By Anand Venigalla Features Editor A petition that started on Change.org on Oct. 3 raises awareness about the impact the OneLIU announcement has on students. Natalie Hickman, a sophomore criminal justice major and basketball player, started the petition entitled, “Save all athletic teams and coaches who are getting cut or…
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By Jada Butler Co-Editor-In-Chief The office of Campus Life and LIU Promise made changes to the student organization manual and five star accreditation rubric this summer. The changes took effect at the start of the fall 2018 semester, and club organizations will have to adapt the way they operate to…
By Jada Butler Co-Editor-In-Chief The chair of LIU’s Board of Trustees made a generous donation to the university to renovate the Hillwood Commons Recital Hall. Renamed the Krasnoff Theater after donors Eric Krasnoff and his wife Sandra, the intimate space has reopened this semester. The Krasnoffs have been steady long-time…
By Angelique D’Alessandro News/Online Editor A anonymous account was created on Instagram with the goal of informing students of damaged facilities across campus. “Everything_Broken_At_Post,” which now has 242 followers and over 50 posts, documents photographs of broken bathrooms, leaking windows and cracked ceiling tiles among other issues. The creator of…
By Ashley Bowden Co-Editor-In-Chief There are several places on campus that enable performing arts students to explore their craft in-depth. The new music technology lab in Humanities is open for music and musical theatre students to compose to their heart’s content. “[Students] know they’re going to get a lot out…
By Melissa Ponton Asst. Arts & Entertainment Editor “¡Venceremos porque nacimos para triunfar!” or, in English: “We will win because we were born to succeed.” This quote is the national slogan for LIU’s newest multicultural organization, Latino America Unida, Lambda Alpha Upsilon fraternity (Lambda). On the forefront of Lambda is…
By Ida Ynner Lagerqvist Photo Editor Some commuter students are still finding it hard to adjust to the new “Pioneer Wagon” student shuttle departure schedule. The change is departure time was made in the 2017-2018 academic year; it leaves from Hillwood Commons every hour instead of every 30 minutes. The…
By Morgan Kashinsky Staff Writer The Be The Change club is celebrating its third anniversary on campus this November. Club president Adam Silverstein is excited for the upcoming events this semester. Throughout the week of September 17, they ran their bake sale to raise money for Challenge Day, the organization…
By Jada Butler and Jeremy Kramer Editor-In-Chief, Staff Writer Mercy College filed a lawsuit in the Westchester Supreme Court against Long Island University and Edward Weis, LIU’s new Vice President of Academic Affairs, on August 13. In the complaint, Mercy College claims that Weis and LIU committed a “breach of…
By Anand Venigalla Features Editor Dr. Shawn Welnak, assistant professor of philosophy, has recently returned from a year- long sabbatical. During the 2017-2018 academic year, he explored modernity through the eyes of the ancient Greeks in New Orleans, Louisiana. He wanted to translate Homer’s poetry, and aims to write a…