By Jada Butler Co-Editor-In-Chief A controversial, anonymous student-written pamphlet titled, “Common Sense: Truth & Ethics, Accountability & Morals – Where have they gone?” appeared in various locations on campus, including the Little Theatre, Hillwood Commons, Pioneer newsstands in Humanities, and in the locker rooms in the Pratt Recreation Center in…
Posts published in October 2018
By Josh Tolentino Staff Writer The Post campus has been in uproar since the OneLIU announcement that the Post and Brooklyn sports teams would merge. Stacks of guerilla pamphlets were left on The Pioneer newsstands, in the Little Theatre, on cork boards in classroom buildings, and in other locations around…
By Jada Butler, Josh Tolentino Co-Editor-In-Chief, Staff Writer “Beginning in the 2019-20 academic year, LIU will compete in all sports at the NCAA Division I level, with a unified athletics program that will join our campuses into One LIU,” university president Kimberly Cline wrote in an email announcement to the…
By Jada Butler, Josh Tolentino Co-Editor-In-Chief, Staff Writer Student athletes left their classes en masse halfway through the period on Wednesday, Oct. 3, to attend a mandatory emergency meeting to discuss the effects of the “One LIU” athletic department merger that was announced via email by President Kimberly Cline. The…
By Anand Venigalla Features Editor A petition that started on Change.org on Oct. 3 raises awareness about the impact the OneLIU announcement has on students. Natalie Hickman, a sophomore criminal justice major and basketball player, started the petition entitled, “Save all athletic teams and coaches who are getting cut or…
Queen Mab, an anonymous poet who first appeared in the 2017- 2018 academic year with her poem,” Ode to a Campus Bike,” writes poetry pertaining to the ongoing academic and social issues and changes within the LIU Post community. “Talkin’ Division One Blues,” was found on the south hallway door…
Daniel Webster’s speech on the Bunker Hill Monument has something to say to us about our resistance to OneLIU. In his remembrance of the fight on Bunker Hill, he told how the empire of Britain closed the port of Boston. Some people in the day expected to benefit from this…
In recent years, we have taken many steps forward to elevate the University we all love, enhance the value of your degree from Long Island University, and improve the student experience. Thanks to our collective efforts, the word is getting out, with prestigious organizations like The Princeton Review rating LIU…
By Jack Georgis Staff Writer It was recently announced that several academic departments would be consolidated into combined departments, and because of this, new department heads would be selected. Dr. Jeremy Buchman, a political science professor, discussed the implications of one department head for a consolidated program. “One person will…
By Alex Espinosa Staff Writer Michael Soupios, professor of political science, has replaced Harvey Kushner, professor of criminal justice, as the president of the faculty union. Kushner had been president of the union for over a decade. Although Soupios had not planned to take over this position, he said that…