By Lauren Ritirato, Staff Writer In early September, Lyft released their new “Women Plus Connect” feature in Phoenix, Chicago, San Francisco, San Jose and San Diego. This feature provides women and nonbinary riders in these cities the option to be paired with female or non-binary drivers. Lyft is a long-time…
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By Anna Villoth, Staff Writer Having a billionaire visit your university’s campus is a rarity, therefore it was a big deal when Ray Dalio, an American businessman, gave his alma mater a visit a couple of weeks ago. Ray Dalio is known as a billionaire alumni, who graduated from Post…
By Anna Villoth, Staff Writer During the summer of 2021, an incident took place at a Chipotle restaurant in Lenexa, Kan. Kevin Silva Garcia, an assistant manager, “yanked” off a Muslim teen worker’s hijab. The line-worker, Areej Saifan, was asked repeatedly by Garcia to show him her hair, which was…
By Alexa Garrett, Staff Writer Greek life has historically been a popular attraction at LIU Post, however this year sororities have been gaining an abundance of new members. “It went really well in comparison to last year. We had 43 people accepted last year and this year we had 57,…
By Olivia Mangelli, Staff Writer On Friday, Sept. 29, New York City and Long Island residents were confronted with massive amounts of rainfall and flooding. After raining almost every day that week and the weekend prior, New Yorkers were in for quite a treat. Many people weren’t anticipating the extent…
By Joe Frescott, Sports Editor Few people can be described as “larger than life.” There is no doubt that former LIU Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Bryan Collins was one of those individuals. The LIU community was saddened by the sudden and untimely passing of Bryan Collins on July…
By Lauren Ritirato, Staff Writer The LIU Equestrian team opened their season on Sunday, Oct. 1st. The first show was hosted at the Old Town Equestrian Center in Selden, NY. This is a familiar venue for the LIU program, where they often compete against schools such as Stony Brook, New…
by Brendan Kaufman, Staff Writer The 2023-2024 NHL season is finally here, as the first puck drop took place with the Predators and Lightning opening the season on Tuesday, Oct. 10. Many questions await for this year as the season kicks off. Which teams will succeed and which teams will…
by Lauren Ritirato, Staff Writer The week of Aug. 27 through Sept. 4 marked the 35th annual Burning Man Festival, themed “Animalia.” This event is held in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada and is a microcosm of a small community that for the week is called “Black Rock City.”…
by Kendall Shamus, Staff Writer Taylor Swift’s “The Era’s Tour” has taken the world by storm. Swift is an international pop sensation who originally rose to fame at the age of sixteen when she released her debut album titled “Taylor Swift.” Since then, she has gone on multiple world tours…