By Maxime Devillaz Co-Editor-in-Chief On Saturday, Dec. 20, the LIU Post men’s basketball team traveled to Manchester, N.H., for an East Coast Conference tilt at Southern New Hampshire. After being under for the most part of the afternoon, the Pioneers sharpened their shots in the latter stanza to find the…
Posts published in December 2014
By Maxime Devillaz Co-Editor-in-Chief Sean Brogan, who graduated from LIU Post with a B.F.A. in Film in 2011, has become a novelist. Brogan launched and self-published his first book on August 12, and is already hard at work on a sequel. Brogan’s first book, ”The Shadow’s Relic,” a 400-page adventurous…
By Maxime Devillaz Co-Editor-in-Chief On Thursday, Dec. 11, LIU Post was tabbed second in the first NACDA Division II Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings of 2014-15. After ending one of its most significant fall seasons in school history, LIU Post advanced four spots from last year. This year’s second place…
By Michael Otero Sports Editor On Thursday December 4, the field hockey team took on the Skyhawks from Stonehill College in the NCAA Division II semi-finals in Louisville, Kentucky. The Pioneers gutted out a 3-2 win, and advanced to the NCAA Division II finals, for the second time in as many…
By Caroline Nickolaus Staff Writer The Sustainability Committee at LIU Post may not be that well-known or talked about as of yet, but the goals and advancements that the organization has planned for the future are quite profound. Founded by Dr. Scott Carlin in the spring of 2010, the Sustainability…
By Brian Riley Staff Writer On Tuesday, Dec. 9, Campus Life will be holding its first annual Student Leader Breakfast. The breakfast will be held in the Great Hall from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. 125 student leaders on campus, from club presidents to Resident Assistants, were invited to attend, and will…
By Katie Muller Copy Editor This semester, students have noticed motorcycles parked alongside, or often on, the sidewalk next to the parking lot between Hillwood, Humanities, and Tilles Center. The illegally parked motorcycles have raised concerns for some students. John Pantaleone, a senior Computer Science major, said, “They shouldn’t be…
By Maxime Devillaz Co-Editor-in-Chief The Department of Health, Physical Education & Movement Science will add two new activity courses to their agenda of one-credit classes for the Spring 2015 semester—fencing and Pilates mat. “We offer many activity courses really for the general population, devoted and directed toward lifetime fitness,” said…
By Brian Riley Staff Writer Ten days is all you need to earn three credits during the winter semester. For students attempting to stay on track, or possibly make up ground for light semesters, winter sessions can be used as more than a break from school. The 129 credits required…
By Bryan Stengel Staff Writer On Nov. 30, 1979, Pink Floyd released “The Wall,” one of the most offbeat and imaginative concept albums in the history of rock and roll. Nearly 35 years later, people still channel their inner “Pink- Floydian” to revisit the life of a fictional protagonist, Pink Floyd,…