By Ashley Bowden Co-Editor-In-Chief Many of the basic understandings Americans have about the society they live in are rooted in dated practices that are not widely questioned or changed, even when those understandings negatively impact specific groups of people. In a meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 30, members of the predominantly…
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By Travis Fortounas Staff Writer A series of renovations have been completed at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts as part of a five-year agenda set in place by a council of overseers. The renovations are part of a strategic plan to set the new direction of the theater.…
By Elise Person Staff Writer The men’s soccer team took down Bryant University in a 2-0 shutout on Monday, Oct. 28. The game quickly turned into a two-day event after heavy rain and lightning forced Sunday’s afternoon’s game to be finished on Monday afternoon. The game was set to start…
By Jada Butler Co-Editor-In-Chief It’s the most wonderful time of the year when Mercury, the planet of logic and communication, moves its orbit into retrograde (Rx). Mercury Rx begins on Thursday, Oct. 31 and lasts until Wednesday, Nov. 20. For those of you wondering why a planet’s change in orbit…
By Jennifer Chavez Staff Writer The Student Activities Board (SAB) hosted comedian hypnotist Keith Karkut in the Gold Coast Cinema on Tuesday, Oct. 22. From 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., the 43 audience members were entertained as Karkut hypnotized a group of students live. Karkut is a well-practiced hypnotist with…
By Shannon Miller News & Managing Editor SMART boards have been an undeniable advantage to most professors, enabling them to engage in new and more meaningful ways of teaching than whiteboards and chalkboards ever did. The acronym stands for “Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology,” but at times, these interactive technologies…
By Thomas Okin & Jada Butler Staff Writer & Co-Editor-In-Chief The LIU Theodore Roosevelt Institute held their first academic conference from Sunday, Oct. 27 to Wednesday, Oct. 30, honoring the life and achievements of President Theodore Roosevelt on the 100th anniversary of his passing. Over the course of four days,…
By Shannon Miller & Alexander Espinosa News & Managing Editor, Staff Writer Renovations are happening on campus to correlate with the new mascot and school colors, and returning students and staff have been talking about them since the start of the fall 2019 semester. These gradual alterations have some students…
By Ashley Bowden Co-Editor-In-Chief The source of an artists’ inspiration can be anything from major life events to their loved ones. For Shengqi Wan, third year MFA student, her inspiration was man’s best friend. Wan’s dog-themed exhibition showed in the sculpture gallery from Oct. 12-18 with a reception on Wednesday,…
By Dylan Valic Features Editor Adam Silverstein and Gabrielle Barone were named this year’s Homecoming King and Queen at the 2019 Homecoming game on Saturday, Oct. 19. Students cast their votes over the course of two days from Oct. 14 to Oct. 16. Other candidates included Christina Lynch and Ashley…