in Niterói, in front of the Gragoatá Campus of the Universidade Federal Fluminense.

José Luíz of Araribóia Cardoso

José Luís do Nascimento Cardoso founded the Glorifying Commission to Martim Afonso Arariboia - also referred to as the Devotion to São Lourenço, and was president of the Commission. José Luiz introduced himself as being of the 12th generation of descendants of the Temiminó chief Araribóia, a justification used to have him sign in the works of the Commission as José Luís de Araribóia Cardoso. He was archivist and janitor of the São Lourenço dos Índios Church, playing a key role in the organisation of the works of the Glorifying Commission.

The holiday of November 22 became "Araribóia Day" in the city of Niterói from the reclamation of José Luís, and became an official holiday as of 1909, even though, since 2021, the date is no longer considered a municipal holiday. Another important contribution of the Commission based on José Luiz's proposition was the transfer of the ownership of the São Lourenço dos Índios Church to the municipality of Niterói, according to Ordinance No. 476, June 13, 1934, when José Luíz de Araribóia Cardoso took on the position of archivist and janitor as a municipal civil servant. If today we think of Araribóia as the mythological founder of Niterói, this is due both to the figure of José Luiz and to the work of the Glorifying Commission, dissolved in 1915 for unknown reasons.

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Squander

Squander (written as " $ Q U A N D E R " on the box and in the rules) is an Avalon Hill board game published in 1965. It is based loosely on the game Monopoly, but in reverse. As in Monopoly, players roll dice and move around a board, encountering opportunities to make financial decisions. The object, however, is to lose money rather than gain it. Each player starts with a million "Squanderbucks" and the winner is the first player to become bankrupt.

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State University of New York at Geneseo

The State University of New York College at Geneseo (SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo State College or, colloquially, "Geneseo") is a public liberal arts college in Geneseo, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. The college was founded in 1867 as the Wadsworth Normal and Training School before it became part of the new State University of New York system as a state liberal arts college in 1948.

History
The initial predecessor to SUNY Geneseo opened in 1867 as the Wadsworth Normal and Training School through an act of the New York State Legislature. However, the legislature later changed the new college's name to the Geneseo Normal and Training School before it officially opened on September 13, 1871. The name was shortened in 1905, however, to just the Geneseo Normal School.

The school, which initially only offered two-year courses of study, grew to offer three-year programs in 1922 and four-year programs in 1938. Bachelor's degrees, however, were not awarded for the first time until 1942, when the school additionally became the Geneseo State Teachers College. Six years later, in 1948, the college became an initial member of the State University of New York system and adopted the new name State University of New York Teachers College at Geneseo. At this time, the school also gained the right to grant master's degrees in education and, by 1951, was awarding its initial graduate degrees.

In 1962, the school adopted its current name, State University of New York College at Geneseo. Just two years later, in 1964, the school began to offer four-year bachelors degrees in subjects other than education.

Academics

Geneseo is a public liberal arts college with 48 undergraduate majors, 5 master's programs, and 25 interdisciplinary minors. The most popular majors, in descending order, are education, business, the social sciences, biology, and psychology.

The student population is 5,588, with a student/faculty ratio of 19:1 and an average class size of 25. Nearly 90% of Geneseo's full-time faculty holds a Ph.D. or other terminal degree.

Geneseo is part of the New York Space Grant Consortium, and is provided grants by NASA to support outer-space related research on-campus.

Study abroad
Nearly 40% of Geneseo's students participate in study abroad programs through the college or the SUNY system. One of Geneseo's most popular study abroad programs is its offering of the Humanities I course in Rome, Athens or New York City, and the Humanities II course in Paris, Prague, El Sauce, or at Oxford University. The most well-known program is the Mediterranean Roots Humanities I program where students travel to Greece, Italy and Spain for up to six weeks.

Administration
Following the retirement of long-time President Christopher Dahl, Denise Battles became the college's president in July 2015.

Rankings and admissions

Geneseo is among 44 "Best Buy Schools" in the 2021 edition of "The Fiske Guide to Colleges" published by former New York Times Education Editor Edward B. Fiske. The publication named 44 institutions – 20 public and 24 private – as "Best Buys," categorized as inexpensive or moderately priced with a four- or five-star academic rating. Geneseo has been named to the list for several years. In September 2016, Princeton Review named Geneseo one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education in its annual college guide, "The Best 381 Colleges."

