Paul Kalis Adam Carlson (John Krasinski), an Alaskan news reporter, gets his big break when he discovers that a family of majestic gray whales is trapped underwater by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle. Soon, other journalists, government officials, and oil tycoons make Alaska their next stop. This includes…
Posts published in February 2012
Yana Nadelyaeva The following is a reaction to the New York Times article, “TV in Putin’s Russia: Jesters, Strivers and a Longing for Normalcy,” by Alessandra Stanley, which was published on February 13th, 2012. This article caused mixed emotions, feelings and thoughts inside of me. I don’t like Alessandra Stanley’s…
Christian Arnold The LIU Post women’s basketball team ended the 2011-12 regular season with a 78-60 victory over the University of the District of Columbia Firebirds Saturday afternoon. Junior forward Nicolette Marciniak led the Pioneers in scoring with 24 points and added nine rebounds and two blocks. Sophomore guard Alexis…
David Otero LIU Post’s baseball team has won their three of four games to begin the 2012 season. To open the new campaign, the Pioneers traveled down to Myrtle Beach, S.C., and swept a doubleheader on Friday, February 24th, against the West Virginia Wesleyan College Bobcats. In the first game,…
Heather Norris The LIU Post women’s swim team, which was just awarded the Team Scholar All American Award for having the highest GPA among all divisions on February 23rd, has continued its roll of success into the postseason. First, the team headed to Rutgers in New Jersey to take second…
By: Samantha McGarry In the past three seasons at LIU Post, softball player Kendall Bright has played in 147 games with 122 starts. Bright was awarded Daktronics, Inc. Third Team All-America, NFCA First Team All-Region and ECC First Team in 2011, while batting .354 with 62 hits for the season.…
By: Taylor Hole Glen Hudson is a senior member of the LIU Post baseball team. During the 2011 season, Hudson had a 1.60 earned run average. Hudson pitched 56 innings in 9 games last season and had 48 strikeouts. Throughout his career at LIU Post, Hudson has pitched 120 innings…
David Otero The LIU Post men’s basketball team defeated the University of the District of Columbia Firebirds by a score of 85-75 on Saturday, February 25th, to clinch the ECC regular season conference title as well as the top overall seed in the ECC Tournament. The battle between the top…
February 15th Study Abroad Table Hillwood Commons 12:00pm-2:30pm Hillwood Recital Series Tilles Atrium 12:30pm Student Success Workshop: Exploring Careers & Choosing a Major Haumanities Hall Rm 119 12:30pm-1:30pm Follow Your Passion: Reinvent Yourself and Your Identity Great Hall 6:00pm February 16th Food for Thought Lecture Series:…
Ashley DeShields Since September 17th, 2011, the Occupy Movement has spread across the world, and it is no longer confined to the financial monopolies of America. The movement has spread to college and university campuses as well. The root of the Occupy Movement, both on and off university campuses, is…