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New Cost for Dorming in Brookville

Tina Kasin Online Editor Starting next semester, students who wish to live in Brookville Hall will be required to pay an additional five percent of their dorming fees because they’ll have the option of controlling the temperature. The temperature-controlled accommodations were installed in Brookville Hall within the last ten years, according…

Decision Looms for Supreme Court

Rebecca Martelotti  Staff Writer The United States Supreme Court has recently heard two historic cases regarding same-sex marriage. On March 26 and 27, the Supreme Court looked at whether equal rights should be extended to same-sex couples nationally or whether it should be the decision of each individual state. The…

Kick Start to Recycling Program

Gabriella Ianiro  Staff Writer Used shoes don’t necessarily have to live in the back of your closet once you are done with them. The ReUse A Shoe project was created by LIU Post’s Recycling Program as a new initiative to get Post students to recycle non-typical items. The Recycling Program…

How Suite It Is: Parking Restored

Jonathan Seltzer Contributor Students may have noticed the ongoing repairs taking place in the parking lot behind the Suite Complexes near Post Hall. A leak located 16-feet underground, according to William Kirker, Director of Facilities Services, is the source of the repairs. “The work behind the suites was not necessarily a…

What’s Going on With SGA?

Dan Potenzier Contributor The Student Government Association (SGA) has been working hard this year to make improvements towards a better LIU Post experience. SGA has been continuing its responsibilities of lobbying for clubs and programs, communicating students’ needs to staff and administrators, and engaging in forums and focus groups which ensure…

RA Application Revamped

Amanda Bernocco Staff Writer The Office of Residence Life has shortened the application process for Resident Assistants (RA) in order to make it much more comfortable for students applying for the position. Some of these changes include eliminating the step where the applicants act as RAs for a week. Now, applicants…

“Her Essence is a Gift”

Khadija Greenidge Staff Writer In celebration of Women’s History Month, several clubs on campus partnered up with the Student Caribbean Association’s (SCA) first women’s history program “Her Essence Is A Gift.” The other clubs included: Omega Phi Beta, TWIce as Nice, Student Dance Association (SDA), LIU The Runway, NAACP, Alpha Epsilon…

Post Lends a Hand

Khadija Greenidge Staff Writer While some students soaked up the sun during their spring break vacations, members of various student clubs on campus dedicated their week to helping communities damaged by Hurricane Sandy and the subsequent Nor’easter. Students in the Pre-Law Club, International Students Union (ISU), Korean Student Association, The Runway,…

Making Prom Possible

By Gabriella Ianiro Staff Writer. LIU Post’s women’s field hockey team is collecting prom dresses on campus for Prom Boutique, an event hosted by the Long Island Volunteer Center. The drive benefits young women in the local community who were directly impacted by Hurricane Sandy and who cannot afford to…

LIU Post’s Palmer School Recognized

Amanda Bernocco Copy Editor The U.S. News and World Report ranking out of 51 master’s degree programs in library and information studies in the U.S. that are accredited by the American Library Association ranked LIU Post’s Palmer School of Library and Information Science 39. Library Science is a program of…