Press "Enter" to skip to content

Posts published in November 2018

Letter to the Editor: Dr. Barbara Fowles

To the editors, I was appalled and saddened to learn about recent treatment of the Pioneer editor and a staff writer by LIU administrators. It is my understanding that in the Pioneer’s reporting on the “Common Sense” pamphlet, the Dean of Students asked the editors to leave out information about…

Letter from the Editor: My Awkward Encounter

Dear Readers, I found myself in an awkward position last week after meeting with the dean of students, at his request, regarding a section of the anonymous “Common Sense” pamphlet about an alleged conflict of interest involving board of trustees member and director of the fashion merchandising program, Cherie Serota.…

Bowling Anticipates Winter Season

By Dylan Valic Staff Writer The bowling team hopes to strike out the competition this season and plan on sparing no one. The team has been practicing since the second week of September 2018 and aim to keep improving.   Members of the team practice three days a week and…

Men’s Basketball Falls to New Haven

By Matthew Weinstein Staff Writer The men’s basketball team began their 2018-2019 season on Wednesday, Nov. 14, with a 74-43 home loss to the University of New Haven in a non-conference game.   Seven players were eligible to play that day. With the news of the upcoming merger between LIU…

Game Review: Fallout 76

By Myles Goldman Staff Writer Ever since Bethesda Game Studio announced “Fallout 76” at the 2018 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) this past summer, there have been mixed reactions about the game being online-only. All of the previous Fallout games were single player only, which is a rarity in today’s gaming…

Senior Exhibition “Out Lost in My Head”

By Shannon Miller Staff Writer   Jeffrey Gomez, a senior fine arts major, often walks the streets of Manhattan in search of light within the darkness. He passes by window-fronts and strolls through doorways with an appreciation for their potential to become fascinating film photography. Until Nov. 24, Gomez featured…

Artists’ Take on the World

By Shannon Miller Staff Writer   Kathleen Celestin Parks, an elementary art teacher anticipating her MFA, found a note in her office from her former student and current MFA student, Danielle Savarese. Savarese invited Parks to attend her first solo art show upon graduating with her B.F.A. in art education.…

Students Ill with Suspected Norovirus

By Jada Butler   Co-Editor-In-Chief   Before the Thanksgiving break, at least three students reported experiencing “stomach discomfort”to the Center for Healthy Living, and many other students contacted the Nassau County Health Department with complaints of food poisoning. The Health Department conducted a health inspection of campus dining locations on…