By Michael Otero Sports Editor On Saturday, Nov. 15, the men’s basketball team (0-2) opened up their 2014-15 campaign with a 62-71 loss against Franklin Pierce (1-1) on day one of the LIU Post Tip-Off Tournament at Pratt Recreation Center in Brookville, N.Y. Up 11-9 just over four minutes into…
Posts published in November 2014
By Maxime Devillaz Co-Editor-in-Chief On Friday, Nov. 14, the women’s soccer team overwhelmed Assumption College in the first round of the NCAA Division II Championships in Albany, N.Y. Two days later though, they did not have the margins on their side, as they suffered a loss to first-seeded Saint Rose…
By Michael Otero Sports Editor The men’s soccer team (15-4-2) took on the NYIT Bears (14-3-1) in the first round of the 2014 NCAA Division II Men’s Soccer Championship on Thursday, Nov. 13, at Manchester, New Hampshire. The Pioneers, looking for revenge against the Bears who ended their winning streak…
By Thomas Scavetta Staff Writer Trailing 31-21 in the fourth quarter, the football team (7-3) scored 14 unanswered points on Saturday, Nov. 8, to storm back and defeat Bentley University (4-6) on Senior Day, 35-31, at Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium in Brookville, N.Y. On their opening drive of the final…
By Caroline Nickolaus Staff Writer Is the LIU Post campus handicap-accessible? To a large extent, the answer is yes. Certain buildings, including Humanities Hall and Pell Hall, have staircases for students to use; but they also have ramps at the entrances. For other building entrances that do not have ramps,…
By Sana E. Zahra Staff Writer Browse, the latest student- run business to open in Hillwood Commons, is a technology store that sells Apple products, Dell products, gaming consoles, a variety of speakers, and a wide range of accessories. The store, which opened for business on Nov. 10, also sells…
The following letter regards “Ten Facts about Post, Part VI,” which was published in the Oct. 15 issue of The Pioneer: Dear Ms. Martelotti, I’m sure no one told you, so it’s not anything to be embarrassed about, but we DO have adult education at Post. In fact, we have…
By Kristen Linsalata Assistant News Editor As a result of the Ebola epidemic permeating into the United States, LIU has assembled a comprehensive protocol in the unlikely case that a student, staff member, or faculty member becomes infected with the virus. The 2014 Ebola epidemic is the largest in history,…
By Mirna Youssef Staff Writer The LIU Post Admissions Office has recently been revamped to put more focus on school programs and the campus environment, as well as to reach greater numbers of prospective students with new methods of recruitment in order to increase enrollment. “Recruiting college students has never…
By Matthew Schwartz Staff Writer As a public service for the campus community, The Pioneer will begin this week to publish a monthly Crime Blotter. All of the information will be compiled from the logs that are available to the public at the Office of Public Safety. On Saturday, Sept.…