By Melanie Spina Co-Opinions Editor With just a month into the new year and starting spring semester, I can’t help but feel like it’s time to, in a way, start all over again. Although it’s the second semester of the year it still feels like it’s a good opportunity to…
Posts published in January 2016
By Melanie Spina Co-Opinions Editor Most of us start college expecting to only take classes related to our majors. Personally, at my high school, the classes I had to take were already chosen for me. I didn’t have a choice in taking a subject that I might be interested in;…
By Julian Wilson Co-Opinions Editor Many full-time college students look forward to kicking back, relaxing, and ridding their minds of all things regarding school and academia in the summer. However, if this is not the lifestyle you choose, you may be able to enroll in a summer course and still…
By Harry Pearse Staff Writer So, here I am turning on my fourth first episode of a series on Netflix. I have been completely lost since I finished “Game of Thrones” last Friday. What do I do? The action packed, blood flowing and astute HBO series has got me hooked.…
By Margaret Pepe Assistant Copy Editor Just about everyone makes a New Years resolution. Maybe you want to get better at running so you can run a half-marathon, or you want to be neater so you can actually see the floor of your room. No matter what your resolution for…
By Mirna Youssef Features Editor Have you ever looked at your camera roll and felt like you’ve gone back in time? Pictures and videos can capture a lifetime of moments and memories that allow you to relive your past as if it was yesterday. It’s always nice when you look…
By Bendik Sorensen A&E Editor Jan. 29: TAO: Seventeen Samurai, a combo of athletics and performance arts, takes place in the Tilles Center at 10:30 a.m. Tickets available at Tilles Box Office and Ticketmaster. Jan. 29-31: Virgil J. Lee New Play Festival, staged readings of two new plays in development will…
By Bendik Sorensen A&E Editor See Black Sabbath for the last time Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler are roaming through the states one last time, and they’ll stop by Madison Square Garden. They are getting awfully close to a 50-year career (48 this year), but because of health…
By Thomas Scavetta Assistant Sports Editor In his third year as the Head Coach of the men’s basketball team, Erik Smiles has led his team to a 13-5 record. The Pioneers currently sit tied atop the East Coast Conference with St. Thomas Aquinas College. Smiles is very familiar with the…
By Thomas Scavetta Assistant Sports Editor Junior guard Jared Hall may have had a career-night scoring 27 points, but it wasn’t enough as the LIU Post Men’s Basketball team (13-5) fell short last Wednesday against the University of the District of Colombia (8-9), 84-73, at the UDC Sports Complex in Washington,…