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Posts published in November 2018

Trick’s Take: The Conservative Argument Against Big Business

By Christopher Trick Staff Writer On Tuesday, Nov. 13, Amazon announced that it would move its new headquarters to New York City and Arlington, Virginia; the corporate giant also said that it would invest about $5 billion, and each location would see around 25,000 new job openings. Sounds good, right?…

Voiced: Diversity is a Strength

By Josh Tolentino Staff Writer Editor’s Note: “Voiced” is political opinion column taking a liberal stance. While “Voiced” reflects the thoughts and beliefs of the columnist, it may not reflect views of The Pioneer, which is an objective, unbiased entity. Some people find diversity to not be a strength but…

Letter from the Editors

In the Nov. 14 issue of The Pioneer, we published a political opinion column, “Trick’s Take,” that gives one student’s perspective on the issue of diversity. While the column reflected the opinions of the writer, and the Pioneer takes great pride in providing a forum for all students to express…

The Bookshelf: The Search for Wondla

By Josie Rerecich Staff Writer “The Search for Wondla” by Tony DiTerlizzi is the first book in the Wondla trilogy, which chronicles the story of Eva Nine. Born in a subterranean sanctuary and being raised by multi- utility task help robot zero-six (Muthr), Eva has never seen another human, yet…

Health Column: Understanding Iodine

By Alecia Sexton Layout Manager With the stress of finals approaching, holiday shopping, trying to stay warm in this frigid weather, commuting long hours, and anything else you might be juggling, it’s easy to feel tired and run down. Unfortunately, quick meals are often stripped of nutritional value and leave…

Commuter Column: Winter’s Effects

By Travis Fortounas Staff Writer With the season’s first snow on Nov. 15, it’s always a surprise of what kind of wet slushy cold weather it can throw at us. Winter is a rough season for commuters; snow and ice slow down traffic and can lead to being late or…

Club of the Week: Muslim Student Association

By Jada Butler Co-Editor-in-Chief The Muslim Student Association (MSA) club promotes acceptance and aims to prevent Islamophobia. One of the religious clubs on campus, MSA began late in the spring 2018 semester. President Humdia Barakzai, a sophomore pre-pharmacy major, said the club came to a slow start as they worked…

Administration Responds to Second “Common Sense”

By Josh Tolentino Staff Writer Administrators deny the “Common Sense” authors’ claim that professor and board of trustees member, Cherie Serota poses a conflict of interest. In the second anonymous “Common Sense” pamphlet, the authors suspect that appointing Cherie Serota, board of trustees member, as the director of the fashion…

P.E. Students Teach at Middle School

By Alicia Sexton Layout Manager Editor’s Note: The writer was one of the students who participated in teaching the PE classes at William Floyd Middle School.   A group of students enrolled in Secondary Methods in Physical Education (PE) took a trip to William Floyd Middle School on Wednesday, Nov.…

Narcan Training Event Preview

By Travis Fortounas Staff Writer There will be a Narcan training event on campus on Wednesday, Nov. 28 in Pell Hall room 139 during common hour. The training is open for students, staff and faculty members interested in education on preventing an opioid overdose by way of Narcan. Narcan is…