Admissions
Geneseo's acceptance rate is 65% as of 2021.

Phi Beta Kappa
Geneseo has a chapter of the oldest academic honor society in the United States, Phi Beta Kappa. SUNY's four university centers already had chapters; Geneseo's establishment of a chapter is significant because it was the first (and is currently the only) of New York's thirteen state comprehensive colleges to receive the honor.

The inaugural ΦΒΚ class was inducted to Geneseo's Alpha-Gamma of New York chapter in April 2004.

Campus

SUNY Geneseo is on the Genesee Valley's eastern side. Of Geneseo's approximately 5,000 full-time residents, some 70% work at or are in some way affiliated with the college, making Geneseo a "college town."

The campus is divided between the Academic Quad, "North Side" and "South Side," with all academic buildings contained within the Academic Quad. The South Side has five residence halls and a dining hall. The South Side complex was designed by architect Edgar Tafel, one-time apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright. Tafel also designed Brodie Hall, home of Geneseo's four Arts departments on the Academic Quad. Additionally, 44 on campus townhouses, known as Saratoga Terrace, provide a connective corridor between the South Side and the Academic Quad. The North Side has eleven residence halls, two dining halls and the Lauderdale Health Center. The Academic Quad comprising the Upper and Lower Campuses has the academic buildings, the College Union, Merritt Athletic Center, Wadsworth Auditorium and the Milne Library that has views of the Genesee valley.

The campus is laid out in generally the same shape as the state of New York; almost all residence halls are named after counties in the state. Jones Hall is the only residence hall not named after a county.

In 2003, the college began the largest capital improvement project in the history of the SUNY system. The Integrated Science Facility (pictured right) is a 105000 sqft, $32 million building equipped with a nuclear accelerator. The Center opened in the Spring of 2007. On the new building's opening, Greene Hall (a science building constructed in 1970) was shut down and completely renovated at a cost of $20 million.

One of the main attractions of SUNY Geneseo's campus is the architecture of many of the older buildings. The James B. Welles building was built in 1932 and is the oldest building on campus. Formerly known as the Winfield Holcomb School, it now houses the departments of Philosophy, Political Science, Foreign Languages, and English.

The James V. Sturges building, the central clock tower of the main Sturges Quad is Geneseo's signature building. Constructed in 1938, it once served as the administration building and now houses the History Department. Sturges also holds classrooms and laboratories as well as the Geneseo Speech and Hearing Clinic. Wadsworth Auditorium, is also one of the oldest buildings on campus.

At the far end of the South Village Residences, the college maintains the 20 acre Spencer J. Roemer Arboretum wherein are preserved "more than 70 species of trees, shrubs and wildflowers, including a magnificent group of oak trees which are more than 200 years old, and several black walnut trees estimated to be over 100 years old." The arboretum is used for teaching and recreation. It also has a gazebo and the college's memorial to four alumni who died in the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, a gift left by the Class of 2002 through the Senior Challenge program.

East of the Academic Quad and up a slight hill is Geneseo's Main Street that complements the quaint campus with a variety of shops, restaurants, and bars. Beyond Main Street is the historic village of Geneseo, marked by Victorian architecture, well-kept mansions, fraternity and sorority houses as well as several nineteenth-century churches.

Planned expansion

The Lamron reported SUNY Geneseo plans to acquire and refurbish Doty Hall, one of its former buildings, and to demolish an underutilized structure, the Holcomb Campus School, to build an open air, artificial turf athletic stadium in 2013. Both projects are in progress, with the athletic stadium near completion.

Traditions and campus culture
Geneseo's students celebrate many traditions and campus legends.

The Bronze Bear
Just off campus, in the center of Main Street in Geneseo sits the famous Bronze Bear statue. "The Bear" also plays host to any number of spontaneous decorations and pranks throughout the academic year. A story also circulates that one of the wealthy Wadsworth daughters saw the bear fountain in a small town in Germany, fell in love with it, bought it, and sent it back to Geneseo in the early 19th century. This story is unverified, but an excerpt from a history of the family that settled the valley implies that this is not true, and that the fountain was designed and built for its current location: "[Main Street] is still dominated by a drinking fountain for horses dedicated to Mrs. Emmeline Austin Wadsworth. For some obscure reason its designer placed a short pole in its center on top of which sits a cunning little iron bear, who is generally known as 'Aunt Emmeline'". Campus legend also says that if a virgin graduates from the college, the bear will spring to life and run away, a legend that attaches itself to campus statues all over the US. In May 2016, Emmeline was toppled by a tractor trailer and was needed repair. The bear has since been returned to its proper place as of 2017.

