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What Makes a Snow Day?

By Thomas Gillen Assistant A&E Editor In the opening months of the spring semester, Post was hit with two snowstorms in January and February. Due to Winter Storm Jonas, all LIU campuses were closed from Friday, Jan. 22 to Sunday, Jan. 24. On Monday, Jan. 25, LIU campuses were open…

High Hopes for Men’s Lacrosse

By Michael Otero Editor-in-Chief The men’s lacrosse team is coming off a very successful 2015 campaign where it finished the season 14-3. The Pioneers season culminated with a painful loss to Le Moyne College in the NCAA Division II National Quarter finals. John Jez will be the man trying to…

Post & Beyond Preview

By Brian Riley Co-News-Editor Students who have engaged in research projects will have the chance to showcase them at the annual Post and Beyond symposium on April 20. The symposium will take place during common hour in the Tilles Center atrium and is open to students who have conducted some…

Campus Cupid

By Brian Riley Co-News-Editor Kadir Wisdom, a junior marketing major, was the campus Cupid last week. He didn’t shoot any arrows, but instead sang tunes to fellow students. Throughout the week leading up to Valentine’s Day, Wisdom served as an on-call singer for whichever couple requested his services. (Anyone could…

Billy Joel Gives Back

By Moa Golster Online Editor It’s a cold Monday afternoon, and the growing snowfall is soon going to send students at LIU Post home early for the day. In a Tilles Center dressing room, I’m trying to search for any sign that this is the temporary den of a world…

Study Abroad Month

By Shelby Townsend Staff Writer February is Study Abroad Month, which means that each week, Hillwood Commons will host “different tables highlighting different study abroad programs,” according to Patricia Seaman, director of the Study Abroad program. On Tuesday, Feb. 2, and Wednesday, Feb. 3, multiple professors sat behind tables filled…

Relay for Life

By Hayley Rydowski Staff Writer On Friday, April 15, starting at 5 p.m. the school will host its third annual Relay For Life event at the Pratt Recreation Center. One hundred percent of the proceeds raised will go to the American Cancer Society. The event is open to the public and…

Student Chasing International Scholarship

By Brian Riley Co-News Editor Patricia Mygas, a senior double major in art therapy and psychology, has made it halfway through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program application process, and is one step closer to going to Malaysia. Mygas has applied for the Fulbright teaching grant. She has already been recommended…

LIU Cares Launches

By Alec Matuszak Staff Writer Starting Feb. 5, Post students are being given the tools to help the community through the LIU Cares initiative. President Kimberly Cline announced and briefly previewed the initiative in November 2015, during a lecture intended to bring the LIU community closer together. Despite the service…

Chief of Staff Departs University

By Shelby Townsend Staff Writer The university’s Chief of Staff, Dr. Jackie Nealon, has been named the new vice president of enrollment at the Culinary Institute of America, in Hyde Park, N.Y., and will not be returning to LIU. As the Pioneer reported on Feb. 13, 2014, Dr. Nealon was…