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Posts published in October 2015

Homecoming for the Arts

By Pete Barell Editor-at-Large Last school year, the Art and Art History Club painted faces at Homecoming. This time around they plan to not only do that, but provide another creative way to show Post pride. “We’re planning to [make] a big poster with POST written out in wax,” said senior…

Me, on A and E: The Andersonian Memory Play

By Pete Barell Editor-at-Large Wes Anderson –the King of quirk. An idiosyncratic idol. The ultra-stylistic filmmaker whose work offers bounds of offbeat moments, family dysfunction and a lingering feeling of melancholic sentimentality. It’s no secret that the man has a unique way of presenting his stories, but what the hell…

Football Falls to American International

By Thomas Scavetta Assistant Sports Editor Coming off a heart-breaking defeat last week, the football team’s struggles continued as they lost to Northeast-10 Conference arch-rival American International College, 44-17, in a rematch of last year’s conference championship game, Saturday, Oct. 3, at Abdow Field in Springfield, M.A. In the early…

Women’s Soccer

By Michael Otero Sports Editor Coming off an 8-0 win, which featured a four-goal effort from senior forward Susanne Vistnes earlier in the week, the Pioneers returned to the pitch on Saturday, Oct. 3, when they visited the University of Bridgeport. Their offense didn’t put up the outburst they saw…

Women’s Volleyball

By Michael Otero Sports Editor The Pioneers played perhaps their best two matches of the season on Saturday, Oct. 3, when they won both in straight sets against Le Moyne College and Pace University. In their first match against Le Moyne, the first set was tightly contested until five straight points…

Men’s Soccer

By Michael Otero Sports Editor It was all Pioneers on Saturday, Oct. 3, when the team traveled to Bridgeport, Connecticut, to face the University of Bridgeport. The Pioneers totaled six goals on the afternoon and cruised to an easy victory; giving them three in three chances in East Coast Conference…

Field Hockey

By Michael Otero Sports Editor The Pioneers rebounded after back-to- back losses on Wednesday, Sept. 30, with a 2-0 win against Dowling College, but their winning ways came to a halt there as they suffered a 2-0 loss to Saint Anselm College on Saturday, Oct. 3. Saint Anselm got on…

Women’s Tennis

By Michael Otero Sports Editor The green and gold proved to be too much for Molloy College to handle on Friday, Oct. 2, as the team earned an 8-1 victory. Seniors Didi Fatchikova and Lucie Chrastecka led the way with a victory at the first doubles flight and the Pioneers…

Athlete of the Week: Brandon Cheney

By Thomas Scavetta Assistant Sports Editor Brandon Cheney, a senior Public Relations major from Hewlett, N.Y., is a starting linebacker for the football team. Cheney is one of the team captains and leads the squad with 33 tackles through the first four games of the 2015 campaign. As one of…

Homecoming Weekend

By Michael Otero Sports Editor With Homecoming just a few days away, here’s what’s on tap for this weekend at LIU Post. Starting Thursday night, there is the 10th Annual Athletic Hall of Fame Induction as well as the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the radio station. The next…