By Alexander Espinosa Staff Writer In light of the destruction to the Bahamas caused by Hurricane Dorian, LIU Cares is hosting a hurricane relief drive for the week of Sept. 16-20. The relief was created in hopes that the campus community, as well as the larger community outside the campus,…
Posts published in September 2019
By Jada Butler, James Bonner Co-EIC, Staff Writer Starting in the fall 2019 semester, the Post Foundations class will be getting a new lesson in sexual assault awareness. The spring 2019 Student Government Association came up with a new program, the Sexual Respect Campaign, to educate the fresh-man class on…
By Ashley Bowden Co-Editor-In-Chief Dr. Joan Digby, English professor, was dismissed as the director of the Honors College as of September 1. Digby received word of her dismissal from the director position two weeks prior to the start of the fall 2019 semester, and did not receive a direct response…
By Andrew Scarpaci Staff Writer The merger between the Brooklyn Blackbirds and the Post Pioneers has come into effect beginning with the fall season sports. With more than 170 years of athletic history combined between the Brooklyn and Post campuses, the univer-sity announced last fall the merger be-tween the two…
By Jack Georgis Arts & Entertainment, Newsletter & Online Editor Two former students from the film department, Justin Portaro (‘18) and Kat Gueli, attended several film festivals over the summer and won a number of awards. “We did one [film festival] in Texas called the 52nd Houston World Fest,” Portaro…
By Ida Ynner Lagerqvist Sports & Photo Editor Welcome to a new semester as a college student. Maybe you just started your first year, or entered your last. Maybe you are somewhere in between. Regardless of who you are and what year you just started, there are some things I…
By James Bonner Staff Writer Michael Berthel, former dean of students for Post since Sept. 17, 2017, was promoted to executive dean of students, which was announced via email to the LIU community in May 2019 by Joseph Schafer, the chief administrative officer. Berthel came to Post in 2013 as…
By James Bonner Staff Writer With the new semester comes new changes to the student center, Hillwood Commons. From office relocations and new stores, to colors and businesses, there is a wide range of things for returning students to get used to. The student run business Hutton and Post has…
By James Bonner Staff Writer When students need to meet with their success coaches, they’ll have to trek up an extra flight of stairs. The Promise Office in Hillwood Commons moved to the third floor on August 7, a transition timed alongside other new renovations in Hillwood. The new location…
I am a freshman here at LIU Post, pursuing a B.S. in music. I had been planning on attending this school for a significant amount of time. Since hearing of this university’s music department, I attended an open house, had a private lesson or two with music faculty, spoken with…