By Ludvig Brisby Jeppsson Staff Writer The fall semester has just begun and the university is filling up with new and returning students. Campus is coming back to life and the student counsellor services are in full swing. Majors, minors and classes have to be decided. Regardless if you are…
Posts published in September 2016
By Michael Otero Sports Editor “New year, new team.” That’s what Head Coach Raenee Savin had to say about her team’s 3-0 start to the season with two of the three wins coming against top three ranked teams in Division II. Before the start of the season, the Pioneers were slotted…
By Michael Otero Sports Editor For 60 years, the staff of The Pioneer has worked hard to keep the C.W. Post, now LIU Post, community informed. Athletics and sports have been a big part of the history of our campus and The Pioneer has covered them since its first issue…
By Michael Otero Sports Editor In opening up East Coast Conference play, the Pioneers dropped a 2-0 decision to the University of Bridgeport in Brookville, N.Y. on Wednesday, Sept. 14. The loss drops the Pioneers to 2-2-1 on the season while the Purple Knights prevailed and now sit at 3-1.…
By Maxime Devillaz Editor-in-Chief Fall semester classes at LIU Brooklyn have begun without its faculty. The Brooklyn faculty union, which includes both full time professors and adjuncts, has been preemptively locked out since Labor Day weekend. The faculty’s current union contract expired on August 31, and the faculty and LIU administration…
By Nicole Curcio Staff Writer The class of 2020 was introduced to its first collegiate semester on Sept. 7 with new professors, class structures, peers, and personal adjustments. In years past, incoming students took part in an orientation cycle for two days dur- ing the summer. This year, students were…
By Thomas Gillen Arts & Entertainment Editor Post opened up its doors on Tuesday, Sept. 6, to 1,000 freshmen and returning students who will be dorming on campus for the coming year, according to Michael Berthel, director of Campus Life. “Kings Hall and Queens Hall serve as the first-year residence…
By Caroline Ryan News Editor Many changes were made on campus before the start of the fall semester. The Barnes and Noble bookstore, which was previously located next to Pell Hall, has been moved to the Steinberg Museum location on the second floor of Hillwood Commons. The Museum has moved…
By: Adam Hornbuckle Political Columnist It’s election season again and, unless you have been living under a rock, you have most definitely absorbed some amount of news regarding this seemingly unprecedented presidential election. News outlets covering this presidential election have been slinging stories left and right, so how is one…
Grace Oshin Staff Writer When students returned for the fall semester, they were greeted by changes on campus, including new walkways, plazas, smart classrooms, and a new location for the bookstore. Post Information sent out an email on Aug. 9, informing the community that construction would begin on the campus…