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Posts published in October 2017

WCWP Holds Scavenger Hunt

By Andrew Servido Sports Editor Get ready for WCWP radio station’s annual scavenger hunt from Oct. 23 to Oct. 26. This year, 44 students will participate on 22 teams. The prize is a $100 Visa gift card for the each of the two members of the winning team. This year’s…

Perks of Dining Dollars

By Mikey Domagala Staff Writer Dining Dollars are allocated to both commuter and resident students at the beginning of every school year. Dining Dollars allow students to purchase food, snacks, and beverages at on-campus locations via a set balance attached to their LIU ID card. Having currency on your ID…

Pioneer TV Launches

By Mikey Domagala Staff Writer Dondre Lemon, a junior journalism major, wanted to make The Pioneer accessible to a broader audience of students. With permission from the editors, Lemon created scripts out of the stories to broadcast on PTV, the campus news station. This project, entitled Pioneer TV, is a…

Immigration Panel To Be Held At Tilles

By Caroline Ryan Editor-in-Chief Long Island University has joined in a letter sent to leaders of Congress by hundreds of colleges urging Congress to continue supporting Dreamers, children who were brought into the country by immigrants. University President Kimberly Cline informed students and faculty about the letter in an email…

Multicultural Sorority Revival

By Angelique D’Alessandro Staff Writer Zeta Phi Beta sorority, a historically black Greek organization founded at Howard University in 1920, began the process of reactivating on LIU Post campus, hoping to become an active chapter this year. The sorority, which was on campus for 35 years, but closed its Post…

Postmortem: A Halloween Art Exhibition

By Tashina Tappin Staff Writer On Oct. 31 there will be a one-day pop-up art show hosted by recent MFA graduate Susan Kelly and current MFA graduate student Laura Sweeney. The Halloween-themed event will last from noon to 2 p.m. It will be held outside the fine arts building in…

Halloween Makeup Tutorial: Gash

By Myles Goldman Arts & Entertainment Assistant Editor Supplies needed: Procoloring “Bruise” $18.32 (Amazon) Mehron Synwax $10.56 for 1.5 oz (Amazon) Mehron coagulated blood gel $14.99 for 1o oz (Amazon) Plastic knife Rubbing alcohol Tweezers Makeup brush Cotton balls First, ensure your face is clean, dry and free of lotions…

Book Review: “Turtles All the Way Down”

By Angelique D’Alessandro Staff Writer “Turtles All the Way Down” is a newly-released fiction novel geared towards young adult audiences. The novel was written by John Green, author of the widely-known book “The Fault in Our Stars.”  In his first novel since 2012, Green illustrates another seemingly cliché teen storyline.…