By Melanie Spina Co-Opinions Editor I recently registered to vote through the Rock the Vote website, an organization whose main goal is to get more young people involved with politics. To be honest, my reasons for not registering as soon as I turned 18 were largely because I was lazy…
Posts published in February 2016
By Pete Barell Managing Editor At a glance, politics during the current election cycle appears to be a clash of extremes. The field has been flooded with outsiders fighting against insiders cozy with their party establishment. A billionaire businessman-turned-reality-star surges in the polls. A retired, sleepy-eyed black neurosurgeon talks about…
By Pete Barell Managing Editor Each year, I keep a list of the films I’ve seen and those that I want to see. It’s usually massive — 2015 still has 97 left to see, with 27 on my ‘seen list.’ This pales in comparison to the year before, where I…
By Bendik Sorensen A&E Editor Feb. 23-27: The art department presents: Suzi Pastorelli, MFA. Her exhibition is up in the SAL Gallery in the B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library. The reception is Feb. 24 at 5 p.m. Feb. 24: The music department presents: Hillwood Recital Series, featuring undergraduate and graduate…
By Caroline Ryan Assistant News Editor The Steinberg Museum, located in Hillwood Commons, is home to many different types of art exhibits throughout the year. The museum is currently holding an exhibit by Carol Tabler through March 25. Tabler is a local collector and adjunct professor of art history, who…
By Thomas Gillen Assistant A&E Editor After 11 years of development, Marvel Comics character Deadpool, finally received his own movie, and it couldn’t be better. The lenghthy development time was due to revolving directors, the property being moved to different movie studios and footage of the movie being leaked several…
By Thomas Scavetta Sports Editor Adam Winne, a senior accounting major from Ridgefield, Conn. serves as the goalkeeper for the men’s lacrosse team. Winne is coming off a monumental 2015 campaign where he was named East Coast Conference goalie of the year, ECC Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player and was also…
By Maxime Devillaz Co-Editor-in-Chief “Pioneers” echoed from the Pratt Recreation Center stand on Thursday, Feb. 19, both in words and on the mat, as the wrestling team ripped off their opponent’s one defeat after another. The referee raised Pioneer fists in the air on shuffle mode, all but twice throughout the…
By Randall Taylor Staff Writer Black History Month happens over the course of the month of February and is an empowering month to all in the African-American community. It is a time when we trace our ancestry back and learn about the many famous African-Americans that have made great contributions to…
By Michael Otero Co-Editor-in-Chief Coming o a tough loss to NYIT, the women’s basketball team looked to rebound against Daemen College on Friday, Feb. 19, in Amherst, N.Y. The tightly contested game came down to the final minute of play, and Daemen scratched out a 57-53 win over the Pioneers.…