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Linning

Alex Parker     There cannot be a single New Yorker left who hasn’t at least heard of Jeremy Lin. Even if you’re not a fan of the NBA, you all must be aware that he plays for the New York Knicks. There has been more hype about this Asian-American…

World’s Worst Children’s Toy Recalls

Freddie Schwartz             What was your favorite toy when you were growing up? A Spiderman action figure, a Barbie doll, or maybe a train set? Product recalls have been all over the news during the last decade ranging from foods to now, even children’s toys. These reports are provided by…

Santa’s a Bully in “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”

Paul Kalis “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, had a very shiny nose. All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names. They never let poor Rudolph join in any reindeer games.” “No More Bullies at the North Pole,” a new self-published e-book by Dr. George Giuliani, professor of…

Food for Thought Lecture Series

Heather Norris “Punch first, ask questions later.” This is some of the advice Mercedes Vizcaino, Photography Editor for All You Magazine and the Media Arts Department’s Food for Thought Lecture Series’ guest speaker, said she received from her parents that helped her throughout her career in the cutthroat media world.…

Tipping at a Restaurant

Alex Parker Whether you’re out on a date or just out to eat with a few friends, the bill always comes at some point. But what is the right amount to tip your server? It’s different for everyone. Most likely it depends on how your parents tipped when you were…

How To: Make Your Wardrobe Work for You

Marisa Anziano If you are anything like me, you have spent countless hours standing exasperatedly in front of your closet, thinking to yourself: “I have absolutely nothing to wear.” It is for this reason that I have determined eight must-have items to make your wardrobe work for you. 1.  Blazer: I…

Unknown Sports

Cecilie Nag Most people like sports.  Everyone chooses a kind which he or she enjoys most of all.  It doesn’t matter whether a person enjoys sports as an athlete and regularly trains or just enjoys watching a broadcast of some game on TV or watching a sporting event live in…

The Commuter Column: Breaking the Law

Kathleen Joyce So many times I have heard of people driving while having a suspended license or just not having one at all. The cause of not having a license/suspended one could be drinking and driving, driving under the influence of drugs, having too many points on your license, leaving…

Queer Corner: I’m Sexy and I Know It!

Philip Degaltini Being a single gay man living in New York is not as glamorous as you may think. Women tell me all the time that I’m beautiful, that they would date me, and that they will willingly carry my children one day. Unfortunately, that’s not how I see myself…

LIU-Post’s RecycleMania

Billy Achnitz LIU Post is competing in the 2012 RecycleMania Tournament for the first time. RecycleMania is a recycling competition and benchmarking tool for colleges and universities to promote recycling as well as waste reduction. The competition began in January of 2001 when the two recycling coordinators from Ohio University…