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Young Americans for Liberty

By Dylan Valic Features Editor Young Americans for Liberty, otherwise known as YAL, is a libertarian student activism organization that might be coming to campus. Thomas DiGennaro, a sophomore philosophy major, is attempting to start a local chapter of the organization on campus. According to YAL’s mission statement the organization’s…

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,…

Great Lawn Festival

By Dylan Valic Features Editor The Great Lawn Festival, a yearly tradition to kick off the start of the school year for students, featured some new attractions this year. The festival took place on Thursday, Sept. 12 during common hour, and gave students a chance to take a break from…

Commuter Column

By Travis Fortunas Staff Writer Welcome back to school LIU students! As you start this school year it is very important to keep a couple key ideas in your head since your com-muting life is a lot different from that of a resident student on campus. Your days take more…

Pioneer Summer Internships: Jada Butler

The Pioneer’s Co-Editor-in-Chief Jada Butler is hard at work at her internship with Vice.com this summer in Brooklyn. Butler is an Editorial Intern for Vice’s issues desk, covering a range of topics from transportation, environment, health, inequality and more for a national audience. “I’m learning so much about media and…

Pioneer Summer Internships: Ashley Bowden

This summer, Co-Editor-in-Chief Ashley Bowden is working as an Editorial Intern at the Chicago Agent Magazine, a publication for real estate professionals that’s printed by Agent Publishing. Bowden also writes for the conpany’s online magazines for Houston, Boston, Atlanta and Miami.  “It’s been very interesting learning about the real estate…

Matty Goldstein

By Dylan Valic Matthew (Matty) Goldstein is a criminal justice major, the former vice president of the Be-The Change Club, and the 2018 homecoming king. Some of Goldstein’s favorite memories at Post include attending sports games and events on campus, being involved in the Be The Change Club, and having…