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Posts published in October 2011

Post Pride At Pep Rally

Chantell Moore C.W. Post students were able to express their Post pride with a Pep Rally on Friday, October 21st, at 7 p.m. in the gym of the Pratt Recreation Center. Sponsored by The Association for Campus Planning (ACP), the Pep Rally had a number of events for students to…

Talent Show in Tilles

Daniel Caccavale  On Wednesday, October 19th, the Association for Campus Programming (ACP) hosted the Homecoming Talent Show in the Tilles Center Atrium. It was a fun-filled evening, where eight different student acts competed for a winning spot. An open audition was held for all Post students the week earlier, and…

WCWP 50th Anniversary

David Otero On Saturday, October 22nd, Long Island University’s C.W. Post Campus celebrated the 50th Anniversary of its radio station, WCWP. The inaugural broadcast took place on October 18th, 1961 at noon by the founders of WCWP: Arthur Beltrone and Hank Neimark. On Saturday night, numerous alumni flooded the top…

C.W. Post: A Look Toward a Greener Campus

Jaclyn Goldstein “Going green,” which has been the popular phrase for the past several years, reflects efforts and changes in our daily lives to become more sustainable and reduce our negative impact on the environment.  With all of the conclusive evidence that scientists have provided, such as global temperature rise…

Rate My Professors

Genna Apfel Rate My Professors is a website where students can find and post professor ratings and read comments from both current and former students about their professors. According to ratemyprofessors.com, it is “the internet’s largest destination for professor ratings with more than 6,500 schools and over 10,000 entirely student-generated…

C.W. Post’s Bookstore Woes

Kathleen Joyce The worst time of the year is that moment during the first week of classes when your professor hands you the syllabus with the required reading. You already knew that you would be dishing out $100 for that class; now, it’s in writing in front of you.  And,…

How to Stay Healthy During Winter Time

Cecilie Nag As the weather is getting colder, it might be more tempting to crawl up under a blanket with a cup of tea in front of the television, than to head over to the gym for some exercise. Here are some easy tips on how to keep your motivation…

The Fashion Column: Jewelry

Marisa Anziano As the old adage goes, “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.” While there is no mistaking the timelessness of diamonds, there are five other fall trends currently proliferating our campus. These trends are bound to bring confidence and excitement to combat the grey, dreary weather that is ahead…

Occupy Post

Veronica Spettmann It has been all over the news: there is a protest going on down at Wall Street. The controversy is deep, but what’s the real story? The protesters are organizing under the title “Occupy Wall Street.” It is a sit-in protest, which means that the protesters there don’t…

Political Column: The Fall of a Tyrant

Daniel Caccavale             Until recently, most people probably weren’t too concerned with a country called Libya. But, what has brought this North African country into conversation lately?  Well, it has to do with a person named Muammar Gaddafi. Gaddafi was the ruler over the country from September of 1969 until…