By Thomas Scavetta Sports Editor In what was nearly a comeback for the ages, the men’s basketball team (16-10) survived for an 80-73 victory against East Coast Conference arch-nemesis, New York Institute of Technology (3-21), on Thursday, Feb. 16, in the Battle of the Boulevard at the Pratt Recreation Center.…
Posts published in February 2016
By Michael Otero Co-Editor-in-Chief On Saturday, Feb. 20, the no. 3 ranked men’s lacrosse team got their season underway against no. 4 ranked Merrimack College in a non-conference game in Massachusetts. It didn’t start off well for the Pioneers, as Merrimack came out of the gate strong with two goals…
By Michael Otero Co-Editor-in-Chief The women’s lacrosse team is coming off an extremely successful 2015 campaign, where it went 15-4 and an impressive 8-0 in conference play. The woman who is leading the Pioneers is Meghan McNamara. In her almost 10 years at Post as head coach of women’s lacrosse,…
By Maxime Devillaz Co-Editor-in-Chief On Sunday, Feb. 21, the swimming team won the three-day Metropolitan Conference Championship at the Rutgers University Aquatic Center in Piscataway, N.J. “We performed so well because we train so hard. There’s no way around it,” said Seren Jones, senior team captain for the pioneers. She credits the…
By Hayley Rydowski Staff Writer Many classrooms in the B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library, Pell Hall, Kahn Hall, Life Science and Humanities Hall, have undergone changes within the past year to enhance the teaching and learning infrastructure. The information technology department has partnered with facilities to upgrade classroom spaces; the…
By Shelby Townsend Staff Writer Campus Life is bringing a new event to campus, Cultural Explosion. The event will take place on Feb. 24, in Hillwood Commons at 6 p.m. According to Christopher Whitehead, Campus Life programming specialist, this is the first year the event is being held. It was…
By Thomas Gillen Assistant A&E Editor In the opening months of the spring semester, Post was hit with two snowstorms in January and February. Due to Winter Storm Jonas, all LIU campuses were closed from Friday, Jan. 22 to Sunday, Jan. 24. On Monday, Jan. 25, LIU campuses were open…
By Thomas Gillen Assistant A&E Editor From February 19-21 and 25-28, the Post Theatre Company will present “Bernarda Alba” at the Little Theatre Main Stage. “Bernarda Alba” is, “an all-female musical based on the play ‘The House of Bernada Alba’ by Federico Garcia Lorca,” according to Heather Drastal, general manager…
By Bendik Sorensen A&E Editor Abbath; he looks like he could t seamlessly into the lineup for KISS. He acts like in a childish, almost satirical way, but yet the man is a black metal icon. He and his former band, “Immortal,” have never been a part of the “murder,…
By Melanie Spina Co-Opinions-Editor For this year’s Oscar nominations there are 20 contenders for acting awards, and every single one of the nominees is white. Not only that, all films that had a “black theme,” have been completely overlooked for the best picture category. This makes some of us wonder,…