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Posts published in March 2014

Pioneers Say Goodbye to Esteemed Senior

By Kiara N. Braithwaite Design Editor Now that the 2013-14 college basketball season is coming to an end, it’s an opportune time to reflect on the LIU Post men’s basketball team’s only graduating senior, Vaughn Allen. From game winning buckets to rim-rocking dunks, there was no shortage of sensational highlights…

Men’s Basketball Steal on Senior Night

By Seren Jones Staff Writer  On Wednesday Feb. 26, the LIU Post men’s basketball team took the time to recognize their lone senior, Vaughn Allen, as the Pioneers hosted the Molloy Lions at the Pratt Recreation Center. Senior night proved successful for the men, as they defeated the opposition with…

A Journey to the Adirondacks

By Katie Muller Staff Writer Dr. Marianne Patinelli-Dubay, the Environmental Philosophy Program coordinator at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, visited the LIU campus to host a lecture about the wonders of the breathtaking parks in the Adirondacks, on Feb. 25. Patinelli-Dubay was invited by Dr. Arthur…

Thoughts Outside of the Box

By Jill Borowski Staff Writer Mark Simon spoke to students about his company Centerbrook, an architecture firm, during one of the segments of the Outside the Box Lecture Series at LIU Post on Feb. 27 in Hillwood Lecture Hall during common hour. His lecture focused on what he called “The…

Editorial: Arizona Bill 1062

By Dani Naess Hellesund Staff Writer The debate about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights has been widely featured in recent news. On Wednesday, Feb. 26, Arizona Governor, Jan Brewer, vetoed a proposed state law that would have given business owners the right to refuse service to anyone whose…

Advice: Balancing Social Life and School

By Talia Charlton Staff Writer  It’s a Friday night and you’re drowning in tremendous amounts of homework. Although you’d like to start all the work sitting on your desk, you’ve also been presented with a pretty great offer to spend a night on the town with friends; so, what exactly…

Post Student Interns at NBC

By Moa Golster Staff Writer Maria Emdal Otterlei’s alarm goes off at 5:15 a.m., she forces herself out of bed, tiptoes around in order not to wake her roommates up, before heading out into the cold. It is Thursday in sleepy Hicksville, but Otterlei is heading to the train that…

The Coolest Internship

By Seren Jones Staff Writer As last semester flew by, and spring slowly sets in, students once again find themselves thinking: “It’s that time of the year again.” That’s right, spring semester for LIU Post’s students, means internships, and internships mean a taste of the real world – a taste…

LIU Brooklyn TV Writers Studio Visits Post

By Melissa Weisman Staff Writer Norman Steinberg, a professor in Television Production at LIU Brooklyn, visited LIU Post to talk about his two-year 48-credit M.F.A. in TV Writing and producing for television TV Writers StudioSM in Humanities Hall room 130, on Tuesday, Feb.25, during common hour. Steinberg shared details about…

Soprano Renée Fleming visits Tilles Center

By Paul Kalis Business Manager Renée Fleming, an American soprano singer known as “the people’s diva,” performed at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, March 1 at 8 p.m., in a concert benefiting the art center’s endowment. The program featured works ranging from Mozart to Rodgers &…