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Posts published in April 2016

Cheerleading Places Second at Nationals

By Maxime Devillaz Co-Editor in Chief On Friday, April 8, the cheerleading team placed second at the National Cheerleading Association College Championships in the Intermediate Small Co-Ed Division II category at Daytona Beach, Fla., marking a school best in its mere second appearance. But the road was rugged, even before…

Valedictorian 2016

By Maxime Devillaz Co-Editor in Chief Meet Daniel Kirsanov: the graduate of LIU’s five-year Accelerated B.S. Accounting/MBA program, and the valedictorian of the Class of 2016. How did you get recognized with this honor? And what does this mean to you? I was initially emailed about my eligibility for valedictorian.…

Student Leadership Awards

By Shelby Townsend Staff Writer LIU Post will host the annual Student Leadership Awards on Monday, April 25 at 7p.m. in the Tilles Atrium. According to the Post website, the students selected have “distinguished themselves through their leadership roles, honorable academic standing and contributions to the quality of student life…

Director of Photography Retires

By Shelby Townsend Staff Writer Joan Powers, director of photography and senior professor at LIU Post, said she will officially retire this September. Powers started teaching in 1981, became Director of Photography in 1990 and Senior Professor in 2008. She has been on medical leave since the spring of 2014.…

Five Unusual Jobs

Angela Alfano Co-News Editor Confucius said, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” For some of us, what we love doesn’t exactly pay the bills. Or does it? With the spring semester coming to a close and graduation quickly approaching,…

Study Abroad Costa Rica

By Joseph Iemma Assistant Features Editor With the summer of 2016 quickly approaching, students can’t seem to wait to book that next summer getaway. This summer, Post’s study abroad program is offering a two-week three-credit TESOL [Teaching English to speakers of other languages] course in Costa Rica. According to Karen…

Running Dead

By Alyssa Seidman Contributing Writer 8:30 a.m. Slam. Overturned tables hit the lobby floor of Riggs Hall. The facilities crew takes direction from Arianna Livreri, the campus life coordinator in charge of the school’s first annual Rundead event, which took place on April 1. A fog settles outside as rain…

Let the Good Times Roll

By Mirna Youssef Features Editor To most college students, their phone is their life. Not only because it houses their favorite social media, games, emails and notes, but also their photographs. Your photos will always mean something and you will have that moment forever. Here are this week’s LIU Post…