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Sharks. Our mascot or our killer?

By Jenna Melman, Staff Writer The shark is LIU’s cuddly, beloved mascot. However, new developments say that sharks may be more of a threat to Long Island’s safety than we might have suspected. In the past century, New York State has had only 12 unprovoked shark bites on record. Now,…

The RESTRICT Act: Goodbye to TikTok?

By Jenna Melman, Staff Writer On March 7, The White House endorsed a bipartisan bill, The RESTRICT Act. The RESTRICT Act’s full name is the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act. It is currently a piece of proposed legislation under consideration by Congress.…

Spring break chaos

By Nicole Sanchez, Staff Writer On March 26, officials in Miami Beach declared a state of emergency as massive crowds of spring breakers descended on the Florida city causing chaos, including the shooting deaths of two people.  Alina Hudak, the city manager, signed the emergency declaration on Wednesday. This has…

Over 600,000 protesters flood the streets of Israel demanding justice over the Prime Minister’s judicial overhaul plan

By Mikaela Russell, Staff Writer On Sunday, March 26, hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens took over the streets revolting against Israel’s newly re-elected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempts to change the way the country’s judicial system works. In response to Netanyahu’s dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Sunday,…