The Painted Tree
In the Sturges quad, students from different Greek organizations sneak about late at night to paint a "Greek tree." Wayback Machine. There are so many layers of paint on the tree that the original contours of the bark and trunk are obscured. Despite the years of paint, the tree continues to grow and produce leaves. The exact date when this practice began is unknown, but alumni report that it began sporadically during the 1950s to prevent sap from leaking and became regular practice in the mid to late 1960s to show support for fraternities and sororities on campus. Greek organizations used to compete all night to see whose design would be on the tree come morning.

The Seuss Spruce
Also in the Sturges quad is the famous "Seuss Spruce," so called because it looks like a Dr. Seuss illustration. The tree's shape is reputed to have developed from damage during a March 1991 ice storm in western New York. However, the tree is likely the cultivated variety Picea Glauca 'Pendula' or a similar spruce with weeping tendencies. Adding to the Seussian quality of the tree is the fact that the bottom branches "fan out" along the ground. In April 2024, the university planted a new tree, dubbed “baby Seuss Spruce”, alongside the original tree.

Ice hockey games
In recent years, the college's ice hockey games in the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena have become major campus events that draw sell-out crowds of students and community members to support the "Ice Knights" of Geneseo. A pep band has been formed and student groups often offer promotions such as handing out noise makers to the capacity crowds.

College seal and logotype
The Geneseo college seal was unveiled in July 1968. According to the college's office of publications, the seal is a representation of the college's location and mission: "The circular design features a flame from the torch of knowledge surrounded by leaves symbolic of the bucolic setting of SUNY Geneseo and its growth. Both are atop waves symbolizing the historic Genesee River."

In 1986, the college designed a logo to "provide the College with an identity mark that was more readily identifiable than the College Seal and was not meant to replace the College Seal." Again drawing on the college's unique surroundings, "the graphic underneath the word 'Geneseo' symbolizes the rolling and rural character of the surrounding Genesee Valley." The typeface used in this logo, and in many other college publications, is Galliard.

In October 2012, Geneseo unveiled a new logotype, featured in the infobox above. Bill Caren, Geneseo's Associate Vice President of Enrollment, stated the new word mark reflected "[Geneseo's] competitors' logos," which are less stylized. "If [Geneseo] wants to be perceived in the same category as its competitors," Caren added, "it would be good to have a logo that corresponds on the same level." The logotype was met with mixed responses by the student body, although its implementation throughout campus continued unhindered.

Athletics
Geneseo fields 19 varsity sports programs (7 men's 12 women's) at the NCAA Division III level.

Student organizations
Geneseo students can take part in various activities with several organizations, including The Lamron, an independent student newspaper published since 1922, Geneseo Student Television (GSTV), an award-winning Model United Nations team, a nationally competitive Federal Reserve Challenge club, WGSU, a federally-licensed radio station, five a cappella groups (Southside Boys, Exit 8, Hips & Harmony, Emmelodics, and Between the Lines), Musical Theatre Club, and Currently Known As (an improvisation group).

Greek life began at Geneseo in 1871, originally as literary societies. The college hosts several local Greek organizations along with national organizations, as is common in the SUNY schools. As of 2019, about 30% of students were active in either social or professional and service Greek organizations.

Popular culture

 * Glenn Gordon Caron (class of 1975), TV producer
 * Jenna Wolfe, anchor of NBC's Weekend Today.
 * Greg Fox (class of 1983), artist/writer of nationally syndicated comic strip Kyle's Bed & Breakfast.
 * Calvin Culver known professionally as Casey Donovan (class of 1965), actor, writer, producer
 * Daniel Barwick (class of 1990), President of Independence Community College in Independence, KS
 * Howard Blumenthal, author; nationally syndicated columnist
 * Qurrat Ann Kadwani, television actress, playwright and film producer
 * Chelsea Noble (formerly Nancy Mueller; class of 1987), film and TV actress
 * William Sadler, actor
 * Joe Langworth (class of 1988), actor, choreographer and director
 * J.T. The Brick, talk-show host
 * Marissa Mulder (class of 2007), cabaret artist
 * Curt Smith (class of 1973), broadcaster and Republican speech writer
 * Brittany Lauda, voice actress and director for anime and video games, notable for HuniePop and Ladies versus Butlers
 * CGP Grey, popular YouTube creator and web personality.
 * Gregg 'Opie' Hughes, former radio broadcaster of Opie and Anthony

Sciences

 * Brian L. DeMarco (class of 1996), Professor of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. DeMarco's research into a new state of matter won Science magazine's distinction as one of the top ten scientific discoveries of 1999.
 * My Hang V. Huynh (class of 1991) is a scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory who was presented an E.O. Lawrence Award in 2007 by Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman for her research and development of ecologically friendly explosives which replace those made with lead and mercury. In 2007 the MacArthur Foundation awarded Huynh the "Genius Grant," otherwise called the MacArthur Fellows Program.

Government, business, law, activist

 * Liz Allen (class of 2006), Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs of United States.
 * Jeff Clarke (class of 1983), CEO of Kodak
 * Adrianna Hungerford (1858-1946), President, Colorado State Woman's Christian Temperance Union
 * David Klein, CFO of Constellation Brands.
 * Ray Kotcher, non-executive chairman and advisor to Ketchum Inc.
 * Joseph D. Morelle, U.S. representative for New York's 25th congressional district since 2018. Former New York State Assembly Majority Leader, 2013–2018
 * Jackie Norris (class of 1992), former Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama.
 * Eleanor Roosevelt Seagraves, granddaughter of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, librarian, educator, historian, and editor.
 * Raymond Walter (class of 1994), New York State Assemblyman

Military

 * John Loomis Chamberlain, U.S. Army major general

Sports

 * Tyler Brickler, professional ice hockey player

Faculty

 * Bill Cook and Ron Herzman, Distinguished Teaching Professors of, respectively, History and English.
 * Rita K. Gollin, Distinguished Professor Emerita of English.
 * Walter Harding, former Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English.
 * Carol Harter, Geneseo's eleventh president before assuming the presidency of UNLV from 1995 to 2006.
 * David Maslanka, composer, assistant professor of music from 1970 to 1974.
 * Eoin McKiernan, Professor 1949–1959, early scholar of Irish Studies.
 * Rudy Rucker, Professor of Mathematics 1972–1978, author of mathematical science fiction novels such as White Light (set in a fictionalized version of Geneseo) and the Ware Tetralogy. He is considered a founder of the cyberpunk literary movement and developed the concept of transrealism.
 * Clarence F. Stephens, former professor of mathematics
 * Blanche Jennings Thompson, Author
 * James Willey, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of Music, composer

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Faustina the Younger

Annia Galeria Faustina the Younger (c. 130 AD, – 175/176 AD) was Roman empress from 161 to her death as the wife of emperor Marcus Aurelius, her maternal cousin. Faustina was the youngest child of emperor Antoninus Pius and empress Faustina the Elder. She was held in high esteem by soldiers and her husband as Augusta and Mater Castrorum ('Mother of the Camp') and was given divine honours after her death.

Early life
Faustina, named after her mother, was her parents' fourth and youngest child and second daughter; she was also their only child to survive to adulthood. She was born and raised in Rome.

Her second cousin three times removed, Hadrian, had arranged with her father for Faustina to marry Lucius Verus. On 25 February 138, she and Verus were betrothed. Verus' father was Hadrian's first adopted son and his intended heir; however, when Verus' father died, Hadrian chose Faustina's father to be his second adopted son, and eventually, he became Hadrian's successor. Faustina's father ended the engagement between his daughter and Verus and arranged for Faustina's betrothal to her biological maternal cousin, Marcus Aurelius; Aurelius was also adopted by her father.

Imperial heiress
In April or May 145, Faustina and Marcus Aurelius were married, as had been planned since 138. Since Aurelius was, by adoption, Antoninus Pius' son, under Roman law he was marrying his sister; Antoninus would have had to formally release one or the other from his paternal authority (his patria potestas) for the ceremony to take place. Little is specifically known of the ceremony, but it is said to have been "noteworthy". Coins were issued with the heads of the couple, and Antoninus, as Pontifex maximus, would have officiated. Marcus makes no apparent reference to the marriage in his surviving letters, and only sparing references to Faustina. Faustina was given the title of Augusta on 1 December 147 after the birth of her first child, Domitia Faustina.

Empress
When Antoninus died on 7 March 161, Marcus and Lucius Verus ascended to the throne and became co-rulers. Faustina then became empress. Following the birth of her first child in 147, Faustina obtained the title of Augusta granted to her by the Senate, before her husband Marcus Aurelius became Augustus himself in 161.

Not much has survived from the Roman sources regarding Faustina's life, but what is available does not give a good report. Cassius Dio and the unreliable Historia Augusta accuse Faustina of ordering deaths by poison and execution; she has also been accused of instigating the revolt of Avidius Cassius against her husband. The Historia Augusta mentions adultery with sailors, gladiators, and men of rank; however, Faustina and Aurelius seem to have been very close and mutually devoted.

Faustina accompanied her husband on various military campaigns and enjoyed the excessive love and reverence of Roman soldiers. Aurelius gave her the title of Mater Castrorum or 'Mother of the Camp'. She attempted to make her home out of an army camp. Between 170 and 175, she was in the north, and in 175, she accompanied Aurelius to the east.

Revolt of Avidius Cassius and death
That same year, 175, Aurelius's general Avidius Cassius was proclaimed Roman emperor after the erroneous news of Marcus's death; the sources indicate Cassius was encouraged by Marcus' wife Faustina, who was concerned about her husband's failing health, believing him to be on the verge of death, and felt the need for Cassius to act as a protector in this event, since her son Commodus, aged 13, was still young. She also wanted someone who would act as a counter-weight to the claims of Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus, who was in a strong position to take the office of Princeps in the event of Marcus's death. The evidence, including Marcus's own Meditations, supports the idea that Marcus was indeed quite ill, but by the time Marcus recovered, Cassius was already fully acclaimed by the Egyptian legions of II Traiana Fortis and XXII Deiotariana.

"After a dream of empire lasting three months and six days", Cassius was murdered by a centurion; his head was sent to Marcus Aurelius, who refused to see it and ordered it buried. Egypt recognized Marcus as emperor again by 28 July 175.

The facts concerning the death of Faustina are not definite. She died in the winter of 175 at the military camp in Halala (a city in the Taurus Mountains in Cappadocia). The causes of her death are of speculation of scholars and range from death from natural causes, suicide, an accident, or even possibly assassination in retaliation for her alleged affair with Cassius earlier that year, depending on the source.

Aurelius grieved much for his wife and buried her in the Mausoleum of Hadrian in Rome. She was deified, with her statue placed in the Temple of Venus in Rome and a temple dedicated to her in her honor. Halala's name was changed to Faustinopolis and Aurelius opened charity schools for orphan girls called Puellae Faustinianae or 'Girls of Faustina'. The Baths of Faustina in Miletus are named after her.

Marriage and issue
In their thirty years of marriage, Faustina and Marcus Aurelius had at least fourteen children, including two sets of twins. Only six of them survived to adulthood, five daughters and the son Commodus.

Faustina's role as a mother was glorified, and with the birth of her daughter Fadilla, coins were issued portraying her as Juno Lucina.

Their known children were:
 * Domitia Faustina (147–151), died in childhood;
 * Titus Aelius Antoninus (born and died in 149), twin of Aurelius, died in infancy;
 * Titus Aelius Aurelius (born and died in 149), twin of Antoninus, died in infancy;
 * Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla (150–182), married her father's co-ruler Lucius Verus, then Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus, had issue from both marriages;
 * Annia Galeria Aurelia Faustina (born in 151), married Gnaeus Claudius Severus, had a son;
 * Tiberius Aelius Antoninus (born in 152, died before 156), died in childhood;
 * Unknown child (died before 158), died in childhood;
 * Annia Aurelia Fadilla (born in 159), married Marcus Peducaeus Plautius Quintillus, had issue;
 * Annia Cornificia Faustina Minor (born in 160), married Marcus Petronius Sura Mamertinus, had a son;
 * Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus (161–165), elder twin brother of Commodus, died in childhood;
 * Lucius Aurelius Commodus Antoninus (Commodus) (161–192), twin brother of Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus, later emperor, married Bruttia Crispina, no issue;
 * Marcus Annius Verus Caesar (162–169), died in childhood;
 * Hadrianus, died in infancy;
 * Vibia Aurelia Sabina (170 – died before 217), married Lucius Antistius Burrus, no issue.

title: Faustina the Younger