By Alecia Sexton Layout Manager With all the recent hype about gluten free diets, gluten allergies, gluten sensitivities and any other gluten related aliment, it’s hard to decipher what’s been extrapolated by the media and used to suck wallets dry, and what’s factual and backed up by science. According to…
Posts published in April 2018
By Gillian Pietrowski Assistant Features Editor Many students may not expect music to play a role in their lives larger than background noise during a drive. In a deeper sense, music has the ability to change how you are feeling. From crying to smiling, a certain song can cause you to…
By Myles Goldman Staff Writer The Pioneers are the only Division II baseball team on Long Island without a turf field, according to head coach Michael Gaffney. Due to inclement weather during the spring 2018 semester, the baseball and softball teams have been forced to practice in the Pratt Recreation…
By Myles Goldman Staff Writer The men’s and women’s outdoor track and field teams hurdled for success on Saturday, April 7 at the Mark Young Invitational at Yale University. Team member Stefan Adams, a senior health science major, felt confident in his performance. In the 400-meter dash, he finished in…
By Ashley Bowden Arts & Entertainment Editor Ambition is one of the most determining factors of any team’s success, and women’s soccer is showing their fighting spirit by training in April for the fall 2018 season. “Right now we’re training for our spring season which is essentially our fall season,”…
By Caroline Ryan, Griffin Ward Editor-in-Chief, Contributing Writer The women’s lacrosse team defeated the University of Bridgeport 15-2 in the East Coast Conference at a home game on April 4. The team began the game with a 9-0 lead. The Pioneers’ defense kept Bridgeport from scoring until the 6:40 mark.…
By Destiny Diggs Staff Writer On Wednesday, March 28, the Student Government Association (SGA), administrators and staff members held a Town Hall for students in the Gold Coast Cinema. Twenty five students attended, and posed questions to staff from the offices of LIU Promise, enrollment services, facilities services, healthy living,…
By Tiffany Miller Staff Writer Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spoke at the Tilles Center on Tuesday, March 27 as part of the LIU Global Institute speaker series. Biden tackled foreign policy and national security issues as well as new initiatives to fight cancer. There was an audience of…
By Caroline Ryan Editor-in-Chief Kristina Huderski, a senior broadcasting major, journalism minor, and Jacqueline Escobar, a freshman education major, were awarded Folio Awards by the Fair Media Council on March 29 at a ceremony at the Garden City Hotel. Both award winners are members of the Pioneer, who were…
By Jada Butler News Editor On Thursday, March 19, facilities services began a reconstruction project of a classroom that wasn’t meant to begin until the end of the spring semester. The early demolition of Pell Hall room LS20 disrupted several classes that were still meeting there. After complaints from students…