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Posts published in November 2016

Perfect Regular Season for Football

By Michael Otero Sports Editor After dominating Pace University in its regular-season home finale and climbing to its highest national ranking in program history, the no. 10-ranked football team solidified its place as one of the best teams in Division II with a 64-7 throttling of Merrimack College on Saturday,…

Mens Soccer Undefeated

By Michael Otero Sports Editor Coming off a thrilling 1-0 victory over NYIT, men’s soccer took any drama out of its match against St. Thomas Aquinas College on Thursday, Nov. 3. The team netted five first half goals, eight altogether, in its East Coast Conference semifinal on home ground. In…

Humanities Café Closed

By Randall Taylor Staff Writer It’s often the smallest details that matter the most in the life of students. This has proved to be true with a change in Humanities at the beginning of the fall semester. Besides several other additions and changes made to Humanities over the summer break…

Crime Blotter

By Nicole Curcio Staff Writer The Pioneer provides the Crime Blotter as a public service for the campus community. All incidents reported are, by law, a matter of public record available for inspection at the Office of Public Safety. Fire Alarm Sounded On Thursday, Oct. 27, at 2:38 a.m. the…

Post, Watch Your Step

By Jada Butler Staff Writer Well into the eleventh week of the semester, campus sidewalk renovations that began in August are still underway, though for two weeks have seemed to come to a pause. The ongoing construction poses as a potential danger to students who may not be watching where they…

Professor Profile: Dr. Lutz

By Taylor Hill Contributing Writer English Department Chairperson and Professor Dr. John Lutz brings an honest perspective to his courses through his teaching philosophy and activities. Dr. Lutz is a Long Island native who also happens to be a Post alumnus. He earned his B.A. and M.A. in English at Post and went…

LIFE

By Harry Pearse Columnist Life. It always has something, just around the corner, ready to smack you in the face. A very unexpected and random smack in the face, I must add. You’ll be having a great time, starting the semester excellently and generally feeling pretty good. Then BANG! Life goes, “oh…

Why Your Brain Needs A Switch Off Button

Ludvig Brisby Jeppson Business Columnist Reflection, critical thinking and the ability to plan ahead are viewed as positive qualities. Critical thinking is supposed to keep us from getting manipulated, resist political propaganda and challenge society’s norms and structures. Planning ahead is supposed to help us make rational decisions and keep…

State of Education Free College: Yay or Nay?

Pooja Bachani Education Columnist Sounds great, doesn’t it? It is difficult to deny the benefits of a college education; it is even more difficult to propose policy changes that could potentially deny access to it. A few weeks ago, the New York Fed released an updated version of its 2015…