By Harry Pearse Staff Writer When we international students made that huge leap of faith into the unknown, most of us had a plan. “The Plan” is something your parents have nagged you about for ages, and something our generation and the ones before us have all felt pressured to…
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By Mirna Youssef Staff Writer Smoking is a habit about 42 million Americans have picked up, according to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention. The American Lung Association declares that “85% of current smokers started when they were 21 years of age or younger.” This statistic demonstrates why it’s…
By Kahleel Bragg Features Editor An exciting time of the year for adults, teenagers, and kids is approaching this Friday, Oct. 31. This particular time of year is known as Halloween. Halloween is a holiday that features trick or treating, costume parties, haunted houses, the carving of Jack-O’-Lanterns, and bonfires. Unlike…
By Sana Sahra Staff Writer Famed American journalist Mary Schmich once said “Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles and to emerge with a variety of views.” For the month of October, Larry Aarons, a native New Yorker from the Bronx who works…
By Bendik Sorensen Staff Writer Jianan Li, an MFA Fine Art student from Shandong, China, and Sofie Hoff, a senior Fine Arts major from Malmö, Sweden, held opening receptions for their solo art exhibitions on Wednesday, October 22. Both artists use nature as major parts of their work. Li’s show…
By Pete Barell Arts & Entertainment Editor Sept. 8 – Nov. 15 • Exhibits: Color and Time, Paintings by Roy Newell, 1956 – 2000; Changing New York, Photographs by Berenice Abbott, 1935-1938. Steinberg Museum of Art, Hillwood Commons, 2nd Floor. Monday – Friday, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Thursdays until…
By Jill Borowski Staff Writer On Friday, Oct. 24, and Saturday, Oct. 25, from 6 p.m. – 11 p.m., the Music Department got into the spirit of Halloween with their 16th annual Haunted House in the Fine Arts Center. The haunted house is a guided walkthrough (about 10 min) with…
By Potoula Anagnostakos Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor The Port Washington Play Troupe, in partnership with WCWP, the campus radio station, will be performing “War of the Worlds” as part of their Fall Radio Drama Series. The performance, which will feature actors reading from original radio drama scripts on stage…
By Julian Wilson Assistant Sports Editor On Saturday, Oct. 25, the men’s soccer team (11-3-1) took on the Mercy College Mavericks (3-12) and defeated their East Coast Conference rival from Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., by a score of 4-3. The Pioneers claimed the victory and in doing so, pushed their winning…
By Maxime Devillaz Co-Editor-in-Chief On Friday, Oct. 24, the women’s swimming team hosted its first meet of the season and notched a win against the University of Bridgeport at the Pratt Natatorium. Junior Meghan Brazier started the evening for the Pioneers with a win in the 50-yard freestyle, as she…