By Melanie Spina Co-Opinions Editor As we find ourselves currently surrounded by political talk in this presidential election year, I can’t help but think that there are still people out there who are afraid of using the term “feminism” or who don’t believe that there still is such thing as…
Posts published in February 2016
By Thomas Scavetta Assistant Sports Editor Honey Roche, a senior business administration major, is a midfielder/defender for the women’s lacrosse team. Roche was a member of the 2013 National Championship team and made the NCAA All-Tournament Team in 2014. Last season as a junior, Roche scored 28 goals and notched…
By Michael Otero Co-Editor-in-Chief Despite putting up 87 points and nearly erasing a double-digit deficit with under a minute left in the fourth quarter, the Pioneers fell to Molloy College by a score of 95-87 on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at the Pratt Recreation Center. With time running out, the Pioneers…
By Thomas Scavetta Assistant Sports Editor Despite a 20-point effort from Molloy guard Curtis Jenkins, the Pioneers (14-10) survived a last-second scare as they held on to beat Molloy College (6-16) on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 60-57, in an East Coast Conference battle at the Pratt Recreation Center in Brookville, N.Y.…
By Michael Otero Editor-in-Chief The baseball team got its season underway on Saturday, Feb. 13, in Gaffney, S.C. as it played a set of games against Limestone College. The Pioneers dropped both of those games by scores of 4-1 and 5-2. In game one, the Pioneers plated their first and…
By Michael Otero Editor-in-Chief The men’s lacrosse team is coming off a very successful 2015 campaign where it finished the season 14-3. The Pioneers season culminated with a painful loss to Le Moyne College in the NCAA Division II National Quarter finals. John Jez will be the man trying to…
By Brian Riley Co-News-Editor Students who have engaged in research projects will have the chance to showcase them at the annual Post and Beyond symposium on April 20. The symposium will take place during common hour in the Tilles Center atrium and is open to students who have conducted some…
By Brian Riley Co-News-Editor Kadir Wisdom, a junior marketing major, was the campus Cupid last week. He didn’t shoot any arrows, but instead sang tunes to fellow students. Throughout the week leading up to Valentine’s Day, Wisdom served as an on-call singer for whichever couple requested his services. (Anyone could…
By Julian Wilson Co-Opinions Editor With increasing popularity in online sites and apps for dating and finding relationships, one would think that the ‘looks’ and personality of a person would matter most to their potential lover. However, to some, those qualities aren’t the only ones that are considered. Sometimes, the…
By Joseph Iemma Assistant Features Editor Remember those toy helicopters you used to see flying through the mall? You always told your mom you wanted one, but she never did buy you one because you “would break it within an hour.” Fast-forward ten years and the remote controlled helicopter concept…