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Posts published in September 2019

Women’s Soccer Loses 1st Conference Game

By Elise Person Staff Writer The women’s soccer team lost their first conference game this season against the Fairleigh Dickinson University Knights in a 2-0 defeat on Wednesday, Sept.18 at home. The Sharks had trouble facilitating an effective offense and sending shots into the back of the net, whereas the…

Sharks Fall in Home Opener

By Andrew Scarpaci Staff Writer The football team hosted the Sacred Heart University Pioneers in their first home opener as a Division I program on Saturday, Sept. 21. With a 38-3 loss behind them against South Dakota State two weeks earlier, the Sharks looked to bounce back and prove they…

Music Alum Featured in her Local Magazine

By Jennifer Chavez Staff Writer Nissequogue Village Living (NVL) magazine spotlighted music performance alum Ashley Akl (2018) on the front cover of its September 2019 issue. Akl is a self-employed piano instructor who volunteers to write about music and the arts for her local magazine, NVL. She began writing for…

Men through a Man’s Lense

By Jennifer Chavez Staff Writer Select students get the opportunity to showcase their artwork in the SAL gallery. Junior photography major Michael DeCristo received this opportunity from Sept. 16 to Sept. 20. A reception for DeCristo’s exhibition “Manmade,” was held on Sept. 18 from 5-8 p.m. Shot through a 35mm…

Column: Welcome to the Library

By Alexander Espinosa Staff Writer The B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library is an integral part of campus, with various resources to help students and faculty in every program. The library can also be called the campus’s best kept secret, especially for first and second year students, who are often unaware…

New Shark Shuttle Bus

By Andrew Scarpaci Staff Writer The campus shuttle to Hicksville, formerly known as the Ocelot shuttle and then the Pioneer Wagon, underwent a whole new make-over. The new Shark shuttle continues the same route from Hillwood Commons to the Broad-way Mall and then the Hicksville LIRR station, but this year,…

Bees on Campus Have Students Buzzing

By Shannon Miller News & Managing Editor Many students are running away in fear as swarms of bees and wasps follow them around campus. These sly stingers are wreaking havoc indoors and outdoors, and either way, students and faculty can’t escape them. From the dorms to the classrooms to the…

Student Body Boutique Grand Re-Opening

By Shannon Miller News & Managing Editor The Student Body Boutique held its grand reopening Monday, Sept. 23, at its new location on the first floor of Hillwood Commons. The new location allows students and faculty to eas-ily browse and purchase current fashion trends. The boutique, which was previously in…

Sharks’ New Athletic Director

By Elise Person Staff Writer Long Island University welcomes a new athletic director, Dr. William Martinov. At the end of July 2019, President Kimberly Cline announced Martinov as the University’s athletic director after the previous Athletic Director Debby DeJong accepted a position at Stony Brook University. Martinov will serve